As I look ahead to our first week of 2010, it looks like calm–a great way to help everyone ease back into the early morning wake up’s and full days of learning. If your family life was anything like mine over the holidays, all of our schedules were disrupted: sleep, eating, playing and traveling.
Getting back into “normal” routines and schedules for school can create anxiety for some children–and relief for others. If your child is nervous about going back because of early bed times and anticipating the upcoming work load, ease the worries by explaining that other children and even teachers are feeling this way.
Do the best you can to get everyone back on more normal sleep and eating schedules as soon as possible. Also, be sure to send healthy snacks to school so that teachers can make sure that everyone has a morning break to hydrate and refuel.
Finally, the beautiful snowy weather has created a winter wonderland on our playground. Please make sure that your child has all necessary winter clothing so that recess time can be comfortable and fun!
Here’s to a great start to the New Year!
