5 Back to School Organizing Tips BY AMY BERGMAN
It is Back To School time! There is no reason to panic. While the thought of having to buy new clothes and school supplies can be daunting, having an organized plan will the be the key to making it fun and to your family's BTS success. I am here to help you with 5 Back to School Tips to get you and your family organized. Use the tips below that you feel will work for you and test them out. If they don’t work, try something else! 1. Carpool Calm Now is the time to clean out your car. Get it ready for back to school time with items you will need for carpooling to and from school and getting to afterschool activities. Stock some non-perishable snacks and waters in your car, along with plenty of wipes, hand sanitizer, tissues and napkins. Have a trash can in your car. Make sure that you have some extra pencils, pens markers as well for those last minute homework completions. Does your kid need to “zone out “or just relax before or after school?--make sure that his or her tablet handy along with some charging devices. Want to get pumped for the day together in the car?--be ready with some some family friendly music or even a fun podcast. 2. Coming & Going Made Easy! Where do you and your family enter and exit your home for school and afterschool activities? Create a Entry/Exit/Command Center/Calendar/ 12 August 2022| PB Parenting |
Drop zone in that space---even if your floor plan tells you differently. Use bins, baskets, and hooks so that each person has a designated place to throw their stuff when they come in from school in the afternoon. Put up the school calendar(s) in this space so that important dates are visible to everyone, everyday. You can even frame it to make it aesthetically pleasing and if you use a dry erase marker you can easily write and erase on it! Where age-appropriate, have a separate place for important papers and things that need to be unpacked each day from the backpacks. 3. Dressed for Success Get the kids closets together before school starts. Try grouping all like clothing together. For example, keep all T-shirts in one drawer and shorts and jeans and another, this will make picking out outfits a whole lot easier. Try file folding the kids clothes in their drawers so that they can clearly see everything that they have. Choosing outfits the night before each school day really illuminates more chaos in the mornings. Multiple wardrobe changes per day? Make sure dirty laundry hampers are accessible (consider ones without a lid) and in a convenient place. 4. Homework/Homeschool Set up a station where your kids can get their work done and be organized for back to school. This may be the same area as last year or maybe a new one
