How to Prepare Your Kids for Back to School

It's that time when summer starts to feel like it's too close to ending!

For many Mom's, especially those with preschooler's and kindergartner's, this time can bring a mix of excitement and anxiety. The transition back to school often comes with sleepless nights, emotional outbursts, and a sense of overwhelm for both Mom and child. It’s important to remember that these feelings are normal and that there are natural ways to ease this transition.

Here are five SIMPLE steps you can start to take today to prepare your child for the upcoming school year:

1. Gradually Adjust Sleep Routines

• Importance: Sleep is crucial for emotional balance and coping efficacy.
• Steps: Begin moving bedtime and wake-up times closer to the school schedule in small increments. Aim to do this on as many days as possible to gently ease your child back into the routine.
• Tip: Create a calming bedtime routine that includes activities like reading or a warm bath to signal to your child's body that it’s time to wind down. If your child struggles to sleep and school hasn't even started yet, catch this quick blog to find out why they may be struggling and natural ways you can help starting today!

2. Read Together Regularly

• Benefits: Reading keeps their skills sharp, curiosity elevated, and builds confidence.
• Routine: Integrate reading into your daily or nightly routine. Choose books that are fun and engaging for your child.
• Activity: Make it a special time where your child can choose their favorite stories, encouraging a love for reading.

3. Practice Basic Math Skills

• Confidence Boost: Fun math activities can boost your child's confidence.
• Ideas: Use everyday moments to practice numbers and math, such as counting toys, adding items during grocery shopping, or simple board games that involve counting and math skills.
• Creativity: Make math fun and interactive with hands-on activities like baking (measuring ingredients) or playing with building blocks.

4. Encourage Hydration with a Water Bottle

• Health Benefits: Hydration is essential for elimination, immunity, and preventing symptoms like fatigue, stomach upset, and headaches.  Click Here Now if you want even more simple wellness tips that help boost your child's immunity for back to school.
• Routine: Start using the school water bottle now. Encourage your child to drink water throughout the day.
• Reminder: At school, water breaks are limited, so getting into the habit of using a water bottle now will help your child stay hydrated during the day.

5. Assess and Nourish Your Child’s Needs Daily

• Self-Care: Take time each day to check in on your child's physical and emotional well-being.
• Nutrition: Ensure they are eating enough protein, fruits, and vegetables.  They also need healthy fats like that of avocado and extra virgin olive oil and plenty of Omega's from their little brains from wild caught fish like salmon.
• Observation: Look for signs issues they been having like that of skin rashes, irritability, sleeplessness, or stomach upset.
• Plan: Use this time to create a natural health and wellness plan over the next few weeks before school starts that includes appropriate foods, natural coping therapies, and natural remedies to support your child’s well-being. This will ensure they are better prepared physically and mentally for the start of school.

By implementing these steps now, you will help your child feel more prepared and confident as the school year begins.

Remember, it’s normal for both you and your child to experience a range of emotions during this transition. Nourishing those emotions and the body and mind can help ease the intensity of the emotions and offer a brighter forecast ahead.

If you need personalized guidance on natural remedies for issues like anxiety, focus, or sleep troubles, I'm here to help. I have felt all the FEELS and still feel them every school year! I have to remind myself often that feeling is the result of caring. 💜

Motherhood sure is a journey of emotions isn't it?

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