COPING WITH BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES

June is the month of wedding bells and rainy days. it is the opening of classes, however, that characterizes it most.
June is identified with the opening of books and the turning pages for seatworks. Look around and see spruced up campuses and crowded bookstores,supermarkets and other commercial places.expect internet cafes, food shops, game houses and theatres get filled with students each time classes open.
June is also the "worry season" for parents. It is the time of the year when they get rattled with the prospects of setting a budget for such an indespensablesocial event. So, they worry about anything: from new sets of uniforms to books to school supplies, to waking time; to traffic of course, and the fetching sked, the increasing school fees which they can do nothing about. The only consolation they get is that they are more or less sure that their children are in school and not loitering somewhere else, and that their children are getting quality education in the process.
For students, June means the end of fun-filled summer vacation and readjustment of body-clock for the early morning wake-up call.parents can help condition the minds of their schooling children with the assurance that if they do good during the school year, they can look forward to another colorful summer next year.

Parents and guardians here are some tips in monitoring the day-to-day activities of your children. This may not be the crash course "Parenting 101," but it will surely be a great help:
Plan everything ahead
Keep a copy of your childrens class schedule
Identify your childrens priority needs from the secondary ones
Subscribe to the reward/incentive system
Develop the habit of browsing through notebooks for homework

• Plan everything ahead

Buy baon in advance for a weeks consumption period. This will not only save time, but will also be economically wise.You know your children – what do they like about school? If asked, every child could come up with at least a few things. Maybe the prospect of new clothes, shoes or a backpack is appealing. Perhaps there is a friend they haven’t seen all summer. Does your child love music class or art or gym? Find out what your child likes about school and then point out how much fun returning to that particular activity will be.
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• Keep a copy of your children's class schedule

Tack the sked in a place where you can easily see the time of the start of their classes and their dismissal. This will also give you an idea of the number of subjects he/she is taking for the grading period.

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• identify your childrens priority needs from the secondary ones

Priority needs are immediate needs, such as school fees, school uniforms, textbooks, supplies, fetching skeds. Secondary needs are raincoats, pencil cases or any other things your children can do without throughout the school year. It will depend on your identificaton of their needs.

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• Subscribe to the Reward/Incentive System

Be generous in praises if your children do well in an exam or contest. A simple pat on the back boosts them to do more. But if budget warrants, a reward system maybe implemented, like a new set of shirts, new pair of pants, a vacation, etc.


• Develop the habit of browsing through their notebooks for homework

Making your children learn is not the sole responsibility of the school. Parents should share in this responsibility.

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