5 Back to School Tips for Your Child 

With kids back to school after the long summer break, it can be a bit of a daunting task getting back into the swing of things. You may be struggling with the task of easing them into a regular routine and managing your stress levels. Here are 5 back-to-school tips to help you return to normalcy:

5 Back to School Tips for Your Child

• Talk about new class jitters
• Re-establish a routine
• Establish an early bedtime routine
• Regulate screen time
• Use the uLesson app

Talk About New Class Jitters

When kids resume a new school year, there’s a bit of nervousness that comes with starting in a new class, experiencing a new class teacher, and sometimes new friends.

Talking to them about their expectations and the realities of a new class would go a long way in easing the feeling of anxiety and encourage them to speak up about their feelings.

Re-Establish a Routine

Getting back into the school routine may take a while and some getting used to. Re-establish a routine by creating a system that works and endeavour to follow through.

This can be done a week to resumption to give the kids some time to get used to it. Reinforce the importance of having a schedule and watch your kids settle in nicely.

Establish an Early Bedtime Routine

During the summer holidays, sleeping patterns changed but with being back to school, it can be a challenge getting back to the ‘early to bed, early to rise’ schedule.

Start your child’s early evening routine by scheduling a quick shower, followed by an early dinner. Then, set up and maintain a homework review session before transitioning into the bedtime routine early in the evening.

Regulate Screen Time

The long holiday may have come with little time spared for academic work. Instead, your child may have spent hours and hours binge watching their favourite shows and catching up with friends online.

Regulating their screen time to get them back on the academic track is as easy as establishing rules with word of mouth, reinforcing and using parental control tools. Explain why they need to be off their devices at certain times and what the reward looks like. 

 

Use the uLesson App

Worried that your child may have forgotten what they learned over the holiday? The uLesson app is here to help. With thousands of engaging video lessons, getting them back into learning is easy. Our interactive quizzes and practice tests keep them focused and motivated.

Also, homework time is less tedious with the AI-powered homework help feature, Ask. With this feature, you get to ask our instant and accurate AI questions you find difficult to answer. Using the uLesson app also frees up some time for you to catch up on your own work and self care time. Download and subscribe to the app and have a hassle free school year. After all, we all deserve one.

Let’s See How It Goes!

Make use of these back-to-school tips and let us know how it goes!

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