#BacktoSchool

How to Help Kids Cope with Homework Anxiety

As kids will be heading back to the classroom in a couple of weeks, some of them may feel overwhelmed by their workload. At the end of each day, teachers will be assigning homework. These assignments are very important to teaching students to apply principles learned in the classroom. Homework also assists the development of critical thinking, original thoughts, accountability and responsibility. Here are tips to help kids cope with homework anxiety: 1. Encourage using a Plan

How to Avoid Back-to-School Overspending and Feel Good About it, Too

Parents want their children to have the best start possible on that first day of school. For most parents, giving children a good start means that at least some back-to-school shopping is in order. Children may need new shoes, clothes, and backpacks along with at least some new supplies. But how can parents on a budget draw the line between wants and needs? Especially when a child is begging for a fancy new backpack when the one from last year is perfectly fine? Will it affec

A Back to School List From The Experts - 30 Tips To Cover All Bases

It's back to school time again, and no matter what grade your child is transitioning into, it’s normal for your family to experience some level of back to school anxiety. "According to a recent Brainly study, only 22% of U.S. parents said they currently feel organized for the start of the new school year, and a mere 10% of parents said they remain organized throughout the entire school year," advises Brainly's Chief Business Officer, Eric Oldfield. In order to best prepare fo

THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL CHECKLIST: POSITIVELY SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL

In Australia today, schools have developed various transition programs, policies, and practices to promote a positive transition to high school. This article was produced as a resource for parents, carers, and children to ensure they are equally involved in promoting well being at home during the transition to secondary school. When back-to-school means starting high school, there are a few more essentials to add to the checklist. Along with the usual school supplies and unif

Top tips for beating those back-to-school blues

Some great basic tips from 'The National Lifestyle' for beating those back-to-school blues! From making sure that your children get enough sleep to encouraging them to communicate and giving them the chance to experience boredom, we get some expert advice on smoothing their transition into the new academic year. It’s finally time for the kids to slip into freshly ironed uniforms and for you to fill those new lunch boxes with healthy snacks. Children across the UAE are heading

How Back-To-School Stress Is Different Today

When I think back to my youth, I can remember the butterflies I got in my stomach as we pulled up for my first day back to school. Did I get the right v-neck sweater from The Gap? Were my bangs teased enough? Was Mrs. Carroll going to put me on the spot in math class? These used to be the important issues, and finding out I didn’t have the same lunch period as my best friends felt like the end of the world. Today’s kids, however, are facing very different issues and, as paren

Back-To-School Teacher Toolkit

Whether you’re a fresh faced newbie or a veteran teacher, a new school year is a great opportunity to explore resources, tweak tried and true strategies, and to set goals for the next 10 months. So to help you do just that, we’ve created a teacher toolkit designed specifically around the new school year. Hot Topics from Discovery Education Discovery Education wants to help you address today’s hottest topics in education. For each of the topics below, Discovery Education has c

Some tips for parents, kids to help children be ready to start the new school year

It's that time of the year again... BACK - TO - SCHOOL ! Here's a great piece to get you school ready :) CAN it really be six weeks since the kids broke up for the gloriously-long summer holidays? Is it really just a couple of weeks until the state’s cherubs are back, for the start of another school year? Depending on your circumstances, Term 1, is approaching way too quickly, or it can’t get here fast enough. One thing is for certain, come Monday, January 29, there are guara

Four mindful back-to-school questions to build emotional intelligence

Picture a middle school student who we’ll call Ethan. He entered third grade today with a scowl on his face. He squirms and fidgets in his chair, unable to focus. When his teacher asks him about last night’s homework, he bristles with annoyance and says he didn’t do the assignment. It’s not clear why Ethan appears angry, and chances are Ethan may be a little unsure himself. Great teachers and parents have always known that a student’s emotions can derail the educational proce