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Back to School 2023

It’s here! It’s time!  

Hands up…. how many of you are excited to get back into routine? 
Into Fall sweaters and boots? Ready to make school lunch each day?

I am! I love this time of year. Mostly for the Fall sweaters and boots…. but also, for the routine, a new day timer and the excitement from kids for the first day of school.  It brings back those feeling from my back-to-school days. The anticipation of what will this next grade be like. Will I like my teachers? Who will I play with at recess and who will I sit with at lunch?

These are some of the very things you can read about in this back-to-school Scoop.   Keeping routines, suggestions for preparing an endless number of school lunches, and being overall ready to have your kids hit the books for another year. 

Before all that begins next week, we have the long weekend to look forward to!  If you are looking for something fun and entertaining for your little ones, join Winnipeg author, Laurie Robin, for a book reading of her kids’ book “I Want to Be You” and take-home goodies this Saturday at Indigo. It’s a great story and a great message for everyone to take away.

Wishing you a long weekend full of fun and family time, and a successful back-to-school time next week! 

Dana Todd

Editor

THE IMPORTANCE OF ROUTINE WHEN
RETURNING TO SCHOOL

A lot of us are creatures of habit, both as children and as adults. Once we establish routines for ourselves, it is often hard to rival those patterns, especially when they work for efficiency, friendships, and maximizing our school or work day. Although summer can be a lot of fun because there is less structure, less routine, and later nights. However, returning to school in the early stages of the fall means resuming routines to help quell what appears to be an onslaught of higher levels of Anxiety for our children. Thus, when thinking about your children returning to school, start preparing them for routines prior to the beginning (e.g., last 10 days of summer), rather than waiting for heavier workloads. The school year tends to start slower as the teachers and students readjust to the need for structure. Therefore, to help your children feel more relaxed and more in control of the significant change from summer, start preparing them for what they can control. (Read more)

IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT BEING BACK TO SCHOOL READY!

A big part of the back-to-school frenzy is combing the usual list of required items — pens, pencils, notebooks, you know the drill — and then hitting the stores, sometimes multiple ones, to source everything. If you have any room in the school-supply budget left after all the necessary items have been purchased, here’s a few unconventional extras you may want to toss in your kid’s backpack this semester. (Read more)

BACK TO SCHOOL LUNCHES – QUICK TIPS TO HELP YOU SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS

Back to school means parents are once again faced with the often-dreaded task of packing school lunches! I have yet to meet a parent who loves making lunches.

It’s challenging to create meals that are both nutritious and appealing to our kids tastes. However, with a little planning and creativity, you will be able to navigate the school lunch routine with ease. (Read more)