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iMOM’sBACK-TO-SCHOOL
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30 Day Back-to-SchoolIn the crazy days of the back-to-school season, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. It is easy to get lost in your never-ending to-do list. Use our 30 Day Back-to-School Challenge as a day-by-day reminder to keep you
on track, to keep you engaged, and also to keep you enjoying the little moments in your child’s life.
Challenge!
1. Print off your back to school checklist.
2. Label your child's lunchbox and backpack with our printable bag tags.
3. Talk with your child about any first-day anxieties using our Discuss It: Anxiety printable.
4. Talk with your child about making friends using our Discuss It: Making Friends printable.
5. Help your child write down goals for the new school year.
6. Have a back to school feast.
7. Print out our Back to School Conversation Starters and ask one today.
8. Take a first-day-of-school photo. Print it and display it.
9. Put a surprise treat in your child's lunch.
10. Write your child a special lunchbox note.
11. Introduce yourself to your child's teacher.
12. Ask your child what they like about their new teacher.
13. Make a treat for your child's teacher, with your child.
14. Kiss your child good-bye in the morning and say, "I love you."
15. Ask your child what they learned today.
16. Sit down and have an after school snack with your child.
17. Prepare a "homework spot" for your child.
18. Pray for your child's success in school.
19. Put your child's after-school activities on your calendar.
20. Ask your child, "What was the best thing about school today?"
21. Tell your child your favorite memory from when you were in school.
22. Ask your child if they have made any new friends.
23. Host a play date for your child.
24. Find your child's school on Facebook and keep updated on school happenings.
25. Sit down and eat breakfast with your child.
24. Before your child gets out of the car say, "It's going to be a great day!"
27. Let your child pick the CD or radio station to listen to in the car on the way
to school.
28. Play I Spy… on the way to school.
29. Contact your child’s teacher and volunteer.
30. Pray with your child before bed.
TALKBACK TO SCHOOLFamily Conversation Starters
What are you most
looking forward to on the first
day of school?
What two things did you like most about last
school year?
Name three new things you learned last year.
What are your four favorite school lunches?
What class subject would you love to have seven days a week?
Should school be eight hours long each day?
Longer? Shorter? Why?
Do you think we can be on time to school ten days in a row?
Give mom and dad
ten hugs – right now!
Who would you like to
have in your class?What will be great about being in your new grade?
Who have been your three favorite teachers
or adults at school?
Name �ve things you don't ever want to have for lunch.
Discuss It: Making FriendsWith a little practice, making friends can be easy.
The Making Friends guide below will help you remember how.Read it over and then practice with your family.
So people will know you are friendly.
So people will know you like them.
So people will know you are interested in them.
So people will know you can be a good friend.
Role-Play for Mom: Use the Making Friends guide above to
practice making friends with your child.
Role-Play for Child: Use the Making Friends guide above to
practice making a pretend friend with your mom or sibling.
Goal Setting: Set a goal to make a certain number of new friends
each week for a month. As you make them, write their names on a piece of
paper and post it on your refrigerator.
I will make ___________ new friends each week for a month.
Name
Street Address
City / State
Phone Number
Secondary Phone Number
Nam
e
Fold
Name
Street Address
City / State
Phone Number
Secondary Phone Number
Nam
e
fold
Lunchbox NotesWe sometimes forget that our children spend up to eight hours a day at school.
A lot can happen in eight hours - bad and good. Lunchbox notes are a great way to let your child know that you are thinking about them while they are away.
Elementary
I love you so muchI can’t wait for you
to come home.
Be A Friendto someone whoneeds a friend.
Praying For YouI know you can do it,
Sweetie!
I Love Youto the moon and back!
I Am So Thankfulyou are my
________________________.
Being With Youis the best part of my day!
Hurry HomeI have a suprise for you!
SURPRISE!Tonight we are going to
________________________.
Lunchbox NotesWe sometimes forget that our children spend up to eight hours a day at school.
A lot can happen in eight hours - bad and good. Lunchbox notes are a great way to let your child know that you are thinking about them while they are away.
Elementary
I am so Proudof how you studied
for your test.
You Are AmazingI still can’t believe you
______________________!
MOMMYis beary, beary thankful
for you!
I Miss You!I can’t wait for you
to come home.
After School TodayLet’s
________________________.
Today Will Be HardKnow that I am always
thinking about you!
You AreDINO-MITE! This Sweet Treat
is for the sweetest_______________ Iknow - YOU.