Get ready, get set and GO BACK TO SCHOOL!! After
a wonderful slower paced summer vacation, late nights watching the Olympics,
getting back into the school routine may be a bit of a challenge. But
with this three (3) step game plan you will be set to win!
1.
PLAN AND PRIORITIZE
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Download a free calendar and create a family
calendar or purchase a large “dry erase” board and write down all school and
extra curricular activities for the week or month. This will help keep the entire family organized!
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Mark busy
days and plan meals that will work well on those days.
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Call family
& friends to make requests for any help you may need.
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Get a
spiral notebook for your child to journal their goals for the school year for
everything from behavior and attitude to organization, study habits, extra
vurrivular activities and grades.
Put dates to these goals and review them with your child weekly
throughout the year.
2.
HEALTHY FOOD AND PROPER HYDRATION
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Call a few
family meetings to Discuss the connection between healthy eating and their
ability to focus and concentrate and get good grades.
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Set goals
for healthy lifestyle e.g.
drinking more water (even at school like every time they pass the water
fountain), walking, eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day or baking rather than
frying foods.
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Encourage
your children to assist with the grocery shopping and making a weekly list. Go to the store together and have them
select the vegetables and put them in the shopping cart.
3.
REST
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Implement a
set plan on how you intend to “settle down” for the night. Try having your child read for 15
minutes or take a bath or listen to soft music to settle them down from
summer’s late night fun in the sun.
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Start
mimicking your school’s schedule a couple of weeks before school starts. That means getting the kids to bed
early and seeing what time they naturally wake up on their own.
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A NOTE TO PARENTS:
This means you too. Soon we
will be headed to fall and we all should be getting to bed soon after the sun
goes down. Talk about
refreshing. YES – sleep works!
Next time we'll talk about an Affordably Healthy Back to School Nutritious Shopping List to fuel the body and brain with out breaking the bank!
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