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4 Tips That Will Support Both Students And Parents As Our Children Return To School!

Parents! Did you see Mr. Ronโ€™s tips for getting ready to go back-to-school? ๐Ÿค” If not, here are those tips again – you never know whoโ€™s going to need them!
๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ!๐Ÿ‘‡ โฃ
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1๏ธโƒฃ. ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ – Establishing structure and routine is an essential part of back-to-school preparation. Talk about a morning routine, after school routine, etc. โฃ
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2๏ธโƒฃ. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ – A week before school starts, have all of your kids use their alarms and begin to wake up when theyโ€™ll be getting up during the school year. โฃ
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3๏ธโƒฃ. ๐˜๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต – During preparation for the school year, preferably an hour before bed, let them read a book, comic, or magazine. What they do in quiet time is not important, as long as no electronics are present! โฃ
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4๏ธโƒฃ. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ – One of the most important back to school tips for parents: Talk to your kids! An ongoing, meaningful connection between kids and parents is one of the most powerful factors in supporting mental and physical health. Let your kids open up about what theyโ€™re thinking and feeling.โฃ
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Are you ready for school to start?! Share any other tips in the comments! โฌ‡๏ธ

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