You think you know what type of parent you will be when your child has their first day at school. You’ll be the one cheering as they sail through the door. You won’t cry, because big deal? They are going to school! This is exciting stuff!
However, parenting has a knack of changing many assumptions you had about your parenting vision, before giving birth. Now you are wondering if they are ready for school and if you’ve done everything you can do ensure they are. Enter parenting guilt – isn’t it the worst!?
Never fear though, There’s a lot they’ll learn simply ‘on the job’, but in the lead up to their first day at primary school, there’s some things you can do that can make a difference.
1. Practise a loose, school-like schedule.
You don’t need to do this for long, but in the last week of the school holidays, start getting children … Read the rest