{"id":77240,"date":"2023-01-20T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/your-back-to-school-guide\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T15:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:39:55","slug":"your-back-to-school-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/your-back-to-school-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Back to School Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/en-ca\/profiles\/child-care\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Magazin_Banners-2020-EN-seek_BABYSITTER-3.png\" alt=\"Back to School Guide\" width=\"657\" height=\"250\"><\/a><\/p><h2><\/h2><p>As summer winds to a close, <strong>it&rsquo;s time to go back to school<\/strong>. No more lazy days of summer. Instead, you have to deal with <strong>buying school supplies, packing healthy lunches, helping with homework and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/en-ca\/profiles\/child-care\/after-school-care\" data-track-click=\"\">finding after-school child care<\/a><\/strong>, etc. Scared yet? Don&rsquo;t worry! <strong>Here are A+ tips to help you manage the chaos and send your kids back to school.<\/strong><\/p><h2>1 Month Before School Starts<\/h2><ul><li>Save money on school supplies by doing your back to school shopping early, so you have time to find the best deals and avoid the crowds.<\/li><li>Figure out what to do with your kids when school lets out. Explore your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/10-options-for-after-school-child-care\/\" data-track-click=\"\">after-school child care options<\/a> now, so you&rsquo;re not left scrambling at the last minute.<\/li><li>Want to hire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/en-ca\/profiles\/child-care\/after-school-care\" data-track-click=\"\"> an after-school sitter<\/a>? Start the process early&ndash;the best nannies and babysitters get snapped up early in the summer.<\/li><li>Ensure your child has a great first day of school and an even better school year by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/11-back-to-school-tips-for-parents\/\" data-track-click=\"\">getting organized and preparing early<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><h2>3 Weeks Before<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/anxiety-at-school-during-pandemic\/\" data-track-click=\"\">Talk to kids about important issues they may face this year.<\/a> Watch a few back to school videos together to kick start the conversation.<\/li><li>Is your child starting a new school? Ease the transition this week by going on a tour of the building, scheduling play dates with new classmates, etc.<\/li><li>Sign up for after-school extracurricular activities, if you haven&rsquo;t already. Find the right one(s) for your kids.<\/li><\/ul><h2>2 Weeks Before<\/h2><ul><li>Get arty with some back to school crafts. They&rsquo;ll get your kids in the school spirit and they make great gifts for teachers.<\/li><li>Learn about the most common back to school problems that parents face&ndash;and how to solve them!<\/li><li>Plan how your little ones will get to school and how they&rsquo;ll get home. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/can-kids-walk-to-school-alone\/\" data-track-click=\"\">Decide if they&rsquo;re ready to walk to school alone.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/back-to-school-guide-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"back to school guide\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/h2><h2>1 Week Before<\/h2><ul><li>Contact your child&rsquo;s teachers this week to see if they have any advice before school starts.<\/li><li>Consider purchasing a special back to school gift for your kids.<\/li><li>Get kids on a regular schedule before school starts, going to bed early and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/back-school-morning-checklist\/\" data-track-click=\"\">waking up early<\/a>. Have them fill out a nighttime routine checklist.<\/li><\/ul><h2>The Day Before<\/h2><ul><li>Head to the store and stock your fridge and pantry with food to make these quick and healthy breakfast and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/lunch-snack-abcds\/\" data-track-click=\"\">lunch ideas<\/a>.<\/li><li>Squash any back to school worries that may be cropping up today by talking to your kids about how great school is.<\/li><li>As you prepare your kids for school, get yourself ready, too.<\/li><\/ul><h2>The First Day of School<\/h2><ul><li>Start the year off right by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/back-school-morning-checklist\/\" data-track-click=\"\">keeping your morning relaxed and organized<\/a>.<\/li><li>Encourage children to talk about their day when they get home from school.<\/li><li>Help your kids release all of that post-school energy with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/5-educational-activities-6-10-year-olds\/\" data-track-click=\"\">these fun after-school games and activities<\/a>.<\/li><li>Prepare some simple after-school snacks so you can feed grumbling tummies.<\/li><\/ul><h2>After School Starts<\/h2><ul><li>Kids complaining about classes already? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/10-ways-to-get-kids-to-love-school\/\" data-track-click=\"\">Teach them how to love school.<\/a><\/li><li>Look out for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/how-to-bring-bullying-to-a-stop\/\" data-track-click=\"\">signs that your child is being bullied<\/a> (or bullying someone else). Ask your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/en-ca\/profiles\/child-care\/after-school-care\" data-track-click=\"\">after-school sitter<\/a> to be aware of these red flags, too.<\/li><li>Give kids a hand with homework, but don&rsquo;t overdo it&ndash;many parents get too involved, which hurts kids in the long run. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/how-to-win-the-homework-battle\/\" data-track-click=\"\">Read up on these homework solutions.<\/a><\/li><li>Ask the teacher how you can be involved with your child&rsquo;s class(room)&ndash;your participation will help your kids do better in school.<\/li><li>Prepare for the first parent-teacher conference by creating a list of things you want to discuss.<\/li><\/ul><h2><\/h2><p>Further useful articles:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/10-options-for-after-school-child-care\/\">Options for After-school Child care<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/lunch-snack-abcds\/\">Your ABCD School Lunch Planner<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/can-kids-walk-to-school-alone\/\">When Can My Child Walk to School Alone?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/en-ca\/profiles\/tutoring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Magazin_Banners-2019-EN-TT-seek.jpg\" alt=\"back to school guide\" width=\"657\" height=\"250\"><\/a><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From buying school supplies, packing healthy lunches, helping with homework and finding after-school child care &#8230; here are A+ tips to help you send your kids back to school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1404,"featured_media":77241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2023-01-20","view_count":51,"footnotes":""},"categories":[403],"tags":[],"member-type":[313],"vertical":[314,316,317],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-77240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children","member-type-seeker-en-ca","vertical-children-en-ca","vertical-child-care-advice-en-ca","vertical-child-care-guides-en-ca","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91185,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77240\/revisions\/91185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77240"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=77240"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=77240"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=77240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}