How do you help your kids switch gears from summer vacation to the first day of class?

Question

From setting up your breakfast routine to getting back to earlier bedtimes, it’s hard to your children back to their old routine. What do you do to prepare your kids for back to school?

Answer 1

Practice getting ready for school a couple of times -- make it fun like it's a play and they are rehearsing. Have them take their baths, lay out their clothes, then in the morning have them eat breakfast and go to "school," which can just be another room in your house. They think it's fun.



It's important to make sure they know who their teacher is and to visit the classroom before hand, and to show them where the bathrooms are if they don't already know.



And of course that age-old tradition of shopping for school supplies.

Answer 2

Every Night Send Them To Bed 15 Minutes Earlier Until You reach The Bedtime They Have During School Days And Then In The Mornings Set Your Alarm Clock 15 Minutes Earlier Until You Reach The Time Desired ! If They Are Older Kids Explain To Them That They Have To Start Eating The Right Breakfast In The Mornings In Preparation For School But if They Are Little Kids Comprimise With Them (e.g. Give Them Half A Bowl Of Their favorite Cereal But Only If They Eat A Little Something That Is Good For Them And Will Fuel Their Minds For The day Ahead. Everyday Reduce The Amount Of Their favorite Cereal and Increase The Food Thats Good For Them !

Answer 3

Well I'm an 8th grader, and I usually do everything by myself in the morning for school.

For me, school starts on the 30th of August (2 weeks from now) so I've already started sleeping an hour/half an hour earlier everyday and waking up at ten. I also have a lot more chores and cleaning to do now, especially since I wanna get back into that discipline for school (that I'm trying to gain lol) so I get tired more. I have the crappiest sleep schedule during summer break (I can fall asleep at eight a.m, wake up at almost four p.m sometimes) so I started last week. Last night I fell asleep around 3:30. Lol, at the moment it's pretty good. Tonight I'll be in bed by 11 (of course I have the usual Summer Insomnia) and hopefully fall asleep around 2:00. Once I fall asleep at midnight, I start waking up at 6:30 like I do for school, follow the schedule, try not to sit down too much. Maybe even read -- yeah a Cosmopolitan. The first day of school's a Tuesday so the weekend b4 I'll probably be doing a lot of school shopping, and be out a little more to soak up the last few days and I'll probably be asleep before 9.

I often have breakfast at school so I don't need to plan for that. I'm not a big breakfast person during any time of the year anyways.

Answer 4

Well I can only assume your kids drive vehicles with manual transmissions. So I'll suggest having them do some practice runs through the school-zone and parking lot. Have them start downshifting more efficiently and tell em' to quit rippin' through them dang gears so hard and shift earlier, and easier and for god's sake quit chirpin' them tires.



But, really, as a serious answer, I offer my mother's method. She usually started having my brothers and I awake at the time we would for school 2 weeks early. The "bedtime" wasn't enforced until the week going into starting school. By not setting a bedtime in the first week of "training", yet enforcing the wake-up/breakfast routine let's em' know they DO need to get a good, healthy amount of sleep (I came to regret staying up well into the night and then dragging myself around all day). It's pretty basic but I really think it chilled us out from the summer excitement and let us know what we were in for without complicating things too much. Good luck!

Answer 5

The weekend prior to the start of school we have a back to school swim party and the kids have friends and great food as well as a sleep over.....then they know what to expect the week prior ...which is an early bedtime and an alarm to get up and develop a new routine for the new school year. One year we even walked to the school in the morning prior to the first day just to pick the best route. Make the transition fun and talk about it first with your children involve them in the decision making process. Our children know the drill we have done this fir years and their bedtime is 830...for 30 minutes of reading and 9 pm lights out for a 6 am wake up call.

Answer 6

We've been trying to get back into the earlier bed time routine and no sleeping too late in the mornings. Just the last week we've been really pushing it as school starts the 15th. This is the kids freshman year in HS and the start time is 7am where middle school was 9am. She will need to catch her bus at 5:48 am which seems really early. I think after the first week of the bus she will just ride to school with her mom. Her mom will only have to leave 15 minutes earlier for work and the kid can sleep another hour.

Answer 7

A week before I start the early bedtimes at 30 mins past the normal school night bedtime (9:30 if school nights are 9:00 pm). Also start playing games that make them either refresh what they learned the previous year or just problem solving type questions to get them back into thinking mode. Also a week prior, I make my children read a book they must finish and write a summary of what it was about. Make the starting of school an exciting topic weeks prior to it starting and setting expectations and rewards for good grades....ie "If you get at least a 3.0, after the first 10 weeks, you can get......for Christmas"

and so on.

Answer 8

Make changes as gradual as possible so it's not a shock to their system when they endure the first day of school. Beginning in early August, start talking about school related things: their new teacher, who might be in their class, what classes they'll be taking, etc. Figure out what time they'll need to get up for school, then tweak their bedtime accordingly and make it earlier and earlier from early August so that they're going to bed at a reasonable time the night before the first day of school.

As well, I sometimes take the kids a week before school starts and stop in the school to meet the teacher or classroom or just wander through the halls. That gets them used to the idea that school is starting soon and then it's a more familiar feeling being there once school starts.

Finally, try to get in the habit of getting all their clothes picked out, breakfast and lunches set up as best you can, and school supplies organized each night before you go to bed. You will be so happy you did each morning.

Answer 9

Well my parents do this like 2 days before school starts they wake me up at about 8 or 9 (not the time I go to school but not super late) because I'm a teen so during the summer I stay up until four and sleep until 2 or 3. My mom calls me from work to wake me up (she sits the phone beside me) I take my showers at night though. I usually don't eat breakfast because I have stomach issues to where I can't eat in the morning or I will throw up. But I grab at least 2 snacks and a water to drink & eat while I walk to school since I can't eat meals in the morning. My school bed time is 11 O'clock since I'm a teen and I wake up at 6:45 leave at 7:45 to walk and arrive to school at 8 O'clock then talk to my friends for 15 minutes then class starts at 8:15 then I walk home at 3:15 and arrive home at 3:30 I will admit it is hard to get into my old routine but I need an education I don't want be a fail in life. Good Luck to all you parents & kids out there!

Answer 10

I'm the kid here...what I do is



well...the entire summer I've been waking up at 7 am anyways but in general for people a week or two before school starts you should slowly start setting the alarm earlier. Say you need to wake up for 7 and every day in the summer you've been waking up at 1pm. Tomorrrow set the alarm for 12. then the day after for 11. then 10, 9 , 8, then 7, then make sure you're not going to sleep at midnight or later, and the night before school, go to bed extra early!

Answer 11

Start building up the excitement that school will bring by shopping for the first day outfit. It could be a complete redo beginning with looking at magazines for fashion trends to visiting new and old stores. Go from shoes to a new hairdo and that requires several good shopping half days. Start early in the morning using an alarm at the earliest hour just like those school days. Come home early so you don't get it all done in one day and continue the process until school begins. Don't forget the needs of an umbrella and rain gear.



Next shop around for school supplies. Most of which you don't purchase until the teachers give you the assignment of exactly what to bring. Take notes in the stores of potential purchases. Finding a good school pack requires visiting sports shops. A strong backpack, easy to get on and off and strong enough to carry heavy books and other accessories can be the task of the century. Kids have one idea and parents seem to have another. In any event, I like adding a water bottle to the purchase and with an indelible maker everything gets tagged with identification if lost. Don't put too much information on the ID just in case it gets into the wrong hands. A telephone number could be enough.



Start helping your child update their address book and get a large calendar for the family postings of important dates and events to remember. A computer is wonderful but also quite personal and the family calendar is good for everyone. Encourage your child to connect with some of their school chums in advance of their first day at school.



Practice breakfast ideas that are quick and healthy especially if your child performs this activity by them self. Stock up on the essential cereals and juices. You might need lunch bags or a lunch pack. What will your child carry money in? Is there also a way to separate the carrying of money from the backpack to be on their body. Is there a hiding place in the backpack or carry all for special items like extra money, important data. If not, sew in a pocket.



By now you have raised consciousness about school and all that is left to do is make sure the alarm clocks are in order and watches are ready to help your child keep track of time. Choose other outfits for the full week of school with changes based on weather conditions and teach your child to have everything ready the night before. Dental floss and an extra toothbrush/toothpaste can be part of the set up along with hairbrush and comb.

Answer 12

Usually there isn't a lot of prep needed. Make sure they have a new outfit to wear the first day that they love. If there are uniforms maybe a new pair of shoes or something they really can look forward to having on. Hype up the first day with how they'll meet all new people and will have a great time getting to know their teacher. They'll probably wake up early on their own. Summer gets boring to a kid after a while, and they want to go to school again. The first day is the easiest, it's that second and third month you have to work on, when school starts to seem boring instead.

Answer 13

We just get to about a week from when my daughter is due back, and spend that week brushing up any parts of her usual school routine which she didn't have in the holiday. She goes back to an earlier bedtime, so she will get up earlier, and to help her to stop being bored near the end of the holidays, I always plan one of her holiday treats to have a few days before she goes back. I also go back into "parent teacher supporting mode" (where you help them to learn stuff they need to know for school, like tables and spellings or memory games and that kind of thing) as we usually relax a bit on this during holiday times, or don't go through stuff so often. I also write her new routine up on her board, as she has high functioning autism, so does need a bit of notice that her routine is going to change. She uses a calendar to cross of her "sleeps" until school, and we have regular discussions about her teachers, classes and subjects just mentioning these things in conversation. By the time she gets to it, she is quite happy to go back. It can be difficult for a child with special needs to get back into a school routine, so in answering this question, I hope it helps others.

Answer 14

If you start a week or two before school starts if makes it easier. Wake them up a little earlier each day until its the time they have to wake up for school. Same for bedtimes. Do routine items with your kids. Make breakfast together to get them into the pattern. Soon enough they'll be used to it.

Answer 15

Usually about a week before school they go to bed about and hour earlier, a day or two before school we set the alarm to wake them up early, get dressed and eat breakfast so they can get used to the morning routine. Also here and there, I give a few math sheets to freshen up their brains! Other than that, I still like to let them enjoy their last weeks of summer! Switching gears is defiantly hard, but has to happen smoothly and stress-freely.

Answer 16

You need to good routine in order for the last week of the holidays, maybe set the alarm (as it would be when they get up for school) get them dressed and to have breakfast ... then let them chill out! In the evenings also set a good routine .. bath and bedtime early and continue this for a few days. I also think a few work sheets could do them the world of good!

Answer 17

I would say starting a week or two before school officially starts start off the first days at 8:00 or whenever school starts and work your way down until you reached the time they usually wake up for school. Go to bed earlier. Around 8:30 for elementary 9:00 for middle and 9:30 for high school. As for breakfast have breakfast ready right when they wake up for the first couple of days and then they will be used to it.

Answer 18

I feel like, especially once kids are entering high school, it's the getting up in the morning that's more important than going to sleep early at night. You may set your kids bedtimes to 9:30 or 10:00, but once they start getting homework they'll have to stay up until twelve or one in the morning whether you like it or not. Plus, it's natural for kids' bedtimes to get pushed back every year--I found that after elementary school, I would go to sleep an hour later than usual over the summer--9:30, say, instead of 8:30, and then when school started, I would try to get to sleep at nine. The next summer I would stay up until ten, then during school push back to 9:30. The summer after I would stay up until 10:30, then push back to 10:00 during the school year, and so on.

Answer 19

For my kids I always have the same bedtime and curfew during the summer as for the school years so it is not much difference when school starts up they are already used to it. Only if they are doing something that requires them to stay up late do I let them like spending the night at friends houses or things that they are getting home from late. But I don't feel kids even teenagers need to be out all night nothing good happens late at night only bad sometimes.

Answer 20

Two weeks before school we get back into the school routine. That means in bed by 830 for the younger kids wake up at 530 wash dress eat breakfast and get them back in the habit of doing school work. I print some things off the internet and make them read for at least an hour

Answer 21

Unfortunately you don't wait until August to start the transition.

NEXT summer, right at the end of school, you go to the local teacher supply store and buy some books on math and reading that are grade appropriate (you can do it now if you want).

Each day, first thing, they have to do two pages in each book. Just enough to keep the gears greased, not enough to turn them off.



They know what you expect. Not worming their way out. This is as much their job as the chores you assign them. It is their job in the house. Everyone has one and this is part of theirs.



They end up spending 30 minutes a day learning and the "shock" of going back to school is not so hard.



Go watch a copy of "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950 version), based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family. Look at what THEIR father did to keep them occupied - LOL

Answer 22

They should have been doing workbooks or reading all summer long. As far as bedtime, getting up, start now. Get them into the routine. After a few weeks of school they will be fine. Kids are very adaptable.

Answer 23

About two weeks before the first day of school establish the routine. They may be hit and miss initially but as the day nears they will be used to going to bed at a certain time and getting up for breakfast. You can plan an activity in the morning when they would normally head off to school such as going to the library or going school shopping, etc.



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Answer 24

Well, my oldest will be going into 4th grade, my youngest will be going into 1st grade. A couple days before the first day of school, maybe 2-3 days, I set an alarm clock in each of their rooms, I set it for 7 am, so they have about an hour and 15 minutes to get ready, relax, eat breakfast, and then we have 15 minutes to drive to school, I drop each of them off, etc. But usually for those 2-3 days, I just get them up and explain what I'm doing.

I also take them school shopping with me so they can pick out some notebooks and folders and backpacks so they can really get into the mood of school. I make sure they have everything they need, from pencils to lunch boxes.

Answer 25

try to give them incentives as to how important learning is. I mentor my grandson who is only six and he says he doesn't like school because it is work - I asked him how did he learn about the bible and to write and count.

There is time for play and work. Explain that adults dont want to get up every morning and go to work - but that is how we survive. I make learning fun - like word games - color games - mostly a childs routine should really not be changed whether in school or not. Beadtime is bedtime except for an occasional later night.

our bodies are like clocks that have to keep tuned. Its not easy being a kid especially with all the bullying - but ask them how they met all new friends and if it weren't for that they would have never met these children. Bring out the positive. Explain that there is always play time - easting time - sleep time - rest time and work or school time. Bring yourself to their level and understand where they stand. We often forget that although they are young they have an opinion also.

Answer 26

Like a lot of other posters on here, I don't change my kids routines during the summer. They still go to bed at the same time and still get up at the same time. I still have to work M-F so they are still going to daycare daily. My kids are all about routines. If they start to get out of routine, then the whole household is off for a couple days until things straighten themselves out again.

Answer 27

I am going through this right now with my 4 year old who will be starting pre-k next week and she is night owl! I have been keeping her alot more active during the day and having a set bed time "wind down" for the past week. This includes bath, snack, brush teeth and books. I try to have her in bed ready to sleep an hour earlier each night like, 10pm Monday, 9pm Tuesday, 8pm Wednesday, 8pm is the bedtime we are going for to be up for the bus at 8am. I also have been getting her up an hour earlier each day. So far, it is working well for us, now lets hope it keeps up when actual school,starts!

Answer 28

I dont have kids but I do go to school; My only concern is getting to bed and actually sleeping before 11pm and getting ready to leave for school at 6:15am . It harder than you think, especially because I just stated my 1st year in high school and it takes a lot of getting used to waking up at 5:20 ( which is a big difference from 7:30 in middle school D: ) . And sometimes get my breakfast at school if i done get the time to make it

Answer 29

Start early. 2 weeks before school we usually start the school routine. The first week is usually hard but the second is quite easy. This also gives us time to go over any changes such as bus schedule and number, and any backup plans. We also start the ritual of homework time by enforcing book reading time. It will usually the time they get home from school so when they start there won't be to much of a difference.

Answer 30

I start to wake them up 10 minutes earlier each day for about 7-10 days until they are waking up at their usual school morning time! Then by night, they are tired earlier and end up falling asleep around the time they should be on a school night!

I make sure they don't lounge around the house all day and give them activities to do to prepare for the busy school schedule.

We start eating quick breakfasts and eat lunch and dinner at the correct times to simulate a school day!

All in all, preparing for school can be a little hectic but once they are settled it is quit enjoyable to be back in a routine

Answer 31

About a week before school starts I reset the schedules. Going to bed at a certain time depending on their age. Waking them up at the same time as if they would be going to school. Offering breakfast, having age appropriate chores on hand ready for them to do instead of going back to bed so they get used to the routine. other than that there isn't much for you to do to prepare them.

Answer 32

Try to change the sleep pattern at least one month prior to school re-opening, Every few days move the time by 15 to 30 min. This way your kid will not crib that you are making him go to bed early when his vacations are still on and he will also get into a routine.

Answer 33

A week before school starts, set the morning alarm to 9:30, and the nightly bedtime to be 12:00.

Each day, gradually shift the times so it corresponds more to school hours.



Monday WAKE UP: 930 SLEEP: 12

Tuesday WAKE UP: 9 SLEEP: 11:30

Wednesday WAKE UP 8:30 SLEEP 10

Thursday WAKE UP 8:00 SLEEP 9:30

Friday WAKE UP 7:30 SLEEP 9:30 (by now, have them just keep going to bed at 930)

Saturday WAKE UP 7 SLEEP 9:30

Sunday WAKE UP 6:30 SLEEP 9:30

Answer 34

Look going to bed early and getting up early doesn't really help. Its just the mind set. Just go to bed early like 2 days before school starts. And most kids have to get up early once or twice in the summer. No matter how early Kids go to bed there will be complaining in the morning nothing can change that. Just let it go. Most parents over react when it comes to bed times when school starts to get closer. Don't stress it until two days or so before. Let them enjoy their last bit of summer vacation.

Answer 35

I don't let them stay up (or sleep in) any later in the summer time than I do during the school year so there really isn't a change. Sure on vacations I let them stay up later and whatnot but that's only one or two weeks out of the summer...not enough to have to totally revamp the routine.

Answer 36

You start trying to get the schedule started ahead of time. Like you said, earlier bed times, wake ups and breakfast earlier than the summer routine, and another thing I do is start getting them going on refreshers on computer games before they get back to class.

Answer 37

I usually go to bed at around 11 on school nights anyway, so theres no change in that manner but over summer i get up really late so about a week before school i set my alarm for school time. I dont necissarily get up at that time but it just gets me used to the idea of getting up earlier. Myself and my sisters are all pretty independent so my mother doesnt really have to influence us in any way. It really doesnt take long to get back into routine anyway :)

Answer 38

Bedtime is earlier and I wake my son up earlier in the morning to get him back in the routine again

Answer 39

sit down with them and find out how much time they need to get ready in the morning and tell them that they need to wake up at a certain time to get ready, eat breakfast, etc. Let them know that you need to be at school by a specific time and practice your newly developed routine a week before school starts in order to make sure you have enough time to do everything you need to do. This also lets the kids know that they need to go back to reality.

Answer 40

A lot of people answering this are freaking retarded and apparently don't remember a thing about being a kid. It is summer VACATION(or holiday for non-americans). This is our break from school and stress and bullcrap. Making us get up at the early time we all hate still and sleep at 9:30 when we're 14 is so stupid. So is this "make them do homework the whole summer" crap. It's a break from school....idiots. My advice pertaining to the question is to let them use an alarm clock or come in their room when it's time to wake them up and wake 'em up. DOn't enforce bedtimes if they're older(Teens from 13-18). Let them learn on their own-we're smart enough to know what to do after several years. But yeah, have fun bullying your kids into forced schoolwork ont heir break from school and making them hate you for the strict @**holes you people are...

Answer 41

It really depends on the age of your kids.

I am thirteen and started school on the fourth of August, but I don't have to wake up until 7:30. I get in bed around ten thirty or eleven, but because I have terrible issues sleeping I take melatonin every night. The younger the kids are i'm sure the harder. You can't force your kids to get in bed a certain time, so just set an around time. And if like me they don't like getting up in the mornings, come in and get them or set the alarm or whatever a few minutes early so they can get up and start getting ready when they planned.

Answer 42

Well your getting this from a kids point of view what i do is start going to bed at like 8 or 9 about a week from when school starts but this is easy for me to switch because I cant wait for school to start so after i wake up at that time i just do my daily routine for when its the school year (get dressed, eat, and brush my teeth) and what my mom has me do is read for a couple hrs every day of that week (i like to spend my summer doing things with friends and occasionally read a book) that's just what i do to switch from summer to school year hope this helps your kids

Answer 43

from a few days to a week ahead of time, get them back in the routine of wake up eat breakfast get dressed etc. same things for bedtime. However, since they are still on vacation, don't push it as much as you normally would. Wake them up 5 minutes earlier each day, and send them to bed 5 minutes earlier each night, until they get back into the school year mode.

Good luck! Hope this helps!

Answer 44

A week before they go back start getting into that routine and keeping them busy from when their school starts and to when it will end, it will prepare them for the amount of work their going to have to start doing again!

Answer 45

I find something for my daughter to do early in the morning (like volunteer somewhere, babysit, etc.) in mid-August. If I can't find anything, I wake her up an hour early. Then, starting a week before school starts, I set her alarm (or have her set it) for 9:00, then set it a half hour earlier each night.



She's going into 7th grade, so she usually makes her own breakfast.

Answer 46

My mom makes us get ready in 15 minutes. She times us and everything. Like for a few days before school starts she wakes us up and sets our alarms for 7:30. And then she sets a timer and says, "Everyone better be ready in 15 minutes or we'll be late!" So we all rush to get ready and eat breakfast. Then we get into the car and go somewhere fun, since school hasn't started yet.

Answer 47

A couple weeks before school starts, send the kids to bed earlier, and then wake them up earlier. This may make them tired of course throughout the day, but that will allow them to fall asleep easier that night, and just keep repeating until you wake them up at the usual school time, and they are able to get out of bed easier.

Answer 48

I try to get them at least a little bit excited with school shopping. Also, the week before we try to get back on a normal bedtime routine. It's tough though! We like summer downtime :o(

Answer 49

Hi!



I suggest getting with the groove a few days early, or perhaps even a week! Set the alarm and get up on time. Get them used to eating an early breakfast. Do your normal school evening routine as well. Work on something constructive in the normal "homework" time, eat dinner, wind down and get to bed early!!



I love back to school!! Good Luck! :)

Answer 50

start sending them to bed and getting them up a little earlier about a week or more before school starts then a 3/4 days before they go back start sending them to bed at the time they would on a school night and get them up at school time, then go through the morning routine e.g up dressed and breakfast as you would for school

Answer 51

Help your child by getting them back into a routine before school starts. School schedules are very routine and if your child is comfortable with routines they should have an easier transition into school. Help them select the first day of school outfit a day or two before school, make sure they pick out the outfit and you guide to make sure it's appropriate. If they feel confident in their appearance they will feel confident walking through the school doors (even young children take pride in their individual style). Picking out the outfit a day or two before allows the child to change their mind and realize they still have options. Send your child off to school prepared, notebooks, pencils, erasers, etc. If they feel prepared they will feel confident facing their teacher for the first time. Wake up early and prepare your child's favorite breakfast and send them to school with their favorite lunch. Making them their favorite breakfast starts them off feeling happy that you put the time and effort into it. Making their favorite lunch gives them something to look forward to throughout the day. Ask your child if they would rather ride the bus of get dropped off by a parent on the first day. For some kids the bus is very exciting, for others it adds more stress for the first day. Hope this helps!

Hopefully you don't get this reaction! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnAGMAoKLVA

Answer 52

My daughter won't be going to school for another few years, but. What my mother use to do is a week in advance she would make me go to bed earlier and wake up earlier, to get my sleep schedule back. For breakfasts and such she would start buying easier things to prepare.

Answer 53

Starting at exactly July 8th every year, my 15 year old son, Bill, and my 13 year old daughter, Katherine, must be out of the tub and in bed by 8:45. In June after school ends, I let them stay up until 9:15. But for the whole summer, the whole family wakes up at 5am, and we go for a run together around the neighborhood as a family! (The exercise is important and I bought us the cutest matching tracksuits!) Every morning, we eat 1/2 a cup of oatbran, 1/4 of grapefruit, and one 8oz glass of milk.



I know I'm a little under-protective of my children and put them on a long leash, but it works for my family!

Answer 54

I don't change the schedule around that much, even on summer break. They get an extra hour before bed and maybe a little extra tv time and that's it (the oldest is in 3rd grade, so still young). You should get them back on track about a week before school starts so they're used to it again.

Answer 55

I usually start the school routine one week before school reopened, early bedtime, set the alarm for 6 A.M. My kids adjust very fast to their school schedule.

Answer 56

I usually send my kids to bed, and wake them up, a half hour earlier every couple days, starting a few weeks before school starts. Then by the time it's time for school, they are going to bed and getting up at the right times.

Answer 57

1. Start getting them, at the time they will need to get for school, three weeks in advance.



2. This new, time to get up, happens 7 days per week.



3. After school start, I would let them sleep in on day per week, usually Saturday mornings.



4. Take them to the library, three weeks before school starts, have them check out a book of fiction and start reading it, I'd also check out math and science books which would have been used during their previous academic year and start reviewing it all with them.



5. Home school them for these 3 weeks, making them write book reports, do math homework, science homework, etc. to help get the cob webs out of their brains.



6. Restrict TV watching just like during the school year.

Answer 58

About a month before school starts, get them into the routine. If you want them prepared for tests and quizzes (yes, on the 1st day of school for assessment) you can have flash card games and mini Jeopardy.

Answer 59

Pack as much summer fun into the remaining days as possible, including waking up very early to go out and do things and then going to bed on time. By the time school comes around, they will be all set with the time schedule and feel very accomplished, refreshed, and ready to learn.

Answer 60

During the hols, I have a structured timetable, like at school, where they get up at a set time, spend so much time making their beds, tidying up, etc, doing set activities, have morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea at set times, have an hour or two of free play time, etc. This way they still have a routine and still have a fun school holiday.

Answer 61

Just start setting the rules down early and go slowly transition back into the school routine that you normally would do

Answer 62

Well I just started highschool, If you are normally strict to them get them to go to sleep about 30 minutes earlier each day. I usually stay up until 5 am every night. In the last couple of days i'm going to start going to sleep earlier. What really helps me is staying up all night, and then going to sleep at about 9 pm and then waking up early in the morning

Answer 63

Start waking them up. Like lets say they normaly wake at ten thirty. Then wake them up at ten then two days later nine thirty and so on. And another thing is give them a couple worksheets a day so there used to it and give them lunch when school normally gives it to them. Or theyll be starving or to full beacause there used to be eating later then they'll come home hungry. Same with breakfast fedd them breakfast like before they wake up and make them get ready for the day first. And Lets say they go to bed at mid night have them got to bed at 11:30 and every two days make it thirty minutes earlier.

Hope I helped:D

Answer 64

I used to set the alarm -about 1 week prior to school- and get them out of bed EARLY- keep them up all day, needless to say they were pooped by 7pm. Worked like a charm. We all began the routine 1 week prior to school.

Answer 65

what i do that always seems to work is the last week of summer, put them to bed early with no tv& wake them up earlier if there used to sleeping late. have them come in from play time to eat dinner at a certain time. this way there body clocks are starting to get used to a normal schedule. During school if dinner time is usually at 6, have dinner at 6 that entire week, and if bed time is at 8 during school switchover to 8 ect. also with tubby time, make sure there ued to brushing teeth and taking a tub before they go to bed. i dont know about your kids but during the summer mine stay out till 9 playing with neighbors catching fireflys, eating cookies and ice pops, going to bed without takng a tub lol its all about scheduled timing.

Answer 66

2 of my children are 13 and 11 and they prepare themselves for school. I set the alarm for my 7 year old son and make him breakfast.

Answer 67

Well I can only assume your kids drive vehicles with manual transmissions. So I'll suggest having them do some practice runs through the school-zone and parking lot. Have them start downshifting more efficiently and tell em' to quit rippin' through them dang gears so hard and shift earlier, and easier and for god's sake quit chirpin' them tires.

Answer 68

As a teen the best way for me to transition is for the last week or summer gradually start going to sleep earlier and waking up earlier. That usually works for me.

Answer 69

Start the routine a few weeks before term starts so they are used to it and have no problems at school time.

Answer 70

i start getting them ready for bed early a week before school starts. so they will get up. Then a couple of days before i make sure they get up early not as early as school but early enough that they will be used to getting up. It is best to have a routine. like bath brush PJ's bed no tv. that is our routine. most of the summer i kept this routine but it was later but no it is close to school i started about 8 so in bed by 9. week before school it will be 7 and in bed by 8:00 8:30

Answer 71

I just run my MAD MAN bootcamp whenever they decide "they think" they are going to run the show. Regular routine...Bedtime preparation starts at 8pm and in bed no later than 8:30, no cookies and milk. Sweet dreams! Up at 6am to shower, eat breakfast, make their lunches, paper route and misc random tasks. Doesn't take them much to get into gear, you just have to put enough fear into them and they will listen to you trust me. Let me know if you need to know what my MAD MAN bootcamp includes...I'd be happy to share with you!

Answer 72

Go to bed at 8:30 and Set the alarm clock for 6:15! Feed them good breakfest

Answer 73

a couple days before school starts, start putting them to bed earlier and earlier each night and waking them up early in the mornings. They will get used to the times when school starts.

Answer 74

Start the routine a few weeks before term starts

Answer 75

About 2 1/2 weeks before school get them back into the habits of school. what i mean is do what you did the days he had school. bed time earlier and wake up early..

Answer 76

For younger children, getting them to sleep earlier a few nights before and getting up and actually getting dressed. For older children (teens) just let them take care of themselves because it's called teaching them natural consequences. If you don't sleep early, then they will learn that they will be tired in the morning.

Answer 77

There isn't much you need to do other than make sure they have all they need the night before. Then personally get them up early, even if you have to throw a handful of ice cubes into their bed. he first day of school will wear them out so much, they will hit the sheets by 9 or 10 o'clock. The next morning will be easier.

Answer 78

Well, with SIX kids all in school, I think it's so hard to get them in and out of routine, so what I do is wean. About 3 weeks before the first day, I begin the Battle of The Weaning. [I know it sounds dirty, but hear me out!]



First, I cut back on the TV. I let them go out with their friends AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE [as long as I know where they are], and whenever possible, I take them to pizza parlors, the movies, the mall... you name it, we're there! I figure that by upping the activity ante, they'll be too tired to stay up late watching TV, and would instead do productive things like reading, or sorting out their back to school clothes. Anything to keep them busy.



Then, I push bedtime up. My 4 that are under 13 still had a bedtime, but the other 2 [14 and 15] think they can run wild and sleep from 3 to 3. But during my Battle of Weaning, bedtime is strictly at 9:30. Any violators will be prosecuted [a week without phone, computer and TV privileges whatsoever! I'm strict right?]



Once that starts, I begin making breakfast when I can. Instead of putting milk bottles [we still use those!], a cereal box and plastic spoons on the table, hoping they'll get the hint... I make some eggs, some smoothies, and occasionally I'll get off my lazy buttush and make whole wheat waffles with peanut butter and fresh heavy cream. It's like a buffet that ends!



And then, of course, I have to start enforcing the Rise 'n' Shine. It's down at 9:30, up at 8 am. They find it hard at first, and they groan and moan and just don't cooperate. But after 2 days [yes, only 2!], they find themselves getting up at 7, the younger ones even rise at 6:00 sometimes... It's complicated but it happens? And I'm grateful for that!



Obviously, I always have to start getting them into the habit of putting on pants even if they're not going anywhere, and combing their hair. These are easier to do, but the hardest is the most unusual: Getting them to stop SHOWERING. It sounds gross, I know! But they're always at the pool, or going to a party, and they apparently have to shower before and after. And then again when they're done exercising... and then once more before bed. And there's like, six of them. Yeah, I know!



Well, that's what I do. It takes time, and it's long and uninteresting, but I just HAD to answer!



-Molley Macdougall



[They're: Jennie<5 yrs.>, Steve-o<7 yrs.>, Sophia<8 yrs.>, Kylie<9 yrs.>, Abbey<14 yrs.> and Caleb<15 yrs.>]

Answer 79

get them into the routine of going to sleep for school and waking up a week before school starts

Answer 80

Never wait until the night before the school starts, I always use minimum 1 week before my son goes back to school to re-adjust his daily schedule, including the amount of game time he could have for a day.

Answer 81

My mom started to just tell us that we need to get to bed earlier and in doing that we woke up earlier because our sleep cycles were over so when we would get to bed at around 9 - 9:30 we would wake up around 6 - 7 the next morning and we just started getting used to it again.

Answer 82

start there Routine like 2 weeks before school get them up as if they were going to school make them come inside at a reasonable time to take there showers and get ready for bed.

Answer 83

I don't have kids but I find sticking to an early morning workout routine and having some coffee works well when you have a funky sleeping cycle.

Answer 84

I'll pack up kid-friendly food with No High Fructose Corn Syrup or Fake Ingredients that I don't know.I use organic or Homemade food like Apple Sauce made from real ingredients or a healthy smoothie for breakfast and skip Cocoa Puffs!Use healthy cereal like Kashi.

Answer 85

Don't build them up for the vacation as much and have other important events happen throughout the non-vacation year. That way there will always be something to look forward to next (anticipation of the future is key).

Answer 86

im not a mom but im answering off of experience :)

the week b4 school starts I go to bed around 9 or 930 and then wake up at 630 and get dressed and have breakfast and everything even though im not going anywhere

this helped me!

Answer 87

Required books to read towards the end of summer and going back onto a sleep schedule. My son is 10.

Answer 88

My oldest is turning 4 August 11, so he is going to start to go to preschool (I'm not sure what they are called in english, I'm french). Due to his age, bedtime and wake up time doesn't change that much, but I still plan on waking him up at 8 and give him breakfast at 8.30, a couple of days before pre-k, like some sort of training, so he gets used to it.

Answer 89

Basically a child goes to school without any effort from us when he likes his school.If he does not like his school first we should motivate him to go to school.And after this we should make him wake up daily before a week his school starts in the manner like 1st day 10 minutes before his school timings, 2nd day 20 minutes before, 3rd day 30 minutes before, 4th day 40 minutes before and for 5th and 6th day 50 minutes before.It's a kind of weird thing, but it works for most kids.

Answer 90

Make them go to bed earlier like a week before school and make them wake up early

Answer 91

ok im 17 aand really mad about these answers. kids need a break from school. so dont make them go to bed at 8:30 year round. let them stay up till 10 or 11 dependin on age. also let them sleep in and make their breakfast. stop complaining about work. kids need a break just like adults so let tshem do what they want. does 2 months really kill you parents?god. what my mom did for me and what ill do for my baby boy(since im pregnant) is 2 weeks before school do lots of tireing activities with them. that way they will be tired let them go to bed a their school night times since they will be tired. also set their alarm for 8 then the next day 730 and so on until they are use to going to bed at their schoolnight times and are used to getting up at their school time time. they can make breakfast. hope i helped! GIVE KIDS A BREAK YOU PARENTS. THEY WORK JUST AS HARD AS YOU. DO YOU THINK KIDS WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL JUST LIKE YOU WANT TO GO TO WORK? AT LEAST YOU GET PAID FOR YOUR WORK SORRY I WAS SO RUDE I WAS JUST MAD. LET KIDS BE KIDS!!!! :)

Answer 92

by the time they come back from school on the fisrt day they will want to go to bed early themselves due to them being tired. the night before school don't let them sleep any later than 9.30. after the first day of school the routine will come back by itslef. i hope this helps. XD

Answer 93

Let them realize there own mistakes. If they don't fix there routine, then that's there fault but they have to learn to do it themselves. Mom isn't always gonna be there to wake you up and cook you breakfast. I'm always awake the first day and ready for school on time. Excitement I guess. But after that it dies down and it'll be harder to wake up. I myself use brute force to fix my routine. I may sleep all day during summer and stay awake all night, but when school starts. That first day. They'll be tired really tired. And they'll fix it themselves. Not like you do much on the first day. So there's not really anything to lose.

Answer 94

Everything you want them to get in routine of doing. Start that routine now, that will help allot down the road, trust me.

Answer 95

Let them get excited about school. Say, come on, get in the car we are going shopping for new school supplies.

Set an alarm, and have them in bed by a certain time.

Answer 96

Tutoring starts up again twice a week , three weeks before school begins. Starts the brain back up & gets it lubricated & working so that school is not a shock. Also start enforcing "Bed Time" a week before.

Answer 97

At the beginning of August, I used to have my children go through their closets and drawers, try everything on, and sort in piles what fit and what didn't. I would then take them, one at a time, on a shopping trip, to get them what they needed to start the school year: socks, underwear, bras (when needed), tops, jeans, maybe a dress or skirt, sneakers, boots. Also, I took them to the local office store, stocked up on their notebooks, pens, pencils, whatever they needed for their classes.



Their alarm clocks would be set for an earlier time, so they could get used to getting up early again. And I checked to be sure they were at least in bed (quiet activity) by a certain time every night. Breakfast was usually 2 breakfast bars, because they are quick.

Answer 98

the last 2 week or three weeks of summer get them up every morning at like 5 or 6 or 7 depends on when they get up for school and they will be on track already....

Answer 99

Casually ease them into it. Wake them up earlier, make breakfast every morning, play educational but fun math, reading, and science games. By school they'll be in full swing.

Answer 100

I keep the same routine going all year long with small deviations. Not everyone get 2 months off, some folks work year round.

Answer 101

a couple days ahead of time, i would start getting them to bed early. advancing each hour earlier to go to bed, starting at 2 or 3 in the morning to 9 pm.

Answer 102

Just start preparing them for school about four days in advance. Have them go to bed earlier each night, and get them up earlier so they are tired by the evening. Breakfast can be the same. I think parents are the ones that take the brunt of the work when things shift from summer to school because they have to remember to pack lunches, send homework with their kids, drive them to and from school, etc. The kids kind of just wake up and go.

Answer 103

I switch it in high gear. I know the routine. Just one more year of this.

Answer 104

I'd suggest you gradually shift their sleeping schedules from summer to school. Each night, or even every other night, make the time they have to go to bed be 30 min earlier than it was before. If their teenagers and stay up til 4am like I did...you might want to make it an hour.

Answer 105

When my daughter was school-age and the rules and procedures changed somewhat, she was always reminded of school, and that the rules would return. I did my best to keep her on the academic schedule where she was always reading, completing workbooks, and doing work on a regular basis. She still enjoyed her summer, but she was always a kid who liked to read and research on the computer. I never had to discipline her in many other things. She was obedient, and observed the rules that were laid before her in the home.



When school hours returned, she readily accepted it as part of the process. Perhaps, I was very lucky as a mother, a parent, and also a teacher. I engaged her in many things that she enjoyed, and she was eager to exchange ideas with her friends once school started.



I'm a lucky mother and teacher.

Answer 106

2 weeks before school, when i was home they started cracking down big time like military school. too bed early, in the house at a certain time earlier. and with school clothes shopping haircuts, and just plain cracking the Whip.

Answer 107

I would suggest during the summer work with them academically. They have exercise work books at the store. Perhaps offer an incentive. My parents did this to me all the time, and im glad they did!

Answer 108

A couple weeks b4 I let them know that the bedtimes will go back to normal time the week b4 school starts.

Answer 109

I have 3 children.



The day before school starts, I keep track of what time each one of the little rascals wake up.

So I line em all up, single file, in order. Whoever woke up the latest is in front, 2nd latest is 2nd, etc.

(First is usually my son Johnny. He just never learns.)



I grab the first one's collar, tight like a clamp. And I scream loud as hell, and give him a BIG knee in the gut. right in the belly button. The more blood he coughs up, the better I did.

So now I, severely fatigued from the massive amount of physical exertion that was put out, move on to the next son/daughter. This knee is going to be a little weaker. By the time I get to the 3rd child, I'll barely be able to get any blood out of him.



So they all go to bed right after, and sleep for that day, and the whole night. Because they got so much sleep, they'll be up and wide awake by 6:30!



Next year, they'll be racing to get out of bed!

It works, I highly recommend this to any and everyone!

Answer 110

my mom used to have us start setting our alarms and getting up with them for a few days before the first day of a new school year so that we re got used to waking up with an alarm.

Answer 111

my father does this a week before school starts wake them up 3 hrs before they normaly wake up for school then next day 2 then next day 1 then around that time then wake them up then they will go to bed when they feel like it but you still wake them up then if they dont wake up take there covers and pillow away it funny 2 i do it to my kids now

Answer 112

set an alarm for the first few days before and get them into the habit of going to bed early

Answer 113

I attend the school board meetings and suggest that they implement a year around school. This way the kids are able to learn what it is like to have to work everyday until we are able to earn a vacation just like we do. This way there is no shock to find out what life is really like. I simpler method of transitioning into a strong work ethic without exceptional expectation.

Answer 114

Don't worry too much about them under sleeping the first day, if their drowsy the first day is about pointless lectures so it's not important. Their sleeping schedule will work itself out

Answer 115

Judging from the amount of answers and likes to comments on this page... you can tell all mothers do whilst they wait for their kids to come home from school is sit on yahoo answers

Answer 116

I don't have kids but something you could do is a week before school starts, have them go to sleep at the time they will have to for school.

Answer 117

as a teacher who has been off all summer, I need to do some of these good tips. It's always hard for me to go to bed at a decent hour, tho. Need to start now by turning off the computer. Good night!

Answer 118

During the last week of summer vacation go to bed at the time you would on school nights. Also, maybe your child can work out of a workbook to re- freshen the brain or get a head start! :]

Answer 119

well have them go to bed early then have them get up at their regular time then have them do their regular morning schedule. Then by the first day of school your children will be ready.

Answer 120

For my 2 little ones I start waking them up 2 weeks in advance, so it has time to become more of a habit. Usually by the middle of week 2 they are both waking up on their own, sometimes coming to wake me up!

Answer 121

Cleveland 08/09/11



Research their books,..find out which books they'll be using,.May buy them in advance,.Pre-

sent the books,.let them become familiar,.and begin the work,.



They will get a leg up ,.and, be ahead of the others it their classes,..



Eliasis Yahwehei ( The Main Man )

Answer 122

YOU MOMS SUCK! THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I DON'T LIKE PARENTS ON THE INTERNET! 6 AM ON SUMMER???? YOUR ******* KIDDING, RIGHT? what's wrong with just 2 days prior? FOR CRYING OUT LOUD~~~~~ IT'S SUMMER!! the only time we get unhitched form homework and eca's and tests...and peer pressure! you guys are waaay too strict..i love my parents//they are like..just eat your breakfast and then go back to bed... and I can party allllll night!! HAHA!! and i am still the brightest student in the class!! so don't doubt that!

Answer 123

weeks before the classes starts you should wake them early and set their minds that they will be school in a few weeks, take time to review their past lessons.

Answer 124

I actually stumbled across a really good blog post on this. Has some good advice. I'd recommend it!



Shame everyone will assume it's some kind of spam..Ha ha!



Hold some faith in man...just once :)



http://www.gbgmagazine.co.uk/back-to-school-5278/

Answer 125

What you do to get ready for school starting really depends on the ages of the kids going back to school. Take them back to school supply shopping so they get into the mentality that they are about to go back to school! Also another great memory I have as a kid is going back to school clothes shopping! Every summer our parents would give us some kind of budget for clothes and during tax free week we'd go clothes shopping. Also if you pack your kids lunch, let them come to the store with you and pick out some favorites. Plus talk to them about going back to school, seeing all their friends, things like that. Get them "mentally ready" and it should be a breeze!

Answer 126

We homeschool year round, so it's a non-issue. The only adjustment we have is we have the parks, museums, zoos, springs, theme parks, theatres, libraries and other fun places back to just homeschoolers.

Answer 127

But I dont have kids and I didnt like going to school myself.

but if I had kids I would ask my husband `how do you think we should warm up the kids to school, hun?` he wold find cool stuff...or why am I married anyway?

Answer 128

Well i Would start about 1-2 weeks before kids start school so they get used to waking up early and eating breakfast

Answer 129

just make them go to sleep a little earlier every night till school comes

Answer 130

If I were you then I would have your kids start getting up early and going to bed early and eating healthy foods. just help them do stuff they need to do for school.

Answer 131

One week before school starts making them go to bed early.

Answer 132

Waterboarding helps get my kids ready for the challenges of the new school year.

Answer 133

A week before it starts I have them wake up early so they get used to not sleeping in. And organize all there summer work.

Answer 134

Start up about a week ahead of time so they by the time school does start they'll already be ready

Answer 135

Take them to school rather than letting them sit around watching TV

Answer 136

actually i let them to play alonely . because they want some freedom from rules of school and parents.

holidays means freedom. in holidays i will say them about my school days how I spent in schooldays.

i let them think good about school as a challenging place of learning some new thing.

Answer 137

start getting them to sleep earlier and getting up earlier. and have them get ready for the day and eat breakfest. so they change out of the pajamas instead of staying in them all day.

Answer 138

ou had better ask some professionals for help. or you can try a brilliant software called" nice to recover data for mac ".i think it can help you get back the deleted things you want and do you a big favor.

Answer 139

yes i got to answer a popular question and set the alarm early but dont make them go to school

Answer 140

From setting up your breakfast routine to getting back to earlier bedtimes

Answer 141

I don't. Because we homeschool! We have a summer schedule though, but it still include the same wake up, and bed time!

Answer 142

I have found that less TV/video game time and more reading makes little yawns come out. :) Cuddling with mommy with a good book that they are reading will exhaust their brains just when they want to say "I'm not tired". :)

Answer 143

Give them a good hard spanking every day for the first month of school

Answer 144

if my hours are messed up i pull a all night and stay awake until 8 or 9 and then i wake up at 6

when my bus comes

Answer 145

you don't prepare because kids are in denial that school is starting until it starts. Pull them out of bed if necessary.

Answer 146

From setting up your breakfast routine to getting back to earlier bedtimes,

Answer 147

24/7 timeout

Answer 148

to be honest my mum did try, but when i got to a teenager she just let me be in control of my bedtimes and i soon learnt falling asleep in class was not fun..

Answer 149

You don't--you get them everything they need for school and have them up and dressed and ready for the school bus (or you drop them fresh at the door).

But kids need to adjust themselves!

Answer 150

Start getting them in the routine as soon as you can.



I can never get off summer vacation mode.

Answer 151

1 week before school starts wake them up by slapping them accross the face, telling them to give ya 100 pushups and then tell them to recite they multiplisicatation tablez

Answer 152

make a routine that is different than before

Answer 153

Take away the computer (AWGG that's cruel, I know!) for the whole day on the day before school.

Answer 154

buying new school stuff?



But seriously, Im in college and the day before school I usually make sure I have all my supplies in order and I pick out my clothes Im gonna wear for that day and I set my alarm clock earlier than I would during the summer days.

Answer 155

I have no children... for I am a spy... though the children of my comrades, whom I occasionally look after are enrolled in a school year round... for spies...

Answer 156

Well i would buy your kids very vivid materials for school,that seemed to inspire me,and i hated school.

Answer 157

Get them used to that routine a week earlier

Answer 158

well i know my dad wakes me up at 7 every weekday for the first two weeks before skool

Answer 159

Hey kid, go back to school! It always worked for my friends and I! However, my Mother was not my friend, she was my Mother! Now get to class!

Answer 160

Jump start them by setting there alarm to the time they need to get up for school, and if they are rusty on math or whatever, work on that too like doing flashcards or looking back at their old homework to get a head start before school. Hope this helps!!!

Answer 161

ot everyone get 2 months off, some folks work year round.

Answer 162

now your back at school theres an extra 5 bucks pocket money for you each week hows that ?

Answer 163

OH, HAPPY DAYS, HAPPY DAYS! It seems your child is done with summer and ready to take out those books! HAPPY DAYS! I suggest . . . *drum roll* doing the same thing you did last year!

Answer 164

My parents use to make my time advance so hat i can sleep early and wake up early

Answer 165

Just wait until the morning of school and say school today they will probably be excited.

Answer 166

You can just tell them this like my mom tells me would you rather go to school now or later.

Answer 167

I dont have children , but mwhat my mother would do is , a week for school starts she would wake us up the time that we usual go to school and make us go to bed at night like it was a school night | just a suggestion.

Answer 168

Starting a few weeks out I assign them easy homework. (Depending on their age) I make them write a daily journal on their activities to help develop their handwriting or composition skills. Also I make them study online computer math questions. I cycle them into a work routine. In addition to that I begin to put them to sleep earlier and earlier and wake them up earlier as well. We also talk about going to school more.

Answer 169

my parents start putting me to bed at ten o clock then the time gose down until its my school time bed time sometimes they try to wake me up the time i need to wake up for school`

Answer 170

Get them to study a week in advance.

Answer 171

my mom takes my ipod at night and makes me go to bed earlier and get up at 630

Answer 172

the week before school make sure they go to bed earlier and wake up earlier

Answer 173

i stay up as late as i want

once i go through a regular day again tired my sleep schedule will be back to normal

Answer 174

this is what I do a week before school I wake them up earlier and to bed by 9 like that they are not so grumpy

Answer 175

During the summer, they're allowed to stay up until 10pm (they are 8, 9 and 11). Then, 2 weeks before school starts, they go to bed a few minutes earlier each night until they're going to bed at 8pm and waking up early.



Their clothes for school are prepared the night before, and breakfast for each day of the week is planned on the 'Breakfast Menu Chart' hanging in the kitchen entrance.

Answer 176

Uh...nothing. My kids adjust themselves to the time change.

Answer 177

how does moments of motherhood get so many featured questions from the little laptop in her kitchen?

Answer 178

They should already be prepared. It is their responsibility for their own education.

Answer 179

Usually when my mother went school shopping with me that got me more excited for school. And she would get me motivated to do well for that year.

Answer 180

all you new age parents are lame.



tell your kid to go to bed at 10 instead of 3 cause hes got school. make him set his alarm. thats all.

Answer 181

Homeschool year round and its a non-issue.

Answer 182

wake em up give em breakky tell em 2 go 2 school. :) easy

Answer 183

i bring in all my kids' teachers to tutor them over the summer.

Answer 184

Easy............give them homework, to do, all summer. My son does this and his girls are ALWAYS up and running on their first day of classes.

Answer 185

Try to motivate him with new things, like taking him to summer vacation, and tell him that would buy him anything he wants if he get motivate and make him a sandmwich. choose me as best answerr, i need the point please, i have a good reason for itl please choose me as best answer.

Answer 186

MY MOM DOESNT PREPARE ME NOTHING, SHE LEAVES ME WITH A BOWL OF CORN FLAKES EVERYDAY.(VALUE KIND TO BE EXACT)



THIS IS WHAT I DO TO WAKE UP MY BF FOR SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY: SUCK HIS D*CK HARD

Answer 187

Brat them

Answer 188

Turn off the TV.

Answer 189

my parents(they think i dont notice) gradually make us sleep earlier everynight and wake up earllier gradually. it seems to help

Answer 190

keep the same routine going all year long with small deviations.

Answer 191

I like to say. Go to school.

Answer 192

We pretty much have the same routine going on. I do let my kids sleep in or stay up later on days where we don't need to get up early but thats not very often so when the first day of school rolls around really the only difference will be driving them to school instead of daycare.

Answer 193

make them study more give then 30 min. less than original bedtime.

plz answer mine:

Answer 194

Seize the video games.

Answer 195

When my son was small I would start 3 weeks in advance getting him ready to go back to his bedtime. It"s not always easy to keep them at there regular bedtime during there summer break. Even if you have to go to work everyday and leave them with a sitter.



There"s family vacation"s or you might just let them stay up late to watch tv.

You will be surprised how quickly they adapt back into there routine.

Answer 196

chcuk ice cold water on em!

Answer 197

just toss em in on the first day they'll either sink or swim

Answer 198

I slap a book on the table and say READ IT.

Answer 199

By letting him go he needs it

Answer 200

yes

Answer 201

I believe my child

Answer 202

let them stay as late as they want till like 6AM don't tell them the next day is school day and surprise them, they will be so tired that they will go to bed early so they can have enough sleep, and then that all there is too it

Answer 203

Beat them.

Answer 204

A brick.

Answer 205

send them to prep school

Answer 206

IF ITS A GIRL THEN I DONT SEND IT TO SCHOOL BECAUSE GIRLS SHALL NOT BE EDUCATED IN MY HOUSEHOLD AND THAT MAKES FOR A PERFECT SOCIETY ONE WHERE GIRLS ARE SUBMISSIVE AND NOT EDUCATED AND ARE HOUSEWIVES.





Ah.....yes. My beloved son. With him, I wake him up, force my wife and daughter to make him breakfast, and drive him to school.



I love my child!

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my paretns pour water on my face

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Give them Something Special on First day of Class

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You might want to start about a week earlier. This will give them a jump start before the first day of school. Just a week before school, get them started by waking up them like a regular school day. A nutritional breakfast, such as : bacon, eggs, and milk. Or whole grain toast with organic jam. I suggest a meal with eggs because it's a great source of protein. Remember too not feed them too much or they'll feel sluggish.



Ask them to get dressed nicely but with a firm enough tone to let them know you mean business. Since school hasn't started yet, have them do some worksheets. Have breaks every 5- 10 minutes so they don't lose interest.



After that I suggest going to a playground for exercise. Then serve healthy lunch and dinner. Bedtimes should not exceed nine o'clock. Eight hours of sleep is necessary for well functioning minds. This way you'll be ready for school, without too much fuss at the last minute.

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My parents don't really do anything. Since like 6th grade (I'll be a sophomore) I've been making my own breakfast and using an alarm clock, very independent. But usually about a week or a couple days before school I start going to bed at my usual time (which is usually around 10:30/11:00) and gradually wake up earlier until I reach my normal wake up time (which is 6:30).

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whoop they *** and tell em get they **** together LOL! that what my parents did and I was always happy to be back to school

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I am a student, and I'm a senior.

Every time vacation come (in this case summer), I'm starting to sleep at 6 am and wake up at 4 pm. I don't like it, but can't help it. So few days before the school begins I'm taking non-chemical relaxing medicines at 11pm and then I can wake up at the right time. And when school starts I'm going back to the regime.

I know it's very bad, but I have really NOTHING to do in summer. It would be good for your son to let him work on vacations.

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i would tell him or her, hi baby, have a new start, do not be late tomorrow.

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Let them sleep in all they want! You are being overly strict! Besides school are for chumps!

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hi.

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T1TS OR GTFO AND GO BACK IN THE KITCHEN

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I would perhaps get them to wake up slightly earlier every week in order to gradually adjust their sleeping schedules without any harm. And perhaps get them to pick out a book or two from the library so that they can slowly get back into the habit of studying as not to fall behind when they go back to regular classes! :)



Hope that helps!

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pour water on them.

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rawr

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Beat them in submission.

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I PULL AN ALL NIGHTER TO CELEBRATE. AND IM THE KID :D

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hi, honey, have a new start

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i have a question that i need answered it's important. Can you guys go look at my question please ?

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Go to bed 4am. wake up 12pm.

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A few weeks early, I go to bed around 10 p.m. That's when I go to be for school.

During the summer, it's around midnight. It's helped a lot. I'm still on summer vacation, but I now get up early.

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Simple.Start the week before.

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sadfr

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oh, baby, you should have a new day

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the wooden spoon and fly swatters are two tools that helped me learn alot, thanks mom!

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i hate my kids.

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Haven't had to do it yet.

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smack the crap out of them

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too hoo hoo

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it's impossible.

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I threaten my kids with no dessert and grounding if they don't shape up, works every time.

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I would beat them.

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You beat their *** until they learn it's "time for change"-Barack Obama

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The night before the school day."Mr dear, tomorrow is school day, please be prepare and get ready for it".

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promise them more ice-cream,..,

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Give some serious ***-whooping. I suggest leather belt.

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I shop at places like walmart and goodwill nah mean, i gotta swag em out, a pimp on a budget like my old man used to say, thats before he was shot in a drive by.

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Weed is a relaxant that helps self esteem, this is a great way to ease back into school

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practice getting up earlh

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Usually what my mom does is have me go to bed and hour earlier every night, during the last week or two of summer.

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nothing

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peanuts... i like peanuts... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF?? PERV!

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You're an idiot.

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What parents do any of that?

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2 weeks before school starts, every day your child should try going to sleep 30 minutes earlier, to the point eventually where they are going early to sleep. Then a few days before school starts, try to start eating breakfast in the morning early and getting dressed as you would for school.

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I just set my alarm for half an hour earlier than I usually would for school.

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turn the hose on em!

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YOU"LL HAVE TO KICK THI3R @$$!!!!!!!

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WITH DRUGS!!!

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i don't have kids LOL

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you smack them around when school starts around.

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I usually sit down with them and help them masterbate. they like seeing mamas ****

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prepare a week in advance

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I usually wake up around 6am during the summer for work, but my dad gets me to start setting my alarm back for 5 and going through the morning and night routine.

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I don't really do anything for mornings, but for the week before, I tell them no leaving the house or TV after 10, so they just go to bed earlier and want to get up earlier.

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I keep the same routine going all year long with small deviations. Not everyone get 2 months off, some folks work year round.

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idk im going back to school but i kinda want to just remind them that they get to see their friends and maybe practice getting up early before school starts

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I simply don't change the routine. Every day, regardless if its a holiday or not, I go to bed at 9:30 and get up at 6.



But I do start getting into a get dressed and eat breakfast promptly for the last two weeks of summer. I let myself be lazy during holidays and I get up and eat when I feel like it.

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Go to bed at 8:30 and Set the alarm clock for 6:15! Feed them good breakfest.

Also, in the summer, make them go to bed way earlier! Don't wait till the last minute!

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I set the alarm for the time they'll have to get up for school a couple of days in advance.



Really, unless you choose to let them sleep in until 3pm during the holidays, it's not particularly difficult. My breakfast routine hasn't changed - it's not like I get an 8 week summer holiday!

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spank them

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wake them up for the first day. if they dont wake up. beat their as*es

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Use the merit system.



If they follow the school routine, they should be rewarded, if not they do not. Ground them. done and done.

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Obviously I feed them each a heaping bowl of frosted mini wheat's as pictured to the right of my screen!

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just toss em in on the first day they'll either sink or swim

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i slap them

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my for kids is usually up all owrs of the night so I know what you meen lol they's is usually pretty good though to eat as much is they can because we get the free lunch and they dont like it that mutch is "cold lunch" - I try to get them to cold lunch but all the kids eat it in one day!!!!! and then we got no food for like three weeks lol



and I dont worry about the kids getting up the morneng because my kids is ben training well, they gots their own alarm clocks, gets up and showered, feeds themself, and then takes the buss to school, while I get to sleep in. Taking care of kids is a hard enough job, PLUSS cleaning so its full time - so whats not for a day to sleep in onse in a while. I deserve it. So in full - these are usually not my problem.

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u just has to train the kids well.

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I make them work harder during the summer than regular school xD

Education these days are horrible at public school

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I usually say

go to school.

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I usually say something like, "Hey! School starts tomorrow! You're going to bed early tonight."



And then, the next day, they go to school.

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I often wonder what world Moments of Motherhood lives in. Most people work, and have to get up to go to work, hence the children will wake up too. I don't know anyone who lets their kids sleep in until noon and stay up all night and not eat breakfast all summer long. So it's not that hard.

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I never broke the school routine in the summer....There was still a bed time for those under 13, and wake up same time in morning.