As the 2020-2021 back-to-school season quickly approaches, you may be wondering how you’re supposed to prepare your kids for the year ahead when you’re not sure whether they’ll be learning from home or heading back to the classroom. However, the tips and resources below will help you to prepare for both possible scenarios — or a combination of the two. Read on to begin your back-to-school preparations amid COVID-19.
Classroom Learning
If your kids will be headed back into the classroom this fall — whether part-time or full-time — some safety precautions will be in order.
- Stock up on pandemic-friendly school supplies for your kids. This back-to-school season, students need hand sanitizing wipes, facial tissues, and sunscreen — along with traditional items like pens, crayons, and notebooks.
- Purchase reusable face masks for each of your children, which are available in cute fabrics from a number of bigger retailers.
- Save money on store-bought household cleaners by making your own cleaning products at home. You’ll keep your home clean and germ-free throughout the back-to-school season, without the use of harsh and oftentimes costly store-bought products.
Distance Learning
If your kids will be schooling from home this fall, these tips and resources will help to enhance the distance learning experience.
- Purchase a few essential supplies for remote learning, like a desk, comfortable chair, printer, and headphones for each child.
- Improve your digital security at home to extend the life of your tech devices and protect your children from the dangers of the internet.
- Prepare for remote learning by creating a daily schedule for your kids to follow once the school year begins.
Additional Resources
These additional resources will help to ease your worries and prepare your family for this unprecedented back-to-school season.
- Back-to-School: Checklists to Guide Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers
- 8 Things to Practice With Your Kids Now for COVID-19 Classroom Safety
- Tips to Help Kids With Back-to-School Anxiety During COVID-19
The 2020-2021 back-to-school season will be like no other, but these tips and resources will help you to prepare as best as possible. It’ll take some time to get back into the swing of things after so many months of staying home and social distancing — and the sooner you can begin your household’s back-to-school preparations — the easier the transition will be for you and your children.
About the Author:
Jenna Sherman created Parent-Leaders to be all about what parents can do to make sure their children grow up to be strong, independent, successful adults. By providing a collection of valuable, up-to-date, authoritative resources, she hopes to help other parents acquire the skills they need to raise future leaders. Jenna is mom to three children — two girls and a boy.