Just as it’s hard for adults to go back to work after a week or two away, students often have trouble transitioning back to the classroom after a school break.
Are your students feeling reluctant about the return to school? While teachers and staff at BSB will be making sure to engage students and get them excited about the return to school, keep reading to learn some tips of your own to help make the transition easier and more enjoyable for your whole family.
The following ideas were shared last year on the educational organization Edudemic’s website, meant to help teachers motivate their students after a school break. We’ve adapted them to help parents help with the transition back to school, too!
1. Set short term goals.
In the classroom, this might mean easing students back into work, depending on how long they’ve been away. At home, this tactic could be used toward homework routines.
After two weeks of traveling, local fun or even BSB’s sports camp, students may be reluctant to get back to their homework and studying. For the first week, encourage your children to spend some time playing outside or relaxing with a book for 30 minutes to an hour after school, before starting their homework.
Helping them enjoy a bit of the fun they had over their break will make sitting down to do homework easier, and make your evenings at home smoother.
2. Find exciting material.
Teachers will be working to ensure they include exciting material in their lessons to engage students in their return to the classroom. At home, help boost your children’s enthusiasm for school with some fun at-home learning.
Is your child interested in science, art or reading? Check out BSB’s Pinterest page for some great resources on science experiments, art projects and recommended books that you can use at home to help your students engage in the learning process!
3. Start small.
For many students, going from two weeks of sleeping in, staying up later, traveling and relaxing at home to a structured school routine can be the hardest part about returning to the classroom. Ease the transition at home by slowly returning your child’s bedtime to its normal school week time, or continuing a school break tradition into the first week of their return to school.
Did your family travel to an interesting country or new state over the break? Try making a meal that reminds you of that place, and talking about your trip over dinner one night this week, helping your children gradually transition from vacation mode into learning mode.
Have some great tips of your own? Share them in the comments section of this post!
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