If your like me you look forward to the end of the school year, yet equally as summer ends and the new school year approaches, I look forward to the start of the new school year as well. It is sort of like Happy New (School) Year, and we get to make some mid-year resolutions. Summer brings a lot of spontaneous activities and the startup of school sort of forces me back into a normal routine and set of habits. I start to focus more on organizing things again like being more consistent about getting dinner on the table at a decent time, and as a real estate professional a more purposeful cut off time for ending the business day and beginning family time and getting everyone to bed earlier.
By now you have probably eased your kiddos back into their school bedtime and wakeup routines, so here are some organizing tips to help calm the school year chaos:
Keep a central calendar. A one-stop shop for family time management will help get you started to a more organized school year. A paper calendar with large squares lets you enter information easily or better a pre-printed white board calendar make revisions easy when necessary. As an added tip color-coding entries by family member helps keep things straight by family member.
Minimize morning madness. Think ahead about things you can do to make the morning go smoother, some ideas: 1) Lay out your kids clothing the night before. 2) Set backpacks by the “exit” door while checking them for missing homework, projects or library books. 3) Make sure musical instruments or sports bags are packed and ready to go. A dedicated bin for each family member is a great way to keep things organized, this way each person has their own place to grab and go on the way out. Extra tip: keep the color of the bin consistent with that family members color on the activity calendar. Don’t forget one for mom to help keep your purse, car keys, return videos, dry cleaning and other common errand items handy.
Organize your household systems. Create a menu plan so you don’t have to spend a lot of time wondering “what’s for dinner”, try cooking double batches of freezer friendly meals to have meals handy for those soccer game evenings. Also, set up a basic home filing system to track school paperwork, volunteer activities and household planning.
Try these tip and swing into a new school year--from an organized home!
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