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Back-to-School Advice and Checklists

• 19 Meaningful Questions You Should Ask Your Child鈥檚 Teacher: Mine this list for inspiration before talking with your children鈥檚 teachers.聽(麻豆传媒入口, updated 2016)
• : Explore these simple tips for helping your kids return to the classroom ready to learn. After the back-to-school rush, use to enhance your kids鈥� school experience throughout the year. (Department of Education, 2016)
• 5-Minute Film Festival: Building a Parent Toolkit: Watch curated videos on topics like stress reduction, healthy eating, homework, and more. (麻豆传媒入口, 2015)
• 15 Questions to Replace 鈥楬ow Was School Today?鈥�: Questions to ask to gain deeper insights into your kids鈥� learning experiences. (麻豆传媒入口, 2016)
• : Browse advice about issues like backpack safety, transportation, bullying prevention, nutrition, before- and after-school child care, study habits, and more. (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016)
• : Listen to this podcast about preparing students to head back to school and developing morning routines. For more on this topic, check out 鈥�.鈥� (Greater Good Science Center, 2012)
• : Find information about back-to-school shopping on a budget, getting organized, and supporting children academically in this collection of articles. You may also want to take a look at 鈥�.鈥� (GreatSchools)

Easing the Transition

• How to Ease Your Child鈥檚 Kindergarten Jitters: Use these tips from Dr. Michele Borba as you prepare your child for kindergarten. Learn how to ease your kindergartner鈥檚 anxiety, establish a goodbye ritual, and ensure that the first days of school are positive. For similar resources for students of all ages, see 鈥�Transition Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Administrators.鈥� (麻豆传媒入口, 2016)
• : Transitions can be both exciting and anxiety-inducing for children and parents.聽Discover tips for helping students transition into elementary school, middle school, high school, and post-secondary education.聽(Parent Toolkit, 2014)
• Start School Strong: A Back-to-School Guide for Kids With Learning and Attention Issues: Find a variety of resources鈥攊ncluding live chats with experts, downloads, and more鈥攖o help children get organized, process their feelings, and establish routines. (Understood, 2016)
• Helping Students With Autism Transition Into a New School Year: Gain insights into how you can work with teachers to help kids with autism transition to a new teacher, a new school, or a new curriculum. (麻豆传媒入口, 2017)
• : Learn how to detect if your child is experiencing back-to-school anxiety and get actionable tips to help ease their worries.聽(PBS Parents,聽2016)
• : Read a book with your child as a springboard to discuss feelings about returning to school; this guide includes recommendations for preschool through grade six. For more book suggestions, check out Understood.org鈥檚 鈥�.鈥� (Bank Street School of Education)

Tech Tips for a New School Year

• : Explore advice and guidance related to managing technology in school and at home. This comprehensive guide features resources like 鈥�.鈥� (Common Sense Media, 2016)
• : Read about online and mobile tools that can help parents engage with schools in this post by co-moderator and founding organizer Gwen Pescatore. (Teaching Channel, 2015)
• How Much Screen Time? That鈥檚 the Wrong Question: Learn why the quality of screen time鈥攏ot the quantity鈥攎atters, and gain tips and strategies for helping your kids use technology more effectively. (麻豆传媒入口, 2017)
• Creating a Family Media Agreement: How to Have the Conversation:聽Learn how creating an agreement can help your family balance media use and time on schoolwork during the first weeks of school.聽(麻豆传媒入口, 2013)

For more tips and guidance about managing media and technology use, check out these articles:

• 5 App and Mobile Use Guides for Parents (麻豆传媒入口, 2015)
• Technology at Home: Developing the Social Self (麻豆传媒入口, 2013)
• Young Kids and Technology at Home (麻豆传媒入口, 2013)
• Media and Digital Literacy: Resources for Parents (麻豆传媒入口 and Common Sense Media, 2012)

Gearing Up for Fall Learning

• Conquering the Multitasking Brain Drain: The constant stream of digital media has fractured many kids鈥� sense of focus. Learn how you can help your kids avoid multitasking and regain a sense of focus before the start of school. (麻豆传媒入口, 2016)
• Teaching Good Study Habits: Minute by Minute: Explore advice, timed exercises, and games to help adolescents study effectively. (麻豆传媒入口, 2016)
• : Starting a routine-building regime late in the summer can help your kids start school fresh and ready. Here are some easy-to-implement tips for building a back-to-school routine. (Parental Toolkit, 2016)
• Homework and Developing Responsibility: Building good study habits early is crucial for long-term academic success.聽Find tips and ideas on encouraging effective habits in reading, writing, and math.聽(American Academy of Pediatrics, updated 2015)
• Five-Minute Film Festival: Nine Boosts for Summer Learning:聽Watch videos with fun ideas to re-engage kids in the learning process during the last days of summer.聽(麻豆传媒入口, 2013)
• : A collection of videos aimed at helping parents understand grade-level expectations for children in grades K鈥�12. (GreatSchools)

For more parent strategies around homework, take a look at these articles:

• Homework vs. No Homework Is the Wrong Question (麻豆传媒入口, 2015)
• Homework, Sleep, and the Student Brain (麻豆传媒入口, 2014)

The Power of Parental Involvement

• Parent Partnership in Education: Resource Roundup: Discover tips, tools, and strategies to help parents engage in a productive way with teachers and schools. (麻豆传媒入口, updated 2015)
• : There are dozens of ways you can get involved in the classroom and help teachers out. Also see 鈥�.鈥� (Color铆n Colorado)
• :聽Browse a report that discusses the positive effects of parental involvement in schools. For more on the research about what types of parental involvement work best, you may also want to read 鈥淏ack to School: How Parent Involvement Affects Student Achievement鈥� from the Center for Public Education. (Child Trends, 2013)
• 5 Resources for Parent-Teacher Conferences: Prepare for your children鈥檚 conferences like a pro with these helpful guides and how-to articles.聽(麻豆传媒入口, 2015)
• : Bookmark a checklist that can help educators and parents evaluate how well their school is reaching out to parents, and explore how to work together to improve the quality of parent-school partnerships.聽(Reading Rockets/Project Appleseed, 2008)