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Back to School Tip #1

Jul 31, 2009

For a Better Start to the School Year

It may still be summer, but school will be back in session before you know it! Did you know that your child might be heading back to school at an academic disadvantage? It’s true; over the summer, students’ learning momentum can drop off, which means that it can take up to two months for students to get back into the groove of learning.

Two months is a long time to be simply re-adjusting to the classroom setting, especially since other students are prepared to learn from the moment they return to the classroom.

You can help your child beat the summer brain drain and start the new school year on a high note with a few small tweaks to your family’s summer routine and help from Oxford Learning.

The back-to-school countdown has already begun! Oxford Learning helps students and families beat the brain drain and have a successful transition back to the classroom with these Countdown Tips for Back To School.

Have a Successful Back-To-School Season!

Back-to-School Tip #1:

Start watching the clock. Time has a way of slipping away during the summer, especially where sleep in concerned. It can seem less important to enforce that 8 o’clock bedtime when there isn’t any place to be in the morning. The problem is that sleeping in or staying up just a little bit later can wreak havoc on sleeping patterns, throwing a wrench into the gears when it’s time to follow a stricter sleep schedule. Sticking to set bedtimes and morning wakeup times keep a child’s sleeping habits routine, and means less disruptions when summer time becomes school time.

Tip: Use an alarm clock, even in the summer. If your child has never had an alarm clock before, summer is a great time to introduce one. Putting an alarm clock in your child’s bedroom can help with developing time management skills.

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Comments(1)

Xena - Aug 30, 2009

I'm a grade 5 student in College Charlemagne and I use an alarm clock on every school day. But I find that it isn't necessary to put on an alarm clock during summer or the weekends. Some students like me just like to sleep later when we don't need to go to school, plus we have to wake up at 6:30 AM every school day.

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