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Time is one of those tricky things.

We all have the same amount of time, but depending on how we use it, organize it and think about it, our perspective related to time can be all over the place.

During summer vacation, you might have all sorts of time to do any number of things with your family.

- Go to the beach
- Play outside
- Do arts and crafts
- Go to a children’s museum
- Take road trips

The saddest thing to see is when parents transition away from these things when the school year begins.

We MUST continue to explore our world with our little ones ALL THE TIME!

I know...you have work...you have cleaning...you have a yard...you have laundry…

So do I. :)

That does not and WILL NOT stop me from making the most of my family time.

With the school year beginning, the school year schedule comes along with it.

This is not a bad thing, it’s just different. We can roll with it!

Here’s a look at how my family maximizes our time during the school year…

Working Out

Some of us do and...

Make the Introduction Count!

Chris Horton,  beahandraiser.com

Before the school year begins, write a letter to your student’s teacher. Give them the scoop on who is going to be in their classroom and all the things you want them to know about your son or daughter. This is huge! As a teacher, this is incredibly helpful for me in knowing how to make each student’s learning experience the best it can possibly be!

Once you have the letter written, be sure to snag a gift card or two to include in the envelope. This is one of those things that doesn’t happen, but should! This year, I am including a gift card to Target (for teacher supplies) and Starbucks (because teachers need their go go juice). These gestures early on in the year go a long way over the course of a long school year. Remember, this teacher will be seeing your kids more each day than you do! We want to butter them up a bit!

Aside from the letter, be sure to sign up for volunteer opportunities to help out in the classroom....

How’s Back to School Looking?

Ah yes, it’s that magical time of year once again!

Back to school time is here!

This is such an awesome time of the year for so many reasons. A new year, new teacher, new possibilities... and the often brought up and EVER so popular...fresh start.

There is SO much power in a fresh start and the mere idea gets people all jazzed up over the possibilities. Kids, parents, and teachers all love the concept of a fresh start! There’s just one little tiny detail that puts a snag in the joy that goes along with that OH so appealing fresh start.

What’s the snag you ask?

Change.

Yup, I said it, change.

HOW in the world can change be a snag in the pursuit of the fresh start to a school year?

Change CAN be really hard because it’s so easy to SAY you are going to do things differently, but the truth is, most of the time we all fall back into old habits. We have all good intentions of making good on the fresh start, but then life happens. You get busy, the schoo...