Mother and Baby

It’s back to school time already – and it has come round so quickly!  The summer holidays seemed eternal, but Tom and Mary will be on that school bus again next week. Are they looking forward to the new term?  Tom is slightly apprehensive as he starts a busy year of school exams, while Mary cannot wait to see her friends and participate in extra-curricular activities like tap dancing! But as a family, we do not find it easy to get back into the swing of things, so I have developed some tips to ease the transition back to school. Motivation for School After the lazy, hazy days of summer, it is hard to re-adapt to the strictly regulated days of classes, homework and sports practice. But this process can be less traumatic if you keep children motivated for school and keep their brains active during the holidays. For the last two years […]