Updated 6/24/2020: Back to school readiness launched in the summer of 2019. Since the 2019-2020 school year, many things have changed but the prep is still the same with some minor adjustments!
Hey, all you busy mom’s and dad’s out there!! I know what you are thinking reading the title “Back to School Readiness,” “Is this girl crazy, it is June the summer break just started!!”
Yes, I may be crazy, but I also have less running, less chaos, and less overall stress come August because by the time back to school season officially rolls around all I have left to do is the shopping. The best part is I still enjoy my summer break!
So I guess the only question for you is, “Are your ready to slay back to school season this year?”
Before we dive into this new Life Scrambles series why don’t we just introduce what this series is about!
Back to School Readiness is about reducing stress and madness not just with preparing for the upcoming school year, but for the entire school year! We will cover everything from getting and staying organized, meal prepping, keeping your house on track through the chaos of school/work/life, and overall making the most of every hour of every day while juggling this crazy thing called parenthood and life.
I wish there was a formula to eliminate stress and chaos completely, but the truth is there is not, however, there is a way to help reduce it and make this time a little more enjoyable. Let’s try to reduce some of those panics attracts brought on by the school year, shall we!
To kick things off here is a brief check list to keep you on track the next few months.
Back to School Check Printable List
The next 8 week’s we will dive into these things in a little more detail along with simple tips, tricks, and recipes to help you stay on track the entire school year.
Now for many of you the 2020-2021 school year may be a bit wonky due to Covid-19. There are many of you who’s kids will be going part time online and part time in school. Then there are some that are strictly remote. Or you can be a mom like me who is still sitting and waiting to figure out what the district is going to do.
No matter what category you are in this back to school readiness will help you with it all! From figuring out a schedule to organizing your house to relieve some stress for the, “Mom I can’t find it!” moments, all the way to making sure you get a cost efficient delicious dinner on the table. This readiness program has it all!
All Posts for Back to School Readiness:
- Back to School Readiness: Introduction
- Get your checklist
- Back to School Readiness Week #1: Plan it out
- We talk about getting that calendar ready and organized for the year so you don’t overbook yourself or spread yourself too thin.
- Calendar print out included
- We talk about getting that calendar ready and organized for the year so you don’t overbook yourself or spread yourself too thin.
- Back to School Readiness Week #2: Basic Organizing
- We talk about cleaning out the house of things you no longer need and ways to save money on school supplies and clothing
- Detailed shopping list print out included
- We talk about cleaning out the house of things you no longer need and ways to save money on school supplies and clothing
- Back to School Readiness Week #3: Extreme Organization
- This week is optional. We talk about ways extra ways to get your life and house organized from building a command station in the house to meal planning even talking about getting your kids up and a week’s worth of clothing organized.
- Meal Plan, Chore List, Design a Command Center print out included
- This week is optional. We talk about ways extra ways to get your life and house organized from building a command station in the house to meal planning even talking about getting your kids up and a week’s worth of clothing organized.
- Back to School Readiness Week #4: Morning Vs Night
- We talk about routines and things you can do to get your kids involved and organized.
- A How to Create your own kid’s routine sheet step by step tutorial is included.
- We talk about routines and things you can do to get your kids involved and organized.
- Back to School Readiness Week #5: Home Ready
- We talk about getting your home organized and ready. Whether it be for remote learning or homework there should always be a spot for school work and school supplies. Plus simple ways to make home-packed lunches easy.
- Get some creative and delicious lunch recipes in this post
- We talk about getting your home organized and ready. Whether it be for remote learning or homework there should always be a spot for school work and school supplies. Plus simple ways to make home-packed lunches easy.
- Back to School Readiness Week #6: The Busy Cooks Guide
- Who has time to cook!?! These one-pot one pan wonders are a mom’s dream come true.
- Get all the simple delicious weeknight meal recipes in this post
- Who has time to cook!?! These one-pot one pan wonders are a mom’s dream come true.
- Back to School Readiness Week #7: School Ready
- We talk final steps into the planning. Things you may have overlooked and missed.
- Checklist printout included in this post
- We talk final steps into the planning. Things you may have overlooked and missed.
- Back to School Readiness: Conclusion
- Here I share some tips and tricks to make the beginning and end of the school year special even if you can’t be there.
- SPECIAL BACK TO SCHOOL READINESS ARTICLE: The importance of staying on track with remote learning
- This post is coming soon. I wanted to reach out to your parents on why even though remote learning is no walk in the park and our kids may be equally frustrated it is something WE HAVE TO DO.
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