It’s a new year and time to get ready for school. For many children, this will be a new experience. While attending school is a forward step, it can be accompanied by mixed feelings of excitement and uncertainty. Such conflicting emotions can sometimes make this progressive time an unsettling one. Yet, starting school doesn’t have to be accompanied by tears or fears. We can help our kids get ready for school and enjoy their learning journey.
GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL
A mother and her son were happily looking forward to him beginning primary school. Suddenly he tearfully told her that he didn’t want to go because she wouldn’t be with him. She tenderly reassured him that he would enjoy learning with other children. He wouldn’t be cut off from her love. She would be thinking of him. He could think of her too, remember that she loved him, and be happy, not sad. He could also know that he had a divine Mother, whose loving care was with him every moment. As they cherished these ideas, his reluctance faded. He was ready for school, and went happily each day.
5 TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD GET READY FOR SCHOOL
– Start each morning by giving your child encouraging words about school. Assure them that they can cope well with learning, feel safe, make friends and be accepted by others in the classroom.
– Be actively supportive. Place a message of loving encouragement from you in the child’s lunch box for them to read while at school – for example, “You’re doing well”.
– Reassure your children that they are capable learners. They can listen and learn. “Children are more tractable than adults, and learn more readily to love the simple verities that will make them happy and good. ” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p. 236.
– Be willing to teach kids what they have to do as part of the daily school routine. It will assist them in getting ready for school each day. “Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.” Bible. Proverbs 22:6
– Be a caring parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, friend, or neighbour. Wrap children in your love and prayers for their safety and well being. Each spiritual thought, like a pebble dropped into a pond, will send out ripples of blessings. Right now, you can help children get ready for school. Doing so, is good for your health – and theirs.
– Beverly Goldsmith is a former school teacher who now writes on the connection between spirituality and health and is an experienced Christian Science practitioner and teacher.
– This article is published on Motherpedia. Read more from Beverly on Motherpedia…
– Also published in the FEBRUARY 2019 edition of Around Point Cook and Around Altona Community newspapers in print and online via Issuu.
I’m a professional Christian Science Practitioner and Teacher. Through my prayer-based practice, I help people find happiness, health and healing.
My grand daughter starts school this year. Even though she is very ready, I will share this good advice with her parents. Thanks so much.
Thank you Robin for your comment. How wonderful that you grand daughter is so ready for school. And that there’s always room for an extra good idea or two for parents. Thanks for sharing them.
Dear Beverly, I am sure that the love and simplicity of this message will be taken to heart by many. Nonetheless, the reminders are profound, not only for school goers and their families. Many thanks for the outreach. Barbara
So glad Barbara that the ideas shared are helpful. Every prayer for kids starting school or going back-to-school is a blessing to them, their parents and teachers.
Such wise and essential advice as always Beverly. Parents and grandparents should not be agitated about rules, regulations and general practicalities at this time which will further concern already anxious children but just wrap them in love and relax with them and treat their coming year as an adventure which you will be sharing with them every step of the way.
I know you have helped me so much with this type of situation and taught me to see what matters and what does not and that constant prayer quietens the mind
Thank you Susan. So glad that the ideas are helpful. Your prayers are always a blessing.