Comments on: Starting School - Tips for Parents http://www.britishparentbloggers.com/2007/11/27/starting-school-tips-for-parents/ The Home of Parent Bloggers in Britain Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: 21st Centrury Mummy http://www.britishparentbloggers.com/2007/11/27/starting-school-tips-for-parents/#comment-552 21st Centrury Mummy Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:24:46 +0000 http://www.britishparentbloggers.com/2007/11/27/starting-school-tips-for-parents/#comment-552 Great article Rosie - starting school is nerve-racking and I remember spending the summer of 2006 bouncing off the walls with all sorts of excitement and tension. Mums are often more nervous than the children. My top tips are...make sure you have something planned for the day, a special treat for yourself. When you pick up your child from school and ask them what they've done, don't be surprised or worried if they say they can't remember. I struggled with this one for weeks (or was it months?). I then changed my questionning technique to "What was the best thing at school today?", to which the answers came flooding in. ;-D Great article Rosie - starting school is nerve-racking and I remember spending the summer of 2006 bouncing off the walls with all sorts of excitement and tension. Mums are often more nervous than the children.

My top tips are…make sure you have something planned for the day, a special treat for yourself.

When you pick up your child from school and ask them what they’ve done, don’t be surprised or worried if they say they can’t remember. I struggled with this one for weeks (or was it months?). I then changed my questionning technique to “What was the best thing at school today?”, to which the answers came flooding in. ;-D

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