Preparing for My Son’s Years in School
Another school year has just begun. Even if my eldest is still at that age that doesn’t require him to spend a lot of time in school, I’m still eager to look for good after-school activities for him. I’d much rather be prepared than grope in the dark when that time comes. Of course, this early, I already worry about how my son would perform in school. As much as possible, I want him to have the best years of his life while in school; thus, I’m already looking for ways to make the experience enjoyable for him.
The first item on my list is my son’s “future” school supplies. I was looking for cute designs of school name tags earlier, hoping to find one that bears my son’s favorite cartoon character. It’s a good thing that such items are now available online. It’s so much easier to choose designs, fonts, colors, and styles. What’s more, I can just place my order online and wait for the items to be delivered right at my doorstep.
At the same time, I also need to look for kids labels that match the design of the name tags. I want uniformity as far as my son’s stuff is concerned. I think it’s much easier to shop for school supplies for boys, and I’m so thankful for that. However, now that I have that aspect covered, I have to consider the perfect after-school activities for my son.
Personally, I think art activities would be best for my child. Arts programs involve communication, interpretation, and understanding of complex symbols, much like mathematics and languages. Thus, it fosters higher-order analytical skills and skills of evaluation and synthesis. Many of the programs make the child regularly use multiple skills, making him dynamic and versatile. Therefore, I guess I’d let my son take art-based activities after he gets home from school. What do you think?
Hala mu school natung imung baby Boy Mel.. dalia ra nu.. blog baby jud to.. grew up baga in our eyes jud.. hay tiguwang nata… he sure would enjoy school daghan friends didto.. heheh..
Cool to have name tags on the bags.. besides the teacher I think would really require it for easy identification
was here my dear 
My so is in Kinder II already and like you, I totally agree that ARTS or art programs are good activities for him. It requires a lot of patience and it will hone his values:)
It’s always exciting to help your kids prepare for school. I bet you are really having a great time now.
My kids love doing arts and crafts, too.
Everytime we do that at home, my kids tell me I am the best Mommy in the world. LOL.
Kids love to do arts and that is good to help them motivate their imagination. My son loves to do a lot of arts sometimes I get angry but that is part of being a kid…:)
yay! it won’t be long Momi Mel George will go to school
The fun begins am sure. You really need the name tags especially on his backpack coz you never know that another boy has the same backpack as he is. They might fight 
i felt the same way too when my eldest started school. i made sure that everything he needs for school is in his bag and i personally brought him to school every single day. yeah and it’s really best to LABEL all your kids’ stuff. go for it!!!
better prepare them early so when the time comes, they are not pressured and stress out being all day in school, thats what i did to my Jian mommy Mel. when he got here in US when he was only 3, i start right away, teach him all the stuff that a 1st grader know, and bought him a lot of educational stuff to learn. in order for them to learn to write, let them scribble anything they want, then do the straight line, circle, square, and other shapes. and labeling their name on the stuff is a good start.
this is really exciting… ill experience the same thing anyways when my little zachy grows up and needs to go to school…
cheers
Goodluck to you and your son momi!
Wow thank you for posting this Mommy Mel. I’ve been looking for name tags coz our little girl will start going to school and I want to put a name tag on her school supplies
when our son first went to school, we were so excited and anxious to shop for his school supplies, it was a ripped because he ended up not using them all because the school itself provides the school materials that they need. oh boy! our money was wasted i guess.
I have to agree with sisEmz…it’s good to have our kids learn early and prepare before they start going to school. I’m excited for little George to go to school soon.
Yohoo!! pretty soon, you’ll be a mom/teacher for George. I so can relate when you send your child to the school for the first time.