These are the basic items to get your kids for this new school session.
It is that time of the year again and your kids are about to or have already resumed school.
It is also time to pay school fees, buy new uniforms and equip your children with all they need to make them happy and comfortable as they go back to school.
Wondering how to organize your kids for the new session and what to have on your back-to-school checklist?
This list has been compiled to guide you.
1. School bags
It is a new session and it won’t be a bad idea to get new school bags for your kids.
They will appreciate it and it will also boost their confidence in school. If you can afford it, buy new school bags in fancy colors and designs.
They don’t have to be really expensive.
2. Lunch boxes and water bottles
They come in different fancy colors, shapes and sizes and will be very helpful in storing and preserving their lunch and snacks.
3. Stationery
These include their notebooks, pens, pencils, mathematical sets, calculator, textbooks etc. These are essential for their academic success and studies.
4. Snacks
These will come in handy when they are tired and hungry from a stressful day at school and if they do not want to eat the lunch provided.
You can include healthy snack like apples, bananas, coconut slices, sugarless biscuits, healthy cookies and candy bars , also healthy juices in their meal plan to balance out their diet.
5. Underwear and Sandals
They can also get new pairs of stockings, singlets, panties, inner shirts and even sandals.
It is a new session so you can afford to splurge a little.
6. Hand Sanitizers
Children pick up germs and bacteria everywhere they go. From the playground, in class, from friends etc. If not properly managed this can make them sick.
Therefore, when getting your kids ready for a new session, you have to also put their health into consideration and include sanitizers like antiseptic which will be used in their bath water and hand sanitizers on your check list.
Put the sanitizers into their backpacks yourself and show them how to use them.