School Supplies for School at Home
School at home is a new experience for us all! Check out this list of school supplies to make sure your children have what they need at home to start the school year off right!
It’s almost time for school again, and as many of us face school from home, lots of people are asking: what do I need to buy for my kids? Your school may send home a supply list. If so: buy the supplies! Being prepared for school is important, and during a pandemic we need to limit our trips to the store for that last forgotten item as much as possible!
If your school has not provided a supply list, however, here are the standard supplies we keep around the house for school work and creative activities, too.
For more on organizing your school supplies and doing school successfully at home, click this link:
Planners
I am a big believer in a good planner. Planning work and tracking progress can be the difference between success and struggle. For parents, tracking the work and expectations for one child or several can be a bit overwhelming. I turned to the Whaley Planbook to track Bambino’s assignments. It is simple, straightforward, and inexpensive. It can be used for multiple students — or just one. For middle and high school students who can learn to do their own planning, I like the Passion Planner. This is the planner I use in my daily life, but there is an Academic edition which is perfect for older students.
For more on planners, how to use them, and my favorite planner tools, check out this link:
All Ages
These are the supplies we keep in the house for school and other projects. Your school may have previously supplied a lot of these things, so keeping them on hand and organized can help make school a lot smoother at home.
Elementary School
Many of these items may have been supplied by your child’s school. They may expect you to have these things at home to complete assignments.
Middle & High School
Depending on you child’s school requirements, they may ask for more specialized items. But this is a good general starting place for middle and high school grades.
However you and your family are embarking on school for the year, I wish you all the best. Remember, it can’t possibly all be the same, so give yourself and your child some grace as you begin this unprecedented voyage.
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Great Classic Stories for the Car
This summer I discovered MPR’s new feature — Classical Kids Storytime — and our whole family loves it! At this writing there are four classic children’s stories available — Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, The Three Little Pigs, and The Night Before Christmas.
Classical Kids Storytime from MPR
I listen to National Public Radio all the time. It is my favorite source of news and music. But I don’t just listen to my local NPR station (Colorado Public Radio, which is awesome). When I am working at home, I often listen to Minnesota Public Radio’s Classical and Choral Music streams (they also have a wonderful holiday music stream at Christmas time). Even though I haven’t lived there in nearly 20 years, listening to the local news for Minnesota takes me back to my years of living in Northfield and Faribault… sigh.
This summer I discovered MPR’s new feature — Classical Kids Storytime — and our whole family loves it! At this writing there are four classic children’s stories available — Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, The Three Little Pigs, and The Night Before Christmas. Each story is presented radio-theater style with wonderful classical music enhancing and advancing the stories.
Cinderella presents the story as told in Rossini’s opera which is fun and funny. The Little Mermaid is updated and multi-dimensional. And rhyming version of The Three Little Pigs has a great lesson — “If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”
Lynne Warfel records most of them together with other familiar radio voices. The storytelling is charming, and parents, these recordings won’t get old fast!
Here’s the best part: they are all available to download for free! So you can play them on your phone or in the car — that’s what we do! This morning we listened to The Three Little Pigs twice on the way to school.
I love public radio, and this is yet another example of radio done well. Enjoy!
