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We get ready for back to school by having an end of the summer water balloon fight/picnic.

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I prepare my kids for the first day of school by helping them understand why they are in school first of all. I always remind them that school is a definite part of life. It is like a character trait which realizes aspects of routine and achieving maximum level of everyday tasks. They now realize that school is like a job. Getting organized in the morning or night before. Having everything you need at hand and organizing their stuff to be used over and over again. Life will always be more structured with that trait for their future. It's all in a days work! That is how i prepare my kids for the first day of school.

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To prepare, we set our morning and after school routines, make a list of acceptable lunches and ease back into a reasonable bedtime. :)

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For my boys, I get their supplies ready, we drop them off a couple days early and meet their teachers. Then, we pick out their clothes the night before, and make their favorite breakfast (pancakes). After they get on the bus, I invite over parents for a "back to school coffee" and we relish on the mornings events

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We prepare for the first day by going to the school and seeing the classroom and meeting the teachers. We buy a few new outfits and new shoes and of course a new book bag ! We talk about the things they will learn that year and the friends they get to see again ! The more we talk about it the more excited they get to go back to school ! My kids are usually so excited by the time the first day finally get here and thats makes me so happy and proud ! I think its important for them to want to go to school and be excited to learn new things !

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I'm a teacher, so I prepare for school with a lot of cleaning, lugging, and photocopying.

As a parent, I've been preparing my son for the first day with a paper-chain countdown, new shoes and a backpack, and by reading lots of books about school.

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We get ready by going on a nice relaxing vacation to a lake or something just to have fun and enjoy the lasts of summer before school starts.

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My hubby and I have to ensure our daughter has her uniform (that actually fits!) and her school supplies that we think she needs. Since she goes to a private school, we still take her "back-to-school" shopping for new clothes and shoes to replenish her wardrobe. What girl doesn't like to shop??!

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Preparing my family for their first day of school today was more complicated then I had remembered. First I woke up all four kids at 7am for breakfast. I tried to give them an extra special, extra healthy meal before their first day. Then they had to wash up and I tried to make them as presentable as possible. When that was done we had to do a final backpack check to make sure everyone had their lists complete. Getting everyone out the door and into the car was a chore because the little ones wanted to bring their favorite toys with them. My 9 and 7 year olds were dropped off first at their school without much hassle. My 6 year old twins, on the other hand, put up quite a fuss when we got to their school. It took some time and reassurance but I finally got them into their classroom. After all that, I really wanted to go home and sleep. That wasn't going to happen, though, because I am a student too and it was my turn to get to class. Tomorrow we will do it all over again.

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We do a test run of the first day about a week before to see how long it takes us to get everyone up and out the door and walk to school. We take this time to visit the classroom and meet the teachers too.

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We prepare for the first day of school by getting excited about going back to school. We talk about seeing our old friends again and meeting new ones. We talk about learning from a new teacher who will teach us many new and exciting things.

In addition to getting them mentally ready, we also shop together for fun things like a lunch box, new shoes, new clothes. We will be picking out a new outfit together for the 1st day of school. 2010-2011 will be another wonderful year!

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To prepare for the first day of school I make sure I wake up early enough to have a healthy breakfast and pack a good lunch. My school bag is packed the night before so all I have to worry about the day of is taking care of myself by preparing mentally and physically. :-)

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I have six kids. For years we prepared the traditional ways-earlier bedtimes, new clothes, reviewing math facts. Now my 3 oldest are in college and I am realizing those things helped little. Now we cherish every last minute of summer , with picnic lunches, mini golf, and watching sunsets. We buy the shoes later and they catch up on their sleep--they are kids!!

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Every year for as long as I can remember, I have had the perfect breakfast before the first day of every school year. Always scrambled eggs with toast, orange juice (coffee when I got older) and put on the outfit I picked out a week ahead of time. Now, even in college, I still make myself the same breakfast on the first day, and still follow the same schedule. I always have my backpack prepacked with the essentials for each class, and I always make a point to put a pen in my pocket for the points in time during the day when you feel like too many people ask for one, and you just have to make sure you still have one. I love the first day of school. I always have, and I think I always will.

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We enjoy summer until it has to end! But the night before the first day we lay everything out for the next morning and get the backpacks ready. We also go to bed early (for the 1st time all summer!). And then brace ourselves for the next 9 months of adventure - school!

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The backpacks are stocked and put by the door, lunch money or lunch prepared, a hearty breakfast, a good nights sleep, telling my kids how much I love them as I rush them out the door. It's been a long summer, now I need a vacation!!!!

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We get ready for the first day of school by getting new backpacks, picking out what we are going to wear and have for lunch. We also talk about how fun it will be to see our friends, make new friends, and meet our teachers. We also talk about how we behave in school and that we are going to have GREAT days our first day.

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We make a huge deal out of going back to school. We shop for back-to-school clothes and supplies, print out new lunch and snack ideas, sign up for new activities and mostly talk about why this fresh start is so important for the whole family.

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I am a teacher in a New York City public school. Believe it or not I start preparing for school on the last day of the previous school year. At that point, I begin organizing and photocopying papers for September. I also make a list of items that I will need to buy for the upcoming school year. I don't actually begin purchasing items until August so that I could get the best bargains.

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