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   Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from  365 Teacher Secrets for Parents  by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly. #48 Organization is the Key     Organize, don't agonize. ~ Nancy Pelosi   Many teachers agree: Organization is the key. To what? To everything! If you are truly organized, you can achieve amazing things! The problem most people have is that organization itself takes time and energy. After a very busy and tiring evening of driving to and from practices or lessons and then dinner and homework, it is very easy to say, “Let’s call it a night,” and then relax. As enticing as this sounds, you may be paying for it the next day. As the bus pulls up, you may find yourself making futile, hurried attempts to get your child dressed, searching to find his backpack, or looking for a much needed field trip permission slip. Taking the time and energy to organize yourself and your child in the evening can lead to a...

  Today's tip for parents (from two talented teachers) comes from  365 Teacher Secrets for Parents  by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly (yes, those are the two talented teachers). #13 Get it Together   Beginnings are always messy. ~ John Galsworthy   Is your morning routine chaotic or calm? Do you hear these panicked cries in the morning just as the school bus pulls up: "Mom, where is my back pack?" "I can't find my homework!" Here are a few suggestions if your morning is more hectic than relaxed:   ●       Have a specific place for your child's backpack that everyone agrees upon. When he comes home from school, help him make it a habit to put it there every day. After homework is completed, practice putting everything back into the backpack and place it in its special spot the night before school. Now, even on mornings when everyone is running behind, he can just grab his backpack and know that everything is in it, done, an...