All too soon the December holidays are coming to an end. It’s time to pack those school bags and iron those uniforms again. We have some good news for parents out there. Try out these suggestions on how to help your children keep away those “back to school” blues.

• Let your children start the new school year on a healthy and happy note. Before term starts, get them to back on track with their exercises and other forms of physical activity. Put into practice some of the useful ‘back-to-school’ fitness tips suggested in the Cool Running website.
• Read some pointers for students’ back-to school success offered by teachers who were surveyed by Texas Instruments, the leader in educational handheld technology.
• Get those brain juices flowing again! Set your children some light homework to get them used to school routine again. (But not too much, mum, they’re still on holiday after all!).
• Better still, add in a pinch of fun by getting children to play online educational games. This is a means to revisit important concepts that they have already learnt in the past school year or to learn new concepts to be taught in the new school year. Check out Kaboose’s website, which boasts a long list of educational games, including Maths and Science games. Kidzpage.com also has a wide variety of printable and online learning games to get children interested.

Last, but not least, register your children as a SingaporeLearning.com member, if you haven’t already done so! Our website boasts updated information on parenting and education for parents and online games for children. To get children in the mood to go back to school to reconnect with friends, let them communicate with their friends using the blogging and forum features at this site. We hope every student out there will have a successful and fulfilling school year!