It’s happening so it might as well be fun!

Make the back-to-school transition more fun with a countdown calendar. Mark the days until the first day of school, and add a small activity to each one like doing the daily Wordle, putting time toward your end-of-summer goal, or writing a Haiku poem (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables). Haiku’s are very fun, by the way! Whatever the small task, it’s a playful way to ease back into structure while building key executive function skills like planning, maintaining focus, follow-through, and routine-building. Also, the countdown puts and keeps school on the radar in a positive, low-pressure way which will help with the transition from summer into school mode.

A Haiku: 
Last swim of summer
Shoes and notebooks by the door
Countdown starts today