Why Parents Should Help Your Kids Clean Out Their Backpacks (And what Linder can do to help!)

Today we are sharing an article which highlights a simple practice which often gets overlooked: cleaning out backpacks (regularly!). In a recent article from The Washington Post, author Daniela Loose talks about five steps which you can do to help your child stay more organized with their backpacks.

"All parents know that students receive enough handouts to wallpaper a house, and unless they use an organizational system, their backpacks will soon resemble an experiment in hoarding.' What some parents don't realize is that 'while students might want to do their homework, they often give up if they can’t find it within a reasonable time. Cluttered backpacks are overwhelming and it’s easy to miss something in the chaos. Students’ failure to do their homework might be due not to inability or laziness, but to a lack of organizational skills,' and 'many students find doing homework easier and much less time consuming after they have tidied their backpack."

Here at Linder Educational Coaching, we can work with your student to help them learn practical organizational skills which can help them succeed in and out of the classroom. Organizing backpacks is just one small part of a larger organizational mind frame which we can help instill into your student. We focus on organization, planning for the week and month, study skills, test-taking skills, subject comprehension, and independence. If you think your student can benefit from learning these skills, please visit:  http://www.lindereducationalcoaching.com/ for more information to contact us today!

To view the full article, please visit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/03/14/teacher-says-want-your-child-to-succeed-in-school-help-them-clean-out-their-backpack/