3 Ways to get Your Child Excited for School

School Should be Fun, Right?

Welcome to 2014! How excited was your child to go back to school after a carefree, fun, and relaxing break? Chances are he or she was not too thrilled. They just had a couple weeks of late night slumber parties, movie nights, sleeping in every day, and most importantly, no homework. Getting your child back into the routine of waking up early and doing homework can be quite a struggle, that’s why it is important to get them excited about learning. Here are some tips that will help your child get excited about going back to school.

1) Start Fresh

Maybe your child didn’t have such a great first half of the year. If they have negative thoughts towards how they are going to do this half, help them shake that feeling off. Let them know it’s a new year and they will have plenty of opportunities to succeed and do rock star work. If able to, get them a new writing utensils and notebooks, a back pack and lunch box; maybe even personalize them. They will for sure be starting out completely fresh now. Just staying positive with them is key. Let them know you will be there 100% when they really need your help.

After school, ask them how their day went; that’s when they know you really care about them. If it wasn’t such a good day, listen and give them you’re advice. If they had a great day, praise them and let them know how proud you are of them; this will make them want to succeed all the time.

2) Get Back into a Routine

Waking up early is so rough when you’re a kid, especially after you were up all night gossiping and watching movies with your best friends. A few days before break is over, start back up with their school bed time; that way it will be easier for them to get up in the mornings. Once break is over, you won’t have to drag them out of bed. Start their mornings out with a fun and well-balanced breakfast. Remember it’s the most important meal of the day!

3) Get them Involved in Extracurricular Activities

Sign your child up for an activity or two. Playing a sport or having a piano lesson gives them something to look forward too instead of having to go straight home and do more school work. It will also help them blow off some steam if they had a bad day. Maybe they will make a new friendship! Make time to watch their practices and games, and attend lessons; you know they want to show off their mad skills to you.

Now that you know a few tips that will help your child get back into the groove of things at school, try them out! You will have a much happier child and they will want to go to school every day.

Paragon to feature Buster Balloon

New Prize For Top Selling Families is a Blast

Paragon Promotions Fundraising knows the importance of quality, family fun. This school season, their featured prize - Buster Balloon - embodies that knowledge. Buster Balloon induces smiles, laughs, and good-natured competition from everyone who takes part. Although bystanders usually have as much fun as those playing, there is nothing like feeling your heart beat faster once it's your turn. You're sweating already -- aren’t you? Paragon has never been more excited to give out a prize to top selling families. 
 

 

Kids will have a blast with this zany game that ends with a bang! Players roll the dice to see how far to push the sticks into poor Buster the balloon, whose shape changes with each poke. The suspense mounts with every turn. Whose stick will be the one to make Buster blow? Buster Balloon includes an easy-to-assemble circular frame and nine balloons. 
 

 

Tom Stone, President of Paragon Promotions Fundraising, said the following about Buster Balloon: “The Buster Balloon game is a great family game. I can't believe even “all business” Mike Stone had a smile on while playing the game! It was a huge hit with a group of about sixty principals from District 11 of Indiana. The Buster Balloon game is a great prize item we are using this spring and next fall for top selling families.” 

 
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