
Start the School Year with Confidence: 5 Simple Ideas
Guest post by author Deedee Cummings and Make a Way Media, 2024 Super Platinum Sponsor.
The beginning of a new school year can be exciting, but it can also be a time of anxiety for students and families. Parents and caregivers can help kids start the school year with confidence with these simple ideas.
5 Simple Ideas to Start the School Year with Confidence
- Communication: It’s important for families to take the time to talk to kids about their fears and concerns about the coming school year. Open and compassionate communication can help children (and adults!) with their anxiety about the coming school year.
- Do a Tour: Many schools offer tours for new students. Children feel less anxious when they are able to see their classroom and meet the teacher ahead of time, so there are not so many “firsts” on the first day.
- Role Play: Are they nervous about what will happen in the classroom? How to deal with a bully? Role playing is an excellent way to help them think through how they will respond in different scenarios, giving them ideas and practice for dealing with those situations in real life.
- Positive Support: Find ways to provide positive support for your child. The K Club from Make A Way Media is a free, online club, whose monthly activity guide provides children with the tools they need to empower them and give them the confidence to overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams.
- Read Together: Snuggle up to read a story with your child! This bonding time is a wonderful way to work through anxieties by seeing how other children deal with similar problems.
Start the School Year with Confidence: Make a Way Media
Make a Way Media specializes in publishing diverse books that support children’s mental health, teaching tools like empathy, self-confidence, and how to follow your dreams.
These books include:
The Kayla: A Modern Day Princess series, which shows a girl throughout many stages of life using empowering methods to deal with challenges and follow her dreams.
This Is the Earth, which shares a message of peace and models the language of empathy
In the Nick of Time, a holiday story that discusses school relationships and friendships
Coming Soon! How to Dream, a motivational guide to a life of hope, success, and freedom, will be launching soon! Visit DeedeeCummings.com for the latest or subscribe to updates on the book’s launch.
Deedee Cummings and Make a Way Media are the 2024 Super Platinum Sponsor. Cummings is the author of 15 diverse children’s books, including the Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess series. For company details, to see other MAWM diverse book titles, and to learn more about all of the Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess books, go here. You can also connect on Facebook and Instagram.
Annie Lynn
September 11, 2024 8:50 pmHi Dee Dee! I am so excited about your book, “How to Dream” I have needed this book for a long time. I will add this to my daily Law of Attraction practice, will you be putting out the workbook with it too? I saw a sample and it looks amazing, but I didn’t know what they wanted me to sign up for as a trial so I didn’t do it. I would prefer to own both of your books if possible. Also, thank you for always being so supportive. I think your books have the potential to help many children and I will always support you back in your exciting work and discoveries. Stay well and creative, peace, Annie✌️📚🎶