A healthy blend of excitement and nervousness, in just the right balance, is felt by children and parents alike. New avenues appear, milestones are set, doors to imagination open, and opportunities abound.
Soon, it will be time to press the play button once again.
Then, with that same excitement and nervousness—albeit in different proportions—we will send our children on their way to the first day of school.
After months of having them at home with us, sending our children back to school may bring with it a familiar sense of unease—the same feeling we experienced when we first watched them walk through the school doors on their very first day.
Fortunately, Qatar National Library’s online resources offer many ways to help your children deal with their first day of school. Talk About Starting School, from Ladybird books, is available through the Booki online library. Published in 1977, the illustrations will take you down nostalgia lane, but the text and the aim to prepare a child for school is still relevant today.
First Day of School, by Marilyn Kratz, subtly emphasizes how younger siblings cope with being at home when their older siblings are off at school.
Not every child fits the traditional mold, but, as Andy Cutbill shows in First Week at Cow School, sometimes children have surprising talents that make them stand out from the herd.
Children’s feelings of uncertainty of leaving a familiar grade level and the fear of moving to a new part of school with new teachers they’ve only heard about from others is highlighted in Back to School, by Meredith Badger, available in the Overdrive database provided by our Library.
Kindergarten Countdown, by Anna Jane Hays, Ninja Boy Goes Back to School, by N.D. Wilson, and Back to School, Weird Kids Rule, by Dan Gutman, all available on Overdrive, also deal with the big day of heading back to class.
For younger children, reading the same story increases vocabulary, and bright, colorful illustrations help children understand context and inspire visual thinking. B. Bear and Lolly: Off to School, by A.A. Livingston, is one such helpful picture book from our online database Tumble Book Library.
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