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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

180 Days of School Paper Clutter

The first day of school marks ortho start of a steady stream of school papers entering the home. Get ready for the invasion of class work, notes, tests, projects, artwork, schedules, flyers, and newsletters to begin coming in by the backpack full!

From Pre-K to high school graduation, kids use an extraordinary amount of paper. So, what's the best way to keep them, store them, and dispose of the non-keepers?

Before the school year starts, decide on a plan of action to handle this flood of paper - it will be arriving for the next 180 days. I like using a banker's box to collect and store them in. You can weed out the non-keepers weekly, at the 9 week or semester mark, or once at the end of the year. The choice is yours. You can prevent school papers from piling up on the kitchen counter this year by having a place to keep them!

Some ideas to get you started:

~ Go through the school papers weekly and only keep the one's that bring a tear to endowments selling eye, like the story about What I Did on My Summer Vacation or the A on the Algebra test. You can reuse the backside of old homework for math problems, doodling, or the grocery list.

~ Save them all and go through the paper box every 9 weeks or after mid-terms. Then, spend an hour or two on a rainy Saturday afternoon going through the box and choosing your favorite papers to archive.

~ Collect every paper your child completed for the school year and marvel at the amount of work they did! Going through the school papers with your child during the summer is a nostalgic way to do a summer refresher and get ready for the next school year.

Setting up a school memorabilia box for each child is a great way to limit the amount of schoolwork you keep for each year. Label the banker's box with your child's name, grade, and school year. Some items you may want to keep are artwork, tests, research papers and writing samples from each grade level. As your child gets older, you may find you keep less and less and one box will last for several years.

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Finding the Good in Children With ADD

Even though we usually hear about the negative aspects of ADHD, there are also positive qualities that most kids with ADHD possess. Parents of children with the disorder know how hard it is to manage the common negative behaviors such as hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and impulsiveness, but it is also important to acknowledge the positive traits that go along with the disorder such as creativity, energy, determination, and resilience.

Many parents only expect their child with ADHD to muddle through life barely coping with their behavior issues. Although it is considered a learning disability, children with ADHD are capable of excelling in academics, sports, and socially and can learn the skills early in childhood that will make them successful as adults. A child with ADHD has a bright future just like any other child, and with their high energy, creativity, determination, and resilience they have everything they need to be successful.

Both parents and teachers tend to forget the potential of kids with ADHD endowments selling they have to manage negative behaviors as well as foster positive ones. Children with the disorder can be a valuable asset in the classroom as well as at home among siblings because they can help to tech other children about ethics and humility because many kids with ADHD have been car insurance cover or ridiculed. Having experienced this first hand kids with the disorder are usually well equipped to teach other children about moral character and accepting others.

Children with ADHD are also well equipped to take on projects that require high energy and often excel in activities that require high energy such as sports. Having the energy and drive to excel in school activities is the drive needed to excel in the business world as adults, and when given the right guidance children with ADHD can go on to become very success as adults because of the positive qualities that go along with the disorder.

Dr. Ron Receveur is an expert in dealing with ADD/ADHD. For more information visit adhd-survival-guideadhd-survival-guide

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