So it’s been almost a month of school and the girls are still so positive about their experience. I don’t remember being that excited about school when I was their age. But every day, they’ve been so compliant with getting their homework done on schedule. Establish Time One of the best investments on your first child is setting up a consistent schedule for their school day. From the time they wake to the time they go to bed, as much as possible, set up a reliable routine and verbalize it every day so they become very conscious of what they’re doing and the times they are doing them. Since Emma hit school, I’ve communicated that she has an hour to decompress and rest, eat, watch tv, then at 4:30, she starts her homework and then her violin. Now that she’s older, I don’t even have to tell her; and the best thing is that when Zienne wasn’t in school, she’d see her older sister do this every day.  So now that she has homework, she gets excited that she has similar responsibilities as her older sister and she follows the same schedule when she sees her sister go to do […]