Starting school is one of the biggest days of your child's life, but Ladybird is here to help with helpful tips for the big day:

• Reassure your child that s/he is not alone - there will be others starting school. With luck, preschool friends will be starting too
• Let your child wear his/her school uniform before the first day and make dressing and undressing easy with lots of velcro fastenings and elasticated waists
• Have fun packing sandwich boxes, and make sure your child can use a knife and fork
• Teachers understand newcomers' toilet worries so encourage your child to ask for help when s/he needs it
• Talk about what will be happening at home when your child is at school
• Sing lots of nursery rhymes and songs with your child so that s/he can enjoy joining in from the first day
• Start looking at clock skills; talk about what will be happening at school when a clock says a particular time
• Read books about going to school together

Ladybird publish a number of titles to help to prepare your child for the emotional and practical challenges of starting school

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