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10 Stress-Saving Organization Tips for Back to School

Modified: May 17, 2024 by Vanessa Beaty · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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School’s in once again, and with the new school year comes busy mornings, lost homework, and a general sense of disarray. Really. Every parent dreads the beginning of school at some point simply because of the stress of getting them up and out the door on time every morning.

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We’ve got the perfect solution. We took the time to gather a few organizing tips that will help you and your students get a better grip on those busy mornings. From planning what to wear the night before to keeping those papers organized so you can find homework more easily, you are sure to be able to put these organizing tips to good use.
We’ve even got a way to make homework time a bit less stressful for you and your little ones. Sit back and relax. We’ve got you covered for back to school with great organizing tips that will help you enjoy a less stressful year.

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  • 1. Always Plan
  • 2. Create a Snack Station
  • 3. Prepare Lunches Ahead of Time
  • 4. Get Into a Routine
  • 5. Organize Clothing
  • 6. Plan Ahead for Breakfast
  • 7. Make a Lunch Money Locket
  • 8. Personalize Their Backpacks
  • 9. Organize Papers with Binder Clips
  • 10. Stock Up on School Supplies

1. Always Plan

School wall organizer

Planning ahead is the only thing that is going to save your sanity during the school year. If you don’t already have one, create or buy a family planner. A dry-erase board, bulletin board, or something similar will do the job perfectly. You can easily create your own back-to-school organization station and keep track of literally everything that’s going on throughout the year. Include a calendar, homework schedules, and those little things that the kids need to take to school once in a while. You’ll be surprised how well you can save your sanity when you are completely organized.

2. Create a Snack Station

Snack Station

Organizing lunches is another way to protect your sanity. You can help yourself out for the entire week if you organize your snacks ahead of time. Instead of grabbing that unhealthy bag of chips for the kids’ lunches, you’ll be able to easily find and include something a bit healthier. This is also a great idea for sending along well snacks. Put smaller bags of pretzels, Cheerios, and other healthier foods into a small tote, or you can even do this in the fridge with grapes, cheese sticks, and other delicious snacks. When you’re ready to pack them, just grab a bag and go.

3. Prepare Lunches Ahead of Time

Lunch boxes

Packing lunches is something that can really take time in the mornings. If you send your children to school with their lunches in tow, you can seriously cut down on the amount of time that it takes to prepare those lunches if you do certain things ahead of time. And we mean way ahead of time. Like during the weekend, for instance. If it’s not something that can actually be packaged a week in advance, at least pack those lunches up the evening before, maybe while you’re preparing dinner. You’re already in the kitchen, and it takes only a few minutes to get everything ready to go for the next day.

4. Get Into a Routine

Schooldays checklist sheet

Above all, you have to get into a routine with your back-to-school tasks. Whether it’s getting the kids ready for bed at night or making sure that they get all of their homework done, keeping everything on schedule makes it so much easier to ensure that everything gets done. You can print off these amazing schedules that will allow you to keep track of things as they get done. Once the homework is finished, check it off the list and put it back into the backpack. You get things done without stress, and you make sure that everything is ready for the next day.

5. Organize Clothing

Clothes organizer

Taking a few minutes each Sunday evening to lay out and organize kids’ outfits for the next week will save you loads of time and frustration. It will only take about ten minutes per child to sort through clothing and match five outfits for the week. Label hangers with the days of the week and then put the complete outfits on those hangers. Your kids now have their clothing organized for the next five days. You will be surprised how much time you’ll save in the mornings when they know exactly what they’re going to wear. They simply get dressed, and they’re out the door on time every single morning.

6. Plan Ahead for Breakfast

Oganized school stuff

Instead of Pop-Tarts or some other less-than-healthy breakfast option, why not take a few moments the night before and plan a nutritious, hot meal for the kids? English muffin sandwiches (think Egg McMuffin here) are really easy to make, and they are much more nutritious and filling than a Pop-Tart. You just have to toast the muffins ahead of time and add an egg, some bacon, or ham and cheese. You can pre-assemble them and even freeze them if you want. Imagine having an entire month’s worth of hot breakfasts ready to go. Just pop them in the microwave. They’re much less expensive than those pre-made ones you can buy in stores, and they’re much more delicious because you make them yourself.

7. Make a Lunch Money Locket

A kid with lunch

How many times have your little ones forgotten their lunch money at home, or worse, lost it at school? You can take away the stress of having to drive additional lunch money to school by making a lunch money locket for younger children. This is a really easy project and one that the kids can help you with, which makes it really fun. Let them help design and decorate their lockets. They wear the locket to school with their lunch money safely inside. It’s a great way to save yourself a little stress and a little money at the same time.

8. Personalize Their Backpacks

Personalized backpack

Personalized backpacks are a great idea, especially if you have more than one little one going to school. With a little time and creativity, you can make a personalized backpack that will help alleviate the stress of not being able to find the right backpack at school or of two kids fighting over the same backpack. You just embroider or cross-stitch the name on it, or you can use paints with stencils, or you can do it however you want. Personalizing it will help your little one always know which backpack is theirs, and there will be a lot less stress over not being able to determine whose is whose. While you’re at it, a few command hooks near the door will help you store those backpacks on the wall near the door so you’ll see them as you leave in the morning and avoid the forgotten backpack scenarios.

9. Organize Papers with Binder Clips

Binder clips

Keep binder clips clearly labeled so that you can easily organize school papers. Create a label for papers that need to be signed and returned to the teacher, those that are already graded, and any homework or projects that aren’t due right away. This helps you to know that you’ve gotten everything turned back into the teacher that needs to go, and you’ll be able to easily tell which papers have already been graded and which ones may need to be taken back to school. Binder clips are really inexpensive, and you can hang them near your organization station to keep homework ready to go.

10. Stock Up on School Supplies

A closet organizer

One of the main ways that you can lose it in the morning is when your child tells you that they are out of paper or something else that is crucial to their school day. You can avoid this stress completely by keeping yourself stocked up on everything that they’ll need. Imagine not having to run out at midnight on Sunday night to get that poster board because your child forgot to tell you that she has a project due the next morning. You can even organize those supplies so you’ll always know what you have and what you need to restock. Over-the-door shoe organizers work great for holding pens, pencils, crayons, and loads of other supplies, and your stock will take up very little room.

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  1. Tania

    August 18, 2015 at 9:45 am

    Loved the food stations. BTW love All the diys

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  2. Mohamed Hashi

    January 03, 2024 at 12:21 pm

    Vanessa, your back-to-school organization tips are a lifesaver! As a parent, I've struggled with chaotic mornings, and your idea of a snack station is brilliant – it's already making lunch prep so much easier. Also, the lunch money locket is such a creative and practical solution. Your tips are not just helpful but also fun to implement. They're making our back-to-school transition smoother and more enjoyable. Thanks for sharing these gems!

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