Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Another helpful thing, if you can arrange it, is to let your son meet his teacher before school begins. My son is getting a teacher from a different school (she is transferring in) and when I called her to let her know about and some of his "differences" I also asked if he could meet her and she was willing to come to our house. I know this visit will mean the world to and our summer might be a bit easier with him knowing who his teacher is and what she's like. Estevan, Saskatchewan Canada -- re: Hello--I'm new Hi , I have an 11 year old. Change is difficult for our kids. A suggestion about the new school: Take him to see the school building and let him know this will be his new school. Next trip get out and walk around the grounds of the school, look in the windows to see if you can see classrooms. Take a picture of the school and put it on a bulletin board in his room and label it new school. You will be surprised how this can help him make the transition. I did that when my son had to change locations for ESY. I always take him to see the new location and tell him he will be attending there. My son is going to middle school in Sept. I told him he is a teenager now (showed him howtall he had grown and was almost as tall as I am) and he will leave his school and go to another school. We by and looked at the building. Will make a few more trips before he starts in Sept. It is a brand new school and they will have an open house. I will also take him to the open house so he can see inside the school. I will take a picture and put it on his bulletin board so he can see it everyday and become familiar with it. Good luck. Chelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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