Back to school post-holiday, an occasion to fulfill the purposes of the new year

The Christmas holidays are coming to an end. Many have been the days of leisure that have enjoyed small and older, but you have to go thinking about dismissing these days to return to the obligations and rejoin the routines. A task that may seem very difficult for the little ones but that can certainly serve to fulfill the purposes of the new year.

From the Spanish Association of Pediatrics, AEP, remember several routines that must be reincorporated to the day to day of the smallest and that can serve to incorporate healthier habits of life in children. A way to meet the objectives proposed for the start of the new year that always seek to improve the quality of those who propose them.

Routines to resume and improve

- Breakfast: energy for the return to school after Christmas

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In addition to improving performance at school, it helps maintain an adequate weight. Back to school after Christmas can serve to improve the quality of this menu and include the recommended foods for it: cereals, fruit and dairy.

- Exercise: essential in the return to school

The return to school can be used to review the extracurricular activities offered and see if any can be used to encourage the practice of exercise by children. It is also recommended to take as a purpose to do on foot those routes that are acceptable such as, in some cases, going to or going back to school or doing some shopping.

- Healthier behaviors: good purposes for going back to school

Going back to school supposes to resume routines like early morning, if before the time to go to bed was not appropriate, from the return to the classrooms this moment can be anticipated to avoid this fatigue caused by the lack of sleep.

- Hours of sleep: how many do the children need?.

Did the child complain previously of back pain? Before returning to school it is not bad to remember which postures are the best to sit down or to carry the backpack and in this way avoid all the complaints derived from these situations.

- Be more organized: organization in the return to school

It is important to organize the school backpack again, to ensure that the correct books and the necessary material on each day accompany the child to school. The student must assume the responsibility of controlling these elements and not delegate to their parents. In addition, this attitude can extend it to other areas of his life and be more orderly as a general rule.