10 Back to School products you must not miss!

It’s the summer holidays across the country. It’s time to throw away the books and blow off some steam after a taxing academic year. Family reunions, summer retreats, movies and shopping trips would be filling your summer itinerary. But everything’s got to end someday. Come the month of June, your kids would probably be back at school for yet another taxing academic year. Nothing motivates a kid like being equipped with the right goodies. 

Let’s get yourself prepared for the ‘Back to school’ season with our list of ‘Back to school’ products you should not miss out on.

1.Backpacks

Every academic year is a new start and every new academic year would mean new backpacks to fit the new books. Throw away the worn and torn backpack and settle down with a new one of your taste. Make this academic year an adventure with Dora and Ben10 backpacks.

2.Stationery

A promotion at school is a little different from your promotion at work. Pens replace pens, Scales replace a Protractor, Erasers replace whiteners, Pencil Boxes replace Geometry sets. It’s time to equip your kids with the right stationery to tackle his ever changing and challenging syllabus.  

3.Notebooks

Everybody needs a notebook, irrespective of the class, age, and grades. Get your kid the right notebooks they need to help keep them motivated to do their homework

4.Labels

Name Labels are cool, Labels are trendy and Labels are everything. It is not enough to write their names on the first sheet of the notebooks/books. Their pride lies in the labels that boast their name. Make sure you get the right ones. Listen to them, they know better.

5.Book Wraps

A book left uncovered is a book left ignored and less work for a label. Get those brown sheets on and give the book an uniform so your kid doesn’t feel odd by himself.

6.LunchBags

Lunch bags are a style statement now. Your kid’s mentality and sense of school fashion evolve as he grows. Get him a lunch bag he can boast around or the one he feels less embarrassed to carry with.

7.Lunch Box 

Being a good cook yourself, wouldn’t it be wrong to pack that delicious lunch (you made from him) in a lunch box that takes the looks out of it. No parent would like to see the junior bring back his lunch untouched. Get him a good lunch box that can keep his food hot and yummy all the way.

8.Waterbottles

Water bottles are yet another fashion statement at school. No kid likes to take out that re-usable plastic water bottle from a branded water company. It may not have been a big deal back then, but it sure is now.

9.Stationery Box

Your kid is not going to use a plastic pen/pencil box every year. It’s yet another fashion statement. The flip boxes, the transparent purse types , the one modelled like a train or shop , one with a sharpener attached – phew! You did not have any idea that these existed, did you?

10. Other Accessories

Glitter pens, Glue sticks, Plastic scissors, Paper Clips , A4 sheets(for projects) are some of those miscellaneous assets your kid would want to have ready for those hideous project assignments and fun chart works. Getting them at the last moment just adds more pressure in bringing out their creativity.

So what are you waiting for , we just listed our Top 10 back to school products, All you have to do is shop for them. Oh Yes! Do take bring your child along.

Want to get closer to your kids ? Tell a story to them

Storytelling is an art. It has mental, social and educational benefits on kids. Though there is no age limit, kids are great fans of stories and love to listen to them. Telling a story from the memory or reading from books or magazines. Nowadays parents find very little time to tell stories for kids or spending time with them.

But parents can preserve some stories for children and spend a bit of quality time with them by telling stories. There are many advantages are there in storytelling. Most of the parents are unaware of that. Let us see how it helps the kids to learn and grow.

Drawbacks of watching TV :

Most of the parents switch on cartoon channels and keep the kids before them for hours. The fast-paced visual media will block the mental development of the children to a greater extent. Children are slow to think and slow to grasp; thus they need some entertainments especially designed for them. Storytelling is the best among them.

Advantages of Storytelling - An activity that can transfer feelings and emotions. It also boosts their thinking capacity.

Learning : Storytelling It is a great activity of learning. At each phase of the development of the story, the kids ask questions. A good storyteller know the tricks to make them curious and encourage them to ask questions.

Imagination : When the kids see images in the book and listen to the stories, they learn to correlate between pictures and story. Later they imagine the visuals. Invite them to narrate a possible climax or encourage them to come up with a new story. These ideas will improve the imagination power of the kids.

Increased Memory : We can improve the memory capacity of kids by asking them to remember where you paused the previous day. Or asking them to remember a story you have already told them. Always demand  children share their contribution in stories.

Perfect storytelling is enacting a story. Change the pitch of sound according to the feelings and emotions depicted in the story. Body languages help in conveying the ideas in an exact way. Storytelling parents are found to have a more emotional bond with the kids.

Sapna Book House is one of the biggest bookstores in India. It has a large collection of books in all genres, audio books, greeting cards and gift articles. 

Get your kid's favorite story books from Sapna Book House. Start narrating stories. Be emotionally bonded with your kids.