We just brought our child to daycare for the first time, how can they be starting school already 😅?

It’s crazy how time flies with kids sometimes. But to help you be somewhat prepared for the school routine, here are a few links that really helped us:

1. The german book Hallo Schulanfang! alleviated many of our fears and provided a clear path of what we should/could do before school starts.
2. Our School Kid List with 53 Gift Ideas for the School Cone ensured our little one had a fantastic first day with lots of joy unpacking the school cone.
3. We chose our daughter’s school backpack at Ranzenfee in Berlin. Great advice, a wide selection. A very good buying experience for our little one.
4. Additionally, Stiftung Warentest has a school backpack test from 2019
5. You can find more links on learning in our resource collection.

Next month, two episodes of one of our favorite german parenting podcast (Das gewünscheste Wunschkind) will publish two episodes on the topic of school:

1. Episode 146 - Accompanying the Start of School in a Relationship-Oriented Manner (20.08.2024)
2. Episode 147 - Getting Through Elementary School Together (03.09.2024)

If you have more questions about the topic of school or parenting in general, feel free to join our Slack channel, where we are happy to help you.