Organization Is Most Important Skill

What one skill can we give our children that will ensure their success in school? -- Helpful Parents
Answer: Being organized is the No. 1 skill that will lead to your children's academic success in school. Parents need to start early to develop organizational skills in their children. A big part of this is establishing routines.
What your children do to get themselves ready for school each day and to handle assignments should increase at each level until they are doing everything without any parental reminders. Here is our list of organizational skills that children need at different levels in their schooling:
Kindergarten:
--Bringing home their school bag daily.
--Putting everything being returned to school in their school bag before going to bed or at a selected time.
--Keeping the school bag in the same spot every day.
--Selecting clothes to be worn the next day with their parents before bedtime.
Elementary School:
--Laying out their clothes the night before.
--Setting an alarm clock for a reasonable time to get up.
--Placing notes from the school in the same spot every day, or handing them to parents as soon as they arrive home so parents can handle them promptly.
--Having a designated time and place to study.
--Putting everything in their school bag before going to bed, including homework assignments, lunch money, gym clothes, musical instruments, permission slips and library books needing to be returned on a specific date.
--Placing lunch in the school bag in the morning.
Junior High and High School:
--Keeping an assignment notebook/planner.
--Using a calendar to record activities and due dates for tests and school projects.
--Having a large binder or organizer where they can keep their assignments, finished homework, returned work and tests in separate sections or folders for each class.
--Having a neat and organized locker.