Dear parents who are tired of their children forgetting or losing all their belongings somewhere, let's evaluate this situation from a slightly different perspective. You know, when your child is little, you always pack his belongings when going somewhere or returning from somewhere, so that we can leave the house immediately... Oh, let's hurry up, if we leave it to him, it will take 40 hours to pack and dress... etc. When you constantly clean up after him/her, for some reason, unfortunately your child does not have any experience in this regard. But now, as he grows up and starts primary school, you realize that your child comes home every day having forgotten or lost something at school. We start complaining and getting angry, don't we? "You can't keep a coat, a water bottle, a pen, or a hat." saying. However, imagine that until that day, you and the teacher had always picked up your child's back in kindergarten and at home. Every day, when you come to pick up the teacher at school, he collects everything your child has brought from home, including toys, spare clothes, coats, jackets, hats, etc., and even dresses them and delivers them to you in a package. It is very difficult for him to expect your child, who "had zero experience of packing his own things" until that year, to suddenly show the opposite behavior. I think you should start involving your child in the process of packing his belongings when he is still young. It may be late and difficult to teach this behavior in primary school. Don't worry, even if your child is younger, say, "Son/daughter, we will be returning home in 5 minutes, pack your things, put them in your bag and get ready." When you say this, they understand and collect it. You can start by gathering together for a while and then leave this responsibility to him/her. You can also request this from your beloved kindergarten teacher; "Please tell my child to pack his belongings and be ready before I come to pick him up. I ask him to be ready when I arrive. Please do not prepare my child." you can say. I'm sure they will cooperate with you on this matter. This will give your child more skills than the activities he/she will do until you arrive, such as painting a limited area, playing with a puzzle, etc.
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