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Back-to-School Family Routine Playbook

Back to School Routine Playbook graphic featuring a family illustration and tips for creating healthy routines that reduce stress, support learning, improve sleep, and help families balance school, activities, technology, and home life.

The Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) Health Promotion Team has shared a Back-to-School Family Routine Playbook to help families build healthy habits and make the school year feel a little easier.

Balancing school, homework, extracurricular activities and family life can be busy. Establishing a few predictable routines can help reduce stress, support learning, improve sleep and encourage healthy technology habits.

The playbook offers practical tips for families, including:

  • Learning: Establishing homework and reading routines and preparing backpacks the night before.
  • Sleep: Maintaining consistent bedtimes and keeping devices out of bedrooms.
  • Movement: Building physical activity into daily routines and making time to be active as a family.
  • Nutrition: Prioritizing breakfast, drinking water and preparing healthy snacks.
  • Connection: Sharing meals without distractions and making time for daily family check-ins.

Read the Back-to-School Family Routine Playbook to explore practical ideas for creating healthy routines that work for your family.

Resource shared by the Prairie Mountain Health - Health Promotion Team.


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