How to Get Organized for Back to School

Set up a lunch packing station so you don't have to think of a menu every day. Shutterstock

Preparing your home and your family for back to school during the summer can reap benefits throughout the entire school year to come. Little by little, as you continue to enjoy this season, setting up routines, stations, and systems now for the impending school year will make for a smoother operation in the fall and beyond.

Here are a few areas of focus that can have a significant impact.

Lunches and Snacks

By June, packing lunches and snacks for kids on the go was perhaps a chore you could not wait to forfeit in favor of unscheduled, summer days.