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It’s that time of year again… Back to School! It can exciting and stressful at the same time. Shopping for supplies and clothes, especially if you have multiple children heading back into the classroom can often be exhausting. One of the things I do to keep our household running smoothly this time of year is to make sure I’m organized.
Here’s 10 Back to School Must Haves to keep your family organized this school year!
This is the perfect place for your kiddos to drop off important notes from the teacher every day after school instead of having piles of papers accumulate on your kitchen table!
A neat & tidy entryway is not impossible! Keep everyone’s shoes off of your mudroom floor and neatly stored with this rack.
This 2 pack of stylish pen & pencil holders are perfect for keeping writing utensils handy for homework assignments. Keep one in the office & in your kitchen. Multiple colors available.
Weekly Meal Planner / Shopping List
I just love this magnetic weekly meal planner! When you have a plan for dinner every night your household runs so much better than if you are trying to figure out a meal last minute. You’ll actually be able to sit down and enjoy one another without feeling frazzled at the end of a long day. BONUS: This planner also has a perforated grocery list that you can tear off and take with you to the store!
These labels are great for school uniforms, sweatshirts, sports jerseys, coats, hats or gloves! If your child’s clothing ends up in a lost and found, it will be a piece of cake to get it back as long as its been labeled!
These dividers are great for helping your children keep their closet neat & organized from a young age. You can label these for days of the week or by types of clothing. These cute dividers are available in different colors & designs.
This rack is perfect for your early readers. It keeps books put away while still in view to help encourage reading time. It’s like having your own personal library at home.
Don’t have room for a standing bookshelf? No Problem! This wall mounted invisible shelf is convenient and looks great in any space.
These kits are great! No more plastic baggies- you can wash and reuse these every single day. The perfectly sized ice pack keeps everything cool and your kiddos will love to help pack lunches in these colorful containers too.
It’s that time of year again. The kids are going back to school and to celebrate, The Anti-June Cleaver and Our Piece of Earth have teamed up with an amazing group of bloggers to bring you some great prizes for kids of all ages who are heading back to school.
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The The Hanging File / Paper Holder would be a great additional to our homework corner!
We definitely could use some new shoes this year.
We need a new calculator!
A nice backpack is a must have item for children to have in order to go to school.
Definitely a backpack!
Backpack and lunch bag are our must haves.
Shoes are a must.
Our must-have is plenty of spiral notebooks
Our must have back to school items are new backpacks!
We need plastic folders and binders.
A new backpack definitly!
Our must haves are fresh pencils and new shoes 🙂
Snacks
Backpacks and good agendas
My kids gotta have new Shoes and new backpacks. All new binders and folders, pencils and pens. Tons of notebook paper.
We always need extra paper and markers. Thanks!
Lots of Notebooks, Pencils and a Pencil Sharpener are my “Back-to-School Must Haves”.
Pre-sharpened pencils are a life saver in this house!
We still need a durable backpack.
The must have item is good strong backpacks.
Backpacks and binders are always a priority!
We need a durable, cute backpack.
You always have to get new clothes for school! And shoes!
We need the hanging file! Maybe it would stop the spread of tons of paper all over the house!
still need more clothes
shoes and clothes
My back to school must have is a scientific calculator.
I love new crayons every year. So much. But my must haves are good quality read alouds for the school year.
Crayons and pencils.
New clothes and a new backpack.
A nice backpack
We need new school shoes.
We need new notebooks.
The absolute must haves are clothes and shoes! The kids grow out of both so fast that last years stuff is way too small! 🙂
The Hanging File / Paper Holder would be a truly great addition. Thank you for the idea.
We could really use a book rack to help corral all of my daughters books!
Notebooks, pencils, and binders.
My must have is a 5 star planner for my 12 year old son! He needs serious organization help LOL!
Actually a bookshelf!
A new backpack is always the must have in our house every year.
book bags and shoes
We need backpacks and new shoes.
My kids always need more pencils and erasers for school.
Just some new shoes! My sons wore out their shoes over their summer.
We must have backpacks, notebooks, pencils and a flash drive.
One must-have for our household is a family planner to keep track of everyone’s activities and appointments!
My son needs a new lunchbox.
Primary lined composition books! they’re so hard to find though!
A new insulated lunch bag is a necessity for my son 🙂
We still need to shop for backpack here.
Always, shoes and a backpack! But for Mom it’s always a nice new planner! 😀
Must have items is new clothes for the school year and school supplies requested by the school.
Oh I would have to say one this year is a good pencil sharpener for at home.
My grandson needs a new backpack and lunchbox
I look forward to new notebooks and binders.
New shoes are a must have.
We still need a new tablet or laptop and a new laptop backpack.
Must have items are backpacks and supplies!
Two inch clear view binder, we have to buy them every year for each kid and they never last a whole school year.
Shoes and a backpack
A really loud alarm clock! It’s terrible getting back into the routine of getting up early.
This is awesome. New jeans and shoes are always a definite. They all grow SO fast or get their shoes so messy!
The kids are just in preschool so I guess backpacks and clothes/shoes are the big must haves. 🙂
Shoes. My granddaughters are hard on shoes and need new sneakers.
My son is starting college in a few weeks so he in need of a new laptop. Thanks for the chance to win.
The ‘must have’ item is crayons.
My grandson had a full page list of must haves but his number one purchase was a fun backpack.
New clothes for my growing boy, a backpack and some various supplies.
they all need new shoes for back to school!
Well, my kids are all grown up…but my granddaughter is so excited this year for a new backpack! She can’t make up her mind on which one she wants! You know they change their mind every couple of hours…haha God bless and good luck everyone!
shoes are a must
Our top must have item for school is a heavy duty bookbag. We have had too many years where the bottoms just rip out that if we spluge on one thing it is always a better quality bookbag.
I still need to get my son a new pair of shoes.
my daughter needs a backpack
I still need to get my kids backpacks.
Paper and pencils, shoes and Shoe Rack.
My kids have got to have their LL Bean Backpacks every year.
We “must have” a TMNT & Princess backpacks! 🙂
My kids totally need the closet dividers!
Our back to school must have is a daily/monthly planner to keep track of everyone’s practices, games appointments, and things I need to pick up for school projects, etc…
A must have item is notebook paper.
Our must have from our supply list are headphones but we also need more new clothes.
My grandchildren need backpacks!
New clothes for my growing child!!
This Year My Family Will Need Alot Of Binders And Folders For Back To School.
New shoes.
Backpacks and lunch boxes
We always need Sharpies. I think the cats eat them when we aren’t looking, they always disappear!
Must have items for the kids is always back packs and jeans.
thank you
We always seem to need printer ink, paper and pens.
My kids are out of school now.
Backpacks and notebooks
Lots of notebooks and binders are a necessity.
My son needs a backpack.
Backpacks are on my list!
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My daughter needs a laptop before she goes back to school.
My son needs a new backpack for back to school this year.
A great backpack with great support
Both my boys have had the same backpack for two years, so new backpacks this year.
We need alarms! This timing thing is going to be an issue!
We need hand sanitizer and emergen C to keep the kids healthy.
I just got the back-to-school lists for this upcoming year and they are crazy! One kid has three kinds of required sunscreen — stick, cream, and spray — no joke! Every body part has a separate sun screen, apparently. I’m spending more on supplies than clothes this time.
We need a backpack!
We always need new shoes
This year we need crayons, markers, pencilsand a pencils and pencil box.
A new lunch box is always needed for back to school!
The must have item that my son needs is a backpack.
Backpacks and shoes are a must.
last two items are a backpack and shoes
I would definitely say a nice new backpack!
I just need my textbooks, or at least to be told if I need them for the rest of my classes or not…
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New coloring materials are a must at our house. The kids love coloring pencils.
Wine is my back to school necessity!
Some junior high “locker bling”.
New outfit for the first day!! Snack bags, backpack and lunch box!!
I would love the lunch blox kits.
The must have must have item my family needs for back to school is backpacks.
After the same backpack for 3 years, it was time for a new one. This one also has a place for a laptop!
Hand sanitizer and pencils are two must haves for my family!
definitely need new backpacks this year
Usually a new backpack is needed.
A “Must Have” for us is a planner/organizing journal! It keeps everything in one place and lets me write things down on a daily basis. It keeps me organized and I love writing and keeping track. It’s a must have every single year!
A good backpack is a must
Lots of notebooks, a new lunchbox and pencils
New notebooks and a new backpack are always a must each year
I need good quality backpacks.
we need new lunchboxes and backpacks
Tons of paper,pens, backpack, new pants, tops,shoes.
I really like the shoe rack . That is one of my biggest complaints my daughter comes home and her shoes end up where ever they land and the next morning we play find the missing shoe
Our back to school must have is a planner to keep track of homework and activities.
A must-have my grandsons need for back to school are backpacks! They have to transport their school work to and from school every day.
We “Must Have” new clothing.
We must have backpacks, new shoes, and clothes.
A new backpack is a necessity