Connecting with Your School Age Child at School!

This topic is going to be broken up into a couple of posts.  It could range from working in the classroom, being part of the PTA, field trips, etc.  But today I wanted to focus on how you remind your child durring the day while they are at school that you love them, miss them, and to remain true to their values and morals.
How do you do this?  What do you do?

Here are a few things I do:

1. When my daughter gets out of the car every day I tell her 4 things:

• Choose The Right
• Be a Good Friend
• Be a Missionary
• We love you and Christ Loves You 

What do you tell your children when they get out of the car?  What are the last things you want them to remember as they leave you for the rest of that day?

2. At the beginning of the year when we buy all the back to school supplies, i.e. folders, notebooks, pencils, crayons, markers, etc......I write on all of them like crazy!  Her pencils say things like: We miss you, We love you, Have a great day, Smile, You are beautiful, You are Smart!  Then on her folders and notebooks I make picture collages of family pictures and activites we have done together so she will have a moment to look at them at school and feel our love.  His sisters, dad, and I write little pesonal notes to her about things we love about her.

3. Her lunch box always has a napkin in it with either a funny joke (She loves jokes), quotes from church like: Families Are Forever, funny pictures I draw, or notes from a family member.  So she has a moment at lunch time to know we are thinking about her. (pinterest has lots of lunch box jokes you can print and put in their lunch box)

I am not sure these 3 simple things I do make a difference or not but she loves feeling our love for her and it helps her feel closer to us when she is at school ALL DAY LONG!

How do you help your school age child feel loved at school?