The week of 31 August – 4 September was the last one of PlusKids Summer School 2026, and we dedicated it to getting ready to go back to school and kindergarten. We wanted the move from holiday to the autumn routine to happen pleasantly, through educational activities, games and age-appropriate exercises, rather than through a sudden change of pace on the first day of school.
The Back to School programme covered building and practising daily routines, rules of behaviour, cooperation and getting along with others, maths through exercises and games, communication and vocabulary, shapes and elements of geometry, techniques for neat and correct handwriting, reading and comprehension exercises, and games for attention, memory, logic and concentration.
We also worked on the small things that make a difference in the first month of school: packing the school bag and organising materials, managing time and keeping to a schedule, independence and self-confidence. After a whole summer, a child does not forget what they learned, but they do lose their rhythm — waking up on time, sitting at a table for a task, finishing one worksheet before moving on to the next. Practised a week in advance, with no grade at stake, these routines no longer all collapse at once in the first days of school.
We wanted the little ones to start the new school year more confident, better organised and ready for new challenges, without pressure. The Summer School programme, with all its themed weeks, is at https://pluskids.ro/en/summer-school.