Planning ahead can help your child deal with scared feelings about school.

Plan how the mornings will go on school days.  Explain the plan to your child. Make a poster that describes the plan.  Use pictures for a young child. For an older child, involve him in the plan.

Ask him in what order he will do things (dress, eat, etc.).  If he is old enough, make sure your child has his own alarm for getting up in the morning.  Agree ahead of time about what you will do to get him up if he doesn’t get up with the alarm. Will you come into his room? How many times? What can you both come up with as a way to make it easier for him to awaken on time? Go to bed earlier? A louder clock?

Go through this process with each child.  Make a plan that is for each child individually.