10 Must-Have Items for After School

August 5, 2014

1. Glue stick, safety scissors, crayons, pencil and sharpener
Kindergarten homework is loads of fun and there’s tons of cutting and gluing involved. I suggest a six-pack of glue sticks and an extra pair of safety scissors for when your kid loses his first pair (he will). There’s tons of writing and coloring, too. Keep everything organized in a kit that is just for homework.

2. Nutritious…

Single mom Christine Coppa is the author of the Target Breakout Book, Rattled! (Broadway Books, 2009) and the founding blogger of glamour.com's acclaimed Storked! blog where she spilled it about navigating an unplanned pregnancy and single motherhood minus her son's father. You can also find her witty (and often controversial blogs) on parenting.com, babble.com and Nickmom.com A professional writer/editor, she's contributed to Glamour, Marie Claire (Australia), First for Women, In Touch, Parenting, Baby Talk, and Parents among other publications and notable websites. Her work has been buzzed about in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and on ABC's 20/20. Coppa and her son represented the Yoplait Kids brand in 2011. The Sunday London Times called her a writer "at the forefront of a wave of modern moms who are reinventing the parental publishing genre." Coppa lives in North Jersey with her son Jack Domenic, 6 who is currently campaigning for a Golden Retriever puppy.