Back to School: choose a school backpack and satchel
Tips / / December 19, 2019
Correctly picked up a rucksack or backpack - it is a guarantee that your child will be convenient and comfortable, and its posture is not under threat. On how not to be mistaken with a choice of a backpack or satchel, you will learn from this article.
Choosing a school backpack or backpack - always a headache for parents, especially if your child goes to school.
By this choice is to approach seriously and responsibly: remember that incorrectly chosen backpack or pack the most negative impact on your child's posture, it causes harm spine.
Today we will talk about what criteria must comply with a properly fitted school backpacks.
Satchel and backpack
Schoolbag - a product with a hard body and shoulder straps, designed to carry school supplies on his back. Has a solid back, therefore, supports the back of the child in an upright position and do not deform the spine.
Backpack It is different from the lack of a hard shell backpack and compacted back, causing its contents may cause uneven pressure on your back.
If your child goes to the first class, the doctors advised to give preference to school satchels.
The criteria on which we shall discuss below apply both to the school bags and a backpack for school.
The size
Many parents sinned it - buy a backpack "for growth" for reasons that their child vymahal a few months, or just want to backpack enough for at least two school years. Knowing how much money has to be spent on it to collect a child to school, the parents can understand.
But in spite of this, remember that rucksack upper edge should not be above the shoulder line and the bottom - loin. If you choose a backpack will satisfy these requirements, it will not disturb the balance of the child. Only in this way the child is instinctively lean forward or push the chin to the chest, to reduce pressure on the neck and waist.
If your child goes to the first class, it is likely to become accustomed to a small backpack and tearfully will require the same school. But do not forget: backpack should be capacious, because the newfound student will have to carry albums, workbooks and textbooks A4.
Weight
According to orthopedists, primary school students should not be behind more than 10% of its own weight.
Without content schoolbag should weigh less than 1 kilogram.
Weight of a backpack filled with (notebooks, textbooks and other school supplies needed):
Child Weight | Recommended backpack weight, kg |
20 | 2 |
25 | 2,5 |
30 | 3 |
35 | 3,5 |
40 | 4 |
Material
Remember one of the main criteria: backpack material must be strong, because your child will have to go with him 5–6 days per week.
It is also very good, if the material is cold-resistant and water-repellent. Think back to high school years: skating with slides, snowball fights, various outings with schoolmates - backpack should fit your active owner.
Students often just dump backpacks on the ground in a heap when they play on the school grounds without worrying about how to find the place cleaner. Knowing that facilitate their difficult life schoolboy parent - select a backpack that is easy to clean and wash.
Colour
We all know what backpacks are very fond of kids: bright, colorful, with images of heroes favorite games and cartoons. Well aware of this, and school bags manufacturers, so the majority of backpacks that you find in stores will be such.
So if your child wants to imagine such a colorful pack, then you have no reason to deny it.
Do not forget:
Traffic police recommends that backpack the color was bright, and on its edges was reflective elements - then the drivers will be easier to see your child when he will gather to cross the road.
Price
Price school backpacks varies greatly. Approximate frame - from 700 to 4000 rubles.
Remember that you can not save on the health and comfort of your child, so do not buy the cheapest model.
What else should be remembered
- The knapsack must be some external pockets and roomy interior compartment. Inner compartment should contain a few sections that the child was convenient to arrange all the necessary school supplies.
- Locks and lightning should be comfortable and reliable: the child must deal with them easily and independently.
- Schoolbag should not only be reliable and easy - it should also appeal to your child, do not forget about it.