Many children dream to put on for the first time a school backpack and to go to classes. Today shops offer quite wide choice of beautiful and bright briefcases and satchels for school students. The task of parents is to choose that which will be convenient to the child and will not bring him problems with health.
First of all, the schoolbag or a backpack for the first grader has to have a rigid orthopedic back skintight to the child's back. It is important that the lining on a back was made of the mesh fabric providing air circulation, and straps were wide and dense with special soft small pillows. It is necessary that it was convenient to school student to carry a satchel, without injuring shoulders.
You should not buy a school backpack without child, the most important in its choice is a fitting. At the same time surely pay attention to that the bottom edge of a satchel was at the level of the school student's waist, his upper edge and shoulders of the child were at one height, and width of a satchel did not exceed width of shoulders of your son or daughter.
It is desirable that the schoolbag was made of the dense water-repellent fabric protecting its contents from moisture. Such thing is more practical and will serve longer. Try to choose for the first grader a bright backpack with reflective strips or stripes from all directions: in front (on straps), behind and on each side. They are necessary for safety of the child: he will be well noticeable on the carriageway in night-time. Also the convenience of a fastener and also quantity of pockets outside and offices in a satchel is important. It will give to the child the chance to correctly distribute in him all school supplies. It is better to get a school backpack with a rigid framework: it will well hold a form and in it notebooks and textbooks will not be rumpled. It is good if at a satchel also there is a plastic bottom: your child will be able to put such briefcase on any damp or dirty surface on the street, without worrying that his school things can deteriorate. Upon purchase also consider that the weight of an empty satchel for the child first grader should not exceed 800 g. Well and, of course, the backpack has to it is pleasant to the child that it with pleasure went with it to the first class.