The New School Year

The new school year will soon be here.  Where has the summer gone.  I have started to gather materials for the first month of school and began planning in my mind.  However as I start to do that my min dbecomes full and overloaded.  There is just so much that I want to do and I have yet to meet the kids so that I can plan more effectively.  I think that even teachers get that "back to school feeling".  We are excited and nervous just like the children. I will be setting up a new room again and working with a new assistant again.  So I want to get a lot done, yet I want their input as well- but yet it needs to get done.  I want to be 100% prepared the first day and not 99%.