How much does a school bag weigh in CP?

Your child is leaving kindergarten and will enter primary school, and you ask how to equip it ? Are you worried about the weight of his future schoolbag to choose the right one for him?

It is true that the transition from kindergarten to primary school involves a change in teaching that will include work in class using textbooks, notebooks or binders, and work at home on notebooks in general.

Your child will therefore have to carry textbooks, notebooks, pencil case for the different subjects in addition to their snack. They will therefore be much more loaded than at nursery school and will therefore need a good school bag to help them protect your back .

Let’s take a look at the weight of a school bag in CP.

A well-filled schoolbag because it is well-filled

A CP school bag will have to contain supplies such as a complete pencil case (pens, pencils, eraser, ruler, scissors, pencil sharpener, possibly highlighter, whiteboard markers and glue), colored markers and pencils, a whiteboard, notebooks, binders, document holders and folder... There will certainly also be files and/or manuals.

In total, the The contents of the schoolbag alone already weigh several kilos . We recommend placing the heaviest items closest to your back to balance the weight.

What Scientists Say About Schoolbag Weight

Studies have been conducted to determine what is an acceptable weight that an elementary school child can carry without causing damage to their back.

It has been established that a weight of about 10% of its body mass was the maximum acceptable . For a child in first grade, whose weight will be on average around 20 kilos , so it would be necessary that the loaded schoolbag does not exceed 2 kg .

This is therefore difficult to achieve, since it is already the weight of the supplies alone. To this is obviously added the weight of the school bag itself.

The wheeled school bag, good idea or not?

You might be tempted to choose a wheeled school bag, but these are heavier school bags than classic models , which is not a problem if they are pulled, although the posture is not exactly ideal.

But some cases will force the child to carry the school bag: climbing stairs to go to class, crossing on a gravel floor which does not allow the school bag to be rolled, getting on a school bus... Which will finally force him to carry even more weight than if it had a model carried on the back .

A schoolbag as light as possible

One of the solutions is already to choose a good schoolbag , which has wide straps adjustable , and interior compartments so that the weight is best distributed on the child's body and which he carries the most comfortably possible his business.

Above all, favor a lightweight school bag , so as not to overload the child. Classic school bags can weigh several kilos, so it is important to turn to modern models, designed to be as light as possible.

Some models can weigh less than a kilo.

Then, choose among the supplies in order to select light items and only put what is necessary in your schoolbag.

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