Checklist: Get ready for back-to-school from the comfort of your couch

Congratulations! Your child is about to start school and you're facing an exciting, and perhaps a little overwhelming, time. The first day of school is a big milestone in both your and your child's life. That's why it's important that everything is ready for the important first day of school, so you can both concentrate on enjoying a great start to life with a school-age child.

We want to help you get started with a checklist of everything you need for your child's first day of school. Best of all, you can buy everything from the comfort of your couch, avoiding long queues and rushing around to different stores. Instead, you can spend your time comparing prices, reading reviews and scouring the market to make sure you buy the right thing in the first place.

Back to school checklist

1. An ergonomic backpack: Protect your child's back by choosing a bag that fits your child's weight and size. For example, make sure it fits over the bottom, that it weighs no more than 15% of your child's body weight, and that it's not wider than your child's back. Read the product description carefully to find out the bag's dimensions, weight and features.

2. Pencil case: Avoid too many tight elastic bands that make it difficult for your child to take things out of the pencil case.

3. Gym bag: You can get gym bags that you can attach to the school bag so that your child only has to carry one bag.

4. Sports clothes and shoes

5. Pencils

6. Crayons

7. Markers

8. Ballpoint pens

9. Pencil sharpener

10. Erasers

11. Notebook

12. Ruler

13. Scissors

14. Glue stick

15. Book wrapping paper

16. Name tags for your child's belongings

17. Lunch box

18. Water bottle

Tips for your online shopping trip for the first day of school

The advantage of shopping online for the first day of school is that you have the opportunity to thoroughly examine the products on your shopping list before you click 'buy'. This can help you avoid the impulsive mistakes we sometimes make when we panic in the store because the school bag at the top of our wish list is out of stock.

Compare prices

Of course, you want your child to have the best you can find within your budget. That's why one of the great advantages of shopping from the comfort of your couch is that you can quickly check if the school bag of your dreams is cheaper somewhere else. You can use price comparison services such as www.pricerunner.dk , but a simple Google search on the product name will often reveal if the product is cheaper elsewhere.

Read the product description

Most online shops are good at writing a thorough product description, which can help you answer the questions you would otherwise have asked the clerk in the store. In the product description, you can find the choice of materials, features and measurements, and you can make sure that the product is made without harmful substances.

Read reviews of products and webshops

You can learn a lot from other parents' experiences. That's why it's a good idea to read other people's reviews of both the product and the webshop. You can read the webshop reviews at www.trustpilot.dk to make sure you're not shopping on a fake website.

Also read: Shop safely online – 8 tips to avoid fraud

Get it delivered to your door or to a Parcel Shop

Once you've picked out the right things for your child's first day of school, the last thing you need to decide is how it will be delivered. Some online shops offer free shipping when you buy over a certain amount. It can therefore be an advantage to order as much as possible from the same webshop to save on shipping. You can choose to have it delivered directly to your front door or to a Parcel Shop near you.