5-6 Weeks Before Moving

• Get familiar with your new community. Contact the local Chamber of Commerce and request information on schools, parks and recreation, and community programs.
• Register your children in their new school.
• Check the requirements for driver's license and auto registration for the state that you are moving to.
• Start planning any necessary travel arrangements (flights, hotel, car rental, etc…) for your family.
• If you are planning on doing any of the packing yourself, start collecting suitable packing materials.
• Start making a plan on where your furniture and other belongings will go in your new home. As you begin packing, mark your boxes according to your plan, this will be helpful in reducing the time and stress of making decisions as your movers are bringing your belongings into your new home.
• Include your children in the moving process. Make it fun and exciting for them to move by allowing them to do some of their own packing.