Recommend your backpack for a Kindergarten Kid

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Anonymous wrote:I got this LL Bean backpack for my Kindergartner last year. It's held up very well. It's big enough to last through several years of elementary school. I like that it has pockets on the outside for water bottles - many backpacks don't. I sent my K kid to school with 2 water bottles - one in his lunchbox that gets put in the lunch bin first thing in the morning and one in the outside backpack pocket which he drinks from in the classroom.

I got the matching lunchbox which fits perfectly inside the backpack. This is a nice feature because it means fewer things for my K kid to have to carry and keep track of.

http://m.llbean.com/product.html?skCatId=83528#83528

Are kids typically allowed to get up and drink during class hours? No water fountain breaks? Please clue me in.

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I just bought a pb kids one for DD as well as a lunchbox

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got this LL Bean backpack for my Kindergartner last year. It's held up very well. It's big enough to last through several years of elementary school. I like that it has pockets on the outside for water bottles - many backpacks don't. I sent my K kid to school with 2 water bottles - one in his lunchbox that gets put in the lunch bin first thing in the morning and one in the outside backpack pocket which he drinks from in the classroom.

I got the matching lunchbox which fits perfectly inside the backpack. This is a nice feature because it means fewer things for my K kid to have to carry and keep track of.

http://m.llbean.com/product.html?skCatId=83528#83528

Are kids typically allowed to get up and drink during class hours? No water fountain breaks? Please clue me in.

My kids K class had a 10 minute snack break every morning. They are allowed to have access to water bottles or water fountains during centers time, but not during mat time with the teacher.

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Lands End lasts forever!

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What size lands end? Small or medium?

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The ones online all seem to have name or initials monogram. Is that necessary?

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Anonymous wrote:The ones online all seem to have name or initials monogram. Is that necessary?

Necessary or option? It is optional.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ones online all seem to have name or initials monogram. Is that necessary?

Necessary or option? It is optional.

Necessary if it is a Frozen backpack.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ones online all seem to have name or initials monogram. Is that necessary?

Necessary or option? It is optional.

I was just curious if the backpacks get confused and it's better to have initials.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ones online all seem to have name or initials monogram. Is that necessary?

Necessary or option? It is optional.

I was just curious if the backpacks get confused and it's better to have initials.

No. The kids have cubbies to keep their backpacks in.

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Even if they have cubbies, there are several times per school year when I have the class put their backpacks somewhere else. (Like if we're going to be elsewhere in the building at the end of a school day for a special project, and I'll dismiss them directly from there.) Also, I think initials on the backpacks or an easy to find name tag is wise and makes life easier for everyone. I don't put my DC's name on our backpacks, though, as I don't want strangers learning his name that way. --elementary teacher

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We got a backpack from Lands End for kindergarten, and was kind of beaten up after a year of use.

For first grade, we got the LL Bean Discovery backpack, and it has worn like iron. It still looks brand new after a full school year. My son has declined getting a new backpack, and he'll carry this one to second grade, too.

[Anonymous]

Old fashioned Jansport basic backpack. Only 2 compartments (main one and small one) so not a lot of places for kids to hide things. Not too big, but big enough to hold folders and jacket.

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We just went shopping for backpacks and the Pottery Barn kids small Mackenzie was the best fit for my 5 year old. It felt sturdy, had some good features and hit him at the right spot on his back. The LL Bean packs were fine, but sat a little low.

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Anonymous wrote:The one s/he likes best!

+1

We were in TJ Maxx and she saw a purple Jansport she liked. So we got that. For $20 and it comes with lifetime guarantee. It is full size so it can hold her Friday folder and lunch box with room to spare.