1st day of Kindergarten - did you walk your child to class?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't remember. I just asked my 15 yr old and she doesn't remember either. So it doesn't matter. Nobody will remember.

I'm worried about my Kindergartener's feelings/ability to adjust to a new situation NOW, not what we'll think about it 10 years from now.

She'll deal, whatever you do. It really doesn't matter. However she adjusts, she won't remember it. Whichever way you choose, she'll follow the hoard of other kids.

Ha, as it turns out, this isn't always true. I assumed it as well. But, alas, my DD remembered freaking everything, including crap I forgot the moment it was over.

Just figure out what everyone else at your school does, and do it.

[Anonymous]

I walked DD to the classroom and settled her in. I was crying when I kissed her goodbye. She gave me a look like “geez mom, why are you crying?” because she was already itching to work on the coloring page at her desk.

Ou school allows parents to walk to door of classroom for first two days. By first grade, we just took her the first day and then the second, she just wanted to be dropped off at door.

[Anonymous]

No. I’m not sure they’ll let parents even do that.

I did tell her and follow the bus to school, but she didn’t see me when she got off and went inside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school very strongly encouraged us to do what we would be doing going forward. So I put each of my kids on the bus for the first day of K. I remember seeing tons of bus pictures on FB from other K parents, too.

Same. And our bus stop has a big group of kids and we make a big deal about the 1st day at the bus stop. Group pictures are taken. The big kids cheer the new kindergartners, who have usually been coming along with older siblings for a long time. I'm glad we didn't miss that.