Traditions for first day of school?
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Anonymous
| My oldest DC starts kindergarten on Monday. I'd like to start a fun first day of school tradition and am looking for ideas. We'll take pictures of course. I'm wondering about something to do after school to celebrate/commemorate the start of the school year. Anyone want to share a special thing they do for their kids? |
Anonymous
| My kids are hungry and tired and nothing makes than happier than ice cream. |
Anonymous
| Special dinner - either at home or out to dinner that night? Though you know your kid best -- a 5 yr old just starting kindergarten may be exhausted and in total meltdown mode if they have to go out to dinner that night and sit in a restaurant on good behavior for another hr, after having done it for 6 hrs earlier. But then some kids would think going out on a Monday night was a huge treat esp if you typically don't do that. |
Anonymous
| Cinnamon buns for breakfast -- first and last day. |
Anonymous
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New sneakers (picked out a few weeks before but not worn until first day of school)
Measure height |
Anonymous
+1 Feels celebratory! |
Anonymous
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We do a trip to an ice cream store the night before the first day.
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Anonymous
| Another vote for ice cream! |
Anonymous
We do this immediately after school to recap the first day! |
Anonymous
| We do frozen yogurt after the first day. And DD wears something new the first day. |
Anonymous
| We started this week. We were going to do ice cream after school and a dinner out after my child started k, but she was so exhausted we just went home and played with home toys and ate at home. Maybe all do something tomorrow after the first week of k when we're don't have to take up early again the next day. |
Anonymous
| We go out for dinner. Son's choice. Which God help me is usually Red Lobster. Ugh. Lol. |
Anonymous
| I'm not planning to do this but I always thought the tradition in Germany/Austria/Switzerland/countries in that region of the Schultüte - a big cardboard cone filled with candy, toys, school supplies, etc - was really sweet. |
Anonymous
I'm this PP - I should add though that it's more like a first day of K thing, not first day every year thing. |
Anonymous
| Another one for ice cream store! |