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Post by spicysalmonroll on Aug 1, 2021 8:42:40 GMT -6
Saw the thread about preschool labeling and it made me wonder. My son went to a home daycare for 5 years where I didn't need to label or send food or anything. He is starting full day K this fall.
Do I need to label things? His coat? His backpack? His lunchbox? Do I send extra bottoms in rare case of bathroom accident or no?
Any other generic K tips or advice you have to offer?
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Post by mapleme on Aug 1, 2021 8:43:38 GMT -6
Yes to all of that
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Post by mapleme on Aug 1, 2021 8:45:39 GMT -6
Your school should give some list of things that they want you to send, but our school has you send a ziplock bag of extra clothes. It used to live in their cubbies, but they got rid of cubbies with covid so it used to travel back and forth in her backpack.
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Post by Jesslfar on Aug 1, 2021 8:49:12 GMT -6
Yes to everything. Our school wants a full outfit including socks and underwear for accidents and falling in puddles etc which is kept in a ziplock with child’s name on bag in either the locker or cubby. All backpacks, lunchboxes and water bottles for the kindergarten age they ask you to label. You can choose to label coats which seems to work in K when the teachers pay attention to lost garments. I label all outerwear and it all ends up in lost and found anyway.
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Post by tinyjoys on Aug 1, 2021 8:55:05 GMT -6
Saw the thread about preschool labeling and it made me wonder. My son went to a home daycare for 5 years where I didn't need to label or send food or anything. He is starting full day K this fall. Do I need to label things? His coat? His backpack? His lunchbox? Do I send extra bottoms in rare case of bathroom accident or no? Any other generic K tips or advice you have to offer? Yes, label everything. His coat, backpack, lunchbox, any containers you're sending lunch in, his water bottle, crayon box, etc. Literally if it goes with him, put his name on it. Our school requires a complete change of clothes (pants, underwear, socks, and shirts) to be with ALL kids in elementary school. Not just for bathroom incidents, but literally any incident. I also started to include a cheap-o change of shoes (like $5 Walmart slip ons) because of a couple of issues as well (milk spills, a classmate getting sick close by & splatter, etc). |
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Post by icedcoffee on Aug 1, 2021 9:30:35 GMT -6
I honestly only labeled my kids lunchbox and water bottle. They had lockers they put their bag and coats in when they arrived and the school supplies are shared at their school. So the labeling for me depends on that
100% send an extra pair of clothes. My kids got milk spilled on them at lunch by classmates frequently in K. 5 and 6 year olds carrying trays and lunches apparantly don't easily mix well sometimes 🤣
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Post by cmb on Aug 1, 2021 10:01:33 GMT -6
Yes, to everything. If you do wrap around care, you may want to send two sets of clothes and a second pair of shoes 😅
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Post by jaidit on Aug 1, 2021 10:47:21 GMT -6
I pack an extra set of clothes plus a few plastic baggies (like dog baggies) in case of dirty clothes.
I don’t label pants or t shirts but so label backpack, hat, sweaters, shoes and jackets.
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Post by klw on Aug 1, 2021 11:04:58 GMT -6
I labeled everything with DD's first initial and last name. And even in 2nd grade, I put spare clothes in a ziploc baggie to keep in the front pocket of her book bag in case of a spill, etc.
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Aug 1, 2021 11:06:15 GMT -6
Than you everyone!
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Post by AmyG on Aug 1, 2021 11:29:50 GMT -6
Check with your kids teacher
The elementary schools here if kid has an accident, they go to the nurses office who gives them clean clothes or they call parent.
If a change of clothes fits in their backpack that might be used if the kid and teacher both remember its there. but its not standard here to expect or ask parents for extra clothes.
There are no cubbies and backpacks are unloaded of lunches and homework folders and stored in the hallway cause the classrooms are so small. So backpack becomes kinda out of sight out of mind.
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Post by AmyG on Aug 1, 2021 11:32:48 GMT -6
Label everything that goes back and forth with kids name and teacher/classroom if possible.
At our district schools (12 of them k-8 100 kids per grade ) we have a pta/parent volunteer that goes thru the lost and found piles. If it has a name and classroom stuff goes to the teachers door. If it has a name the volunteer has to get a school staff to look up what classroom which takes a lot of time. With covid no volunteers the piles just grew and grew last year once school was in person.
We usually have a giant garbage bag or 2 of lost and found go to goodwill every month from each school. Things without names rarely find their owner. They put a like clothesline of lost and found items hanging out by the car pick up line in the hopes parents will claim stuff
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Post by poptarts on Aug 1, 2021 14:24:22 GMT -6
We labeled their backpacks, lunchboxes and spare clothes. The district also requested a towel for rest time, so we labeled that too. For my son, he was in a different district then our current one and we had to label all school supplies, but in this district, we buy supplies but they’re shared by the class.
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Post by joy on Aug 1, 2021 14:28:54 GMT -6
I’m about to label everything.
These August 2016 babies going to K. 😭
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Post by northernlghts on Aug 1, 2021 17:33:44 GMT -6
Yup, label everything. I even went so far as to label individual colored pencils last year because her teacher wasn't sure if it would be necessary lol. I just bought another batch of labels from MeY Labels on Etsy for this year. They fit perfectly on all the school supplies and lunch box containers. They're still holding strong a year later too.
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Post by Cheshie6 on Aug 1, 2021 19:17:14 GMT -6
Saw the thread about preschool labeling and it made me wonder. My son went to a home daycare for 5 years where I didn't need to label or send food or anything. He is starting full day K this fall. Do I need to label things? His coat? His backpack? His lunchbox? Do I send extra bottoms in rare case of bathroom accident or no? Any other generic K tips or advice you have to offer? Yes, label everything. His coat, backpack, lunchbox, any containers you're sending lunch in, his water bottle, crayon box, etc. Literally if it goes with him, put his name on it. Our school requires a complete change of clothes (pants, underwear, socks, and shirts) to be with ALL kids in elementary school. Not just for bathroom incidents, but literally any incident. I also started to include a cheap-o change of shoes (like $5 Walmart slip ons) because of a couple of issues as well (milk spills, a classmate getting sick close by & splatter, etc). We do the shoe thing because in the winter, they are mostly in snow boots. This gives him other options for indoor recess and gym. (Our school will let kids play outside in the snow, as long as windchill isn’t too bad!) |
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Post by McBenny on Aug 1, 2021 19:40:59 GMT -6
this is where I land. I label everything that is for them and leaves the house. |
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Post by Minerva on Aug 1, 2021 20:22:44 GMT -6
Label everything. Jackets, sweatshirts, lunchboxes, and water bottles especially. If they leave it on the playground/cafeteria/bus and it’s not labeled, odds are you won’t get it back. We always sent a change of clothes ice.
Also, make sure they know how to open everything in their lunchbox. Tell them if there are things they need to bring back in it (reusable snack bags, spoons, Tupperware, ice packs).
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Post by northernlghts on Aug 1, 2021 20:33:20 GMT -6
Also, make sure they know how to open everything in their lunchbox. DD's pre-k teacher did an excellent job of this. They told the kids grown ups won't always be around to do it for them so they needed to learn how. At her OT evaluation with the school, even the school OT noted how good a job DD did with the stuff in her lunch. Forever thankful to them! |
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Aug 2, 2021 11:09:38 GMT -6
Also, make sure they know how to open everything in their lunchbox. DD's pre-k teacher did an excellent job of this. They told the kids grown ups won't always be around to do it for them so they needed to learn how. At her OT evaluation with the school, even the school OT noted how good a job DD did with the stuff in her lunch. Forever thankful to them! We have been practicing with his bentgo boxes I got on Prime day and he freaking loves them lol |
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