Celebrating the First Day of School

Updated on August 15, 2011
S.K. asks from Liberty, TX
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Every year the backpack fairy comes to our house the night before the first day of school. She gets them a school t shirt, some fun pencils, a new book, and a few other little things. Nothing big. I also have their grandparents make encouraging cards for them to read as they eat breakfast that morning. I was wondering if other families do fun things/traditions to celebrate the first day of school.

My mom recently confessed that she always did a happy dance when she got home from taking us to school on those many first days of school. :) I am looking for things you do with/for the kids.

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T.K.

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I like your backpack fairy idea. My parents didn't do anything for us growing up. The ritual was we would all load up and go to Sears. We would each get 2 pair of toughskin jeans, 3 shirts, a winter coat, a 6 pack of sock and underwear and 1 pair of tennies from Kmart or Payless. My mom never looked at the supply list. She would buy us a big chief tablet, some crayons and pencils and that was that. So, now for mine....I kind of go all out on the clothes and supplies. My daughter growing up would get the sparkliest, prettiest of all supplies I could find. I would greet her from the bus the 1st day with - did you have the best school supplies of anybody? lol She still laughs at me for that one. I'm liking the backpack fairy. Any excuse to slip a little something extra into my kids bank of good memories is a good one.

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K.P.

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Growing up my dad always made burgers on the first night of school. We loved them and it was always really nice outside (in FL), so we could sit outside while he cooked and tell my parents about our day, teacher, who was in our class, etc. We wore uniforms, so there were no "surprises" per se, but at our school you didn't find out who your teacher was until you got there, so that was exciting.

We're carrying on that tradition in our house. Today was my son's first day of preschool (they do a 2 week "camp" so the kids get used to it before they start) and we're having burgers tonight to celebrate!

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D.P.

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We usually let our son pick dinner for that night--usually tacos or we take him out to where he'd like to eat.

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R.P.

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maybe do a special breakfast that morning or a dinner that night to celebrate their first succesful day of school

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