Do You Walk Them to Their Class Room??

I have never walked my kids in, public or private. My kids would have died a hundred deaths if I even suggested it.

At my kids' school:
Parents, of all grade levels, walk their kids to the classroom.
Some do, some don't.
Yes, it means, you park the car and walk.

And, yes, kids also stand outside the classroom door, waiting until the door opens, to their classroom. By themselves, or with their parent.
The kids at my kids' school, don't mind.
And the Teachers, do not mind either.
My kids are in Kinder and 4th grade.

Just go by what YOU want to do.

my youngest is in 1st grade and I drop him off at the door of the school kiss him good bye and he goes to his classroom. He Walked himself to his class last year in kindergarten. After the first day I let him walk on his own.
once in the school nothing is going to happen to them. if they need help getting to class someone will help them.
Picking up mine are walkers

By first grade I would the first couple of d
ays just to make sure he knew where to go but after that id let him be a big boy and go by himself. Hope he has A great day :)

I walked my kindergartner in the first 2 days, as did most other kindergartner parents. After the second day, we drop off curbside and the kids meet in the gym prior to class and then are put in sections and taken to their classrooms by their teacher. We have to drop them off at the curb and an older helper student or teacher opens our car door, and physically escorts the child into the school.

As for picking them up, we must wait in line or nest to the door. We have to put a sign in our window with the children's name and grade. The teacher's have walkie talkies to let the assembly line of teachers know which child to grab for the next car in line. They escort each kid to their car. Even the parents who walk up to the school have to have their child's sign.

Awwww....first day and you survived? LOL

My son takes the bus and has since Kindergarten so I don't wak him to his class, I walk him to the bus stop.

Our 6th grader rides his bike 3 miles to middle school and is loving the independence and confidence we have in him.

Our 4th grader walks our Kindergartener to his class then she goes to her class. I drop them off in front of the school then watch them walk through the gate. Sooo cute to see them holding hands and watching over one another.

Take baby steps to more independence. Teach him to be confident and street smart. Schools are very safe. Too many of the bad stories have been cycled over and over in the news so that we are unnecessarily worried and tend to over protect our kids.

Good luck and best wishes for a fabulous school year!!

At our school, they have to line up on the playground, and the teacher walks the whole class to the classroom. My older daughter (4th grade) nearly dies of embarrassment if I am anywhere in sight. She was the same last year, too. My younger daughter (2nd grade, but she is 6 years old and small for her age) likes me to walk her to the playground and past the "big kids" (her line is beyond the 5th and 6th graders) but after that she likes to walk by herself. A lot of kids walk to school by themselves, all the way from home. Our neighborhood is a safe one, and there are lots of school staff who serve as crossing guards, so I guess it's safe enough, but at a minimum I do walk my kids to the school gates anyhow.

First day of school my wife walked our children to their class. After that they took the bus and were on their own. We never had a problem.

Good luck to you and yours.

At our school, the kids were either dropped off in the carpool/bus lane, from there they would head directly to the playground, and some (mostly K/1st grade) parents would walk them to the playground, but usually just for the first week or so. They had about 5 to 10 minutes to play before the bell rang, and then the kids would line up by class and wait for the teacher to come meet them and walk them to class.

The first few days I walked my daughter to her kinder and then 1st grade classroom. After that it was a drop off in the drop-off line in front of the school. They have teachers out front monitoring the kids and older 'buddies' that are available to help the younger kids find their way if needed.

I would probably walk her to the class room. If she was older I would let her go alone in the building, but probably not kinder and 1st grade.

Parents take their kids to the front door and say goodbye there. They have back to school nights before school starts so the kids know where to go once they get inside. If they get confused, there are plenty of teachers available to direct them to the right class.

ooh Libby!!

On the first day of school - I walk them to their classrooms - and mine are in the 4th and 6th grade!! :) I'm not the only mom to do it - the first day many mom's take pictures with the teachers...and there's not much done for the first hour anyway.....

After the first day? Nope, they ride the bus and are on their own!!! :)

You can do it!!!

1st day of school I walked my 1st grader to his class. After that I just drop off and he walks in on his own. Our schools don't allow parents to walk their kids to enter the building without checking in at the front desk and getting a visitor pass. They have plenty of teacher and school personnel in the hallways to direct kids if they need to so I don't worry about mine making it to class. Now my 6th grader - we found his classes when we picked up his schedule before school started. The 1st day - I pulled up in the drop off line and said "love you - see you this afternoon !" :)

In our elementary it was parent choice, as well (classroom doors were outside). About half the parents walked to and waited in K (although we all stood at a distance of about 15 feet away). About 1/3 in first. Few to none in second. 3rd grade rooms were interior, and no parents were allowed interior unless they went to the office and got a visitor badge (would have to be done every day). So many parents walked their kids to the interior doors and then left.

In our school, the school was not responsible for them until the teacher opened the door. Anything that happened after drop off, but prior to the teacher taking them (even though on school grounds) was the parents' responsibility.

I walk my third and sixth graders out to the playground (school begins at 8:15, with morning recess until 8:30 bell) and watch as they greet their teachers. After they shake hands and say good morning, I know that their teachers know they are at school, and they are no longer on my watch.

Of course, then I hang out talking with the other parents in the seating areas of the lobby, and end up seeing my children's classes file by on their way to the rooms, anyway. So I feel comfortable leaving then.

Oh, and BTW, I was able to leave school today without ANY tears! Yea for me! It only took two days this year!

And in case anyone thinks I'm paranoid - you're right. And I know it. But since many parents hang around and chit chat every morning, it's not like anyone notices. But the reason that I'm extra cautious is because it was at my nephew's school in Portland, OR that Kyron disappeared. Freaks me out.

Blessings.

My daughter started kindergarten last week. They allowed parents to walk them to their classroom for the first two days and then Wednesday was "independence day". At that point, you drop them off at the front of the school through the carpool line and they get to class by themselves. I'm sure they had people in the halls helping everyone get where they were supposed to go, but I will be honest....I was a little nervous about it. My daughter has done fine though! Hubby takes her to school in the morning and I pick her up in the afternoon and she is always where she needs to be. I try to keep in mind that the school has been doing this for YEARS even if we haven't (she is my oldest, so this is our first public school experience). So, my answer is that you can walk him for a few days to make sure he knows where he is supposed to go and then you should probably let him go it alone. If my kinder kid can do it, so can your first grader. Hope that helps!

My daughters school does kiss n ride. That's where you pull up to the curb (in line) and the kids get out of the car and walk themselves to class. There are plenty of teachers and staff that are there to help them if they need it. It was hard for me to have her do that last year in K, but she did it and did just fine.

This past week was my daughters 3rd week of Kindergarten and I'm still walking her. I don't walk her all the way to the classroom unless I'm bringing snack but I walk her to the line where all the teachers gather the students (off to the side of the playground area). I would let her go by herself but it just seems like she's not comfortable going by herself yet, or maybe it's me LOL. She doesn't even go into the line when I urge her to but she will when her teacher tells her to or sometimes they'll take her hand and walk her in. She just turned 5 and she's never been in daycare or anything structured like that. This mama bear probably needs to ease up too and maybe drop her at the doors leading to the playground and just watch her from afar.

My son is 8 yrs old in 2nd grade and we walked him in the first couple of days. I wanted to and I wanted to take pictures and see his classroom. After the first day he wanted to walk alone but was ok when I told him mommy wanted to walk him in. Our daughter is in K and I walked her in for the first week to make sure she knew where her classroom was and she told me she was a big girl and didn't want me to walk her in anymore. ;o) In the morning we drive up and drop our kids off at the sidewalk and they walk up the steps and are in the school. There are teachers aids and helpers standing at the sidewalk directing us to stop when kids pass and watching the kids into the school.

I always walked my kids to class on the first day We took a picture or two for the scrapbook and that way I knew for sure they knew where they were going and the best way to get there.
My son went to the same school from Kindergarten through 8th grade so he knew his way around well by then. When he was younger though, I walked him the first day, said Good Morning to the teacher and hugged my kid. When he was in the after school program, I went in and signed him out. Otherwise, he waited out front with all the other kids for me to pick him up.
My son is in high school now so I don't walk him anymore. They have Freshman orientation and I went to that to make sure he knew where all his classes were, where his locker is located, etc. They only have 5 minutes between classes. I didn't walk him in 7th or 8th grade, he knew the drill. I did walk with him prior to that because they changed the middle school to the elementary and vice versa and I wanted to know where his classroom was.
Like I said, this was for the first day of school only. My kids did fine getting to class on their own after that.
Consider the little kids that ride the bus. They get off the bus and go to their classes. They are counted and supervised until they get on the bus.
Once your child knows where to go and where to wait for you, I don't think you need to walk him every single day.
I've seen so many posts about moms being nervous about kindergarten and their kids crying or clinging.
I cried my head off the first day of school because I DIDN'T want my mom walking me to class. I didn't want her even walking me to school which was only a couple blocks away. I was so ready for school I wanted to do it on my own. She walked me anyway, thus the crying.
Anyway, I think that the first day at least is important so you both know where the class is. Where the bathrooms are. Where the office is. After you get your son to class, introduce yourself to the school secretary.
I think you will find that your son doesn't need to be walked all the time.

Just my opinion.

I've never taken my son to school unless he has a doctor or dentist appt. He rides the bus but I stand outside with him. He still doesn't grasp the concept of you don't cross the street until the stop sign is out and the driver waves you across. He also boards the bus at 6:45 and its a little dark. I do let him cross the street by himself when the driver says ok. When he arrives at school his teacher or assistant meets him at the door. If they think hes ready to walk to the classroom on his own, his teacher won't be there any more.
There is a carpool where the kids are dropped off and picked up. I don't know if the kids walk to homeroom by themselves or if the parents are allowed the first couple days.

The first day of school I walked my kids into their classrooms. I have one in 2nd grade and one in kindergarten. It was fun to see the classroom and their classmates. After the first day I drop them off. Our school has no busing, so parents drop off their kids at a circle in front of the school. They have "safety patrol" at drop off, which are 5th graders who make sure the little ones get to where they need to go. My 2nd grader has to wait outside the school for the bell to ring. My kindergartner goes inside and waits on a bench in the hall next to her classroom. Then at the end of the day we drive up and pick them up in the circle again.