“School days, school days, dear old golden rules day. Reading and writing and arithmetic. Good old golden school day.” Author: Alma Brand
It is hard for me to believe that summer is almost gone and fall is about to begin. Fall means many things: the cooling of the air, the leaves changing color and falling, football season (more for my husband!) and the beginning of school. I love the beginning of school: school supplies, new shoes, school clothes and of course a new backpack!
I fondly think back to the annual custom of heading to our local Target with my mom to purchase all my supplies. It was bittersweet to say goodbye to the carefree days of summer only to dive back into fall where a life full of discipline and routine would begin. I am reminded of a quote from one of my favorite movies, “You’ve Got Mail”:
Joe Fox: “Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.”
The beginning of school this year is bittersweet for me once again but in a different way. My baby is going to Kindergarten, leaving the nest to embark on a new stage of life. She keeps telling us, “We have another kindergartner in our house.”
It is so fun to see the excitement on her face and in her heart, but it is also sad for me to let her go. Mrs. Hopkins was her preschool teacher, and she was wonderful. The first day of school she read the class a precious book, “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn. If you have a young one headed to school I highly recommend this book. We have since added it to our collection and found a video reading of the book online that your little one might also enjoy.
As you start getting ready for this school year take your sweet kids on a little “field trip.” Go to your local Target or Walmart and let them pick out a little something special to start their school year.
A must have at our house is a bag tag for our backpacks. Lucky for my kids I happen to be in the bag tag business, and they LOVE choosing anything Scribbles. As we get ready for our year, each of our children gets to pick out a bag tag and a cute little something for the teacher! If you’d like to get some cute bag tags for your kids’ backpacks, shop here.
Ooo, I loved the new Crayons best. Their pristine perfection. I almost hated to use them. And the smell! Oh my.
My mom always took our picture on the first day of school …. even as seniors in high school. I didn’t like it then but plan to do the same with my girls!!
the brand new trapper keeper!!!!!!!!!!!! with pencil bag of course. now….kids get to pick a place to go out for breakfast first day of school.
I remember organizing all my new schools supplies and packing them perfectly for meet the teacher night. I must have passed this gene on because my daughter’s love to do this as well. They couldn’t wait!
My fondest memory was picking out school supplies with my Mom. I loved the smell of the erasers and I thought I was so cool with my new trapper keeper!!!
Not only did I get excited about new supplies as a kid…it was something I so looked forward to as a teacher!!! Oh my goodness I loved organizing all of the new folders, markers…the list goes on.