Back to School First Day Printables
Thanks to Pinterest there are some adorable signs you can print for your child (or students) to hold to take that "first day" photo with. My favorite is this one from ohsoprintable.com.
Back to School Notebook Printables
Want to make that plain notebook super cute? Check out these FREE printables from TeachersPayTeachers.com! Just set up a username and password and there are TONS of FREE printables for all occasions.
Getting to Know the Teacher
I'm a huge advocate of getting to know your teacher. Nothing is worse as a "lead"room parent at a school as when you see a class spend money and time buying or creating something your teacher will not use. So asking your teacher to fill out a "profile" or "favorites list" is always helpful. You can use the one I always have posted on my blog under Documents OR you can check out this cute one from lifesweetlifeblog.com!
Curriculum Night
As always I strongly encourage ALL my room parents to utilize the time you have during Curriculum Night to ask for volunteers. I place a sheet out with EVERY school event I am responsible for like winter and end of year party trays, tents and coolers of ice for Field Day, snacks for testing. Parents who work are much more likely to sign up to send something in and they will often do it during the euphoria of Curriculum Night before the grinding schedule of fall sets in. So grab them while they're hot...and then in April when you are dragging a little you can pull out that sign up sheet and see you already have volunteers (you'll just have to remind them:). To help further this process I bring treats. This year I made cake pops to look like apples. I followed these directions and used red Wilton candy melts to dip them in, green striped straws I bought at Hobby Lobby and I cut green apple Rips candy to make the leaves. I picked up those napkins in the background that look like notebook paper at Target (in the dollar section).
Teacher Treats
I like to bring a "Back to School survival kit" each year to open house. This year I included chocolate,skittles, soda, aspirin, Shout wipes, lint brush, a sewing kit, breath mints and hand sanitizer. I own a Silhouette and so this year I cut vinyl to embellish the hand sanitizer (and then I made a few extra for the other school administrators and staff). If you don't own a cutting machine, Hobby Lobby has a great selection of pre-cut vinyl letters that you can just peel and stick onto any tote or bottle to embellish or personalize. This is an insane time of year for teachers and showing them you are thinking of them with ANY little treat is very much appreciated.
