Comments on: Is It Really Time for Back to School Shopping Already? https://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/is-it-really-time-for-back-to-school-shopping-already/ Work at Home in Progress Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Stephanie https://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/is-it-really-time-for-back-to-school-shopping-already/#comment-1090 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:23:47 +0000 http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/?p=1192#comment-1090 Giving money makes some good sense, although I can see some people hating that. But it ensures that the school can provide equal quality to each child in the class, and can probably get better prices by buying in bulk.

And my daughter’s lucky. No formal summer homework. Just a reminder to keep them reading and writing every day.

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge https://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/is-it-really-time-for-back-to-school-shopping-already/#comment-1089 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:18:39 +0000 http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/?p=1192#comment-1089 My daughter will also be starting first grade 🙂 Last year they gave us a very long and annoying list of specific supplies that we had to provide; 3 folders, 2 glue sticks, 10 pencils, etc and the items were to be shared. What I bought wouldn’t necessarily be for my daughter. I didn’t complain about this list but I think other parents did because this year instead of the list we give the class $15 on the first day. This is a lot easier for me (I can’t stand shopping) and I think will end up costing less.

We mostly need new clothes (she has a dress code), shoes, winter coat and backpack. I ordered a couple of these things yesterday because I was worrying about it and then sent an email to my ex hoping he would take care of the rest of it – we’ll see how that goes. 🙂

Thanks for the post – it’s comforting to know I’m not the only one worrying about this at the end of July. Now if I can just get her to start working on her summer homework 😉

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