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jrbaby
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Preschool Backpack
DS will be going to pre-school in September. The letter says he needs a backpack and lunchbag. He's only going from 9 - 11:30. Does he really need a lunchbag?
Also, what kind of backpack did everyone buy for a 3 year-old?
The school is closed until September 8th (the day before school starts) or I would have called directly.
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Posted 8/17/09 12:21 PM  |
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Re: Preschool Backpack
i am not providing my DS a lunch sac either (he is going from 9-11:30 as well)
and we got a backpack with wheels and it can also go on his back
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| Posted 8/17/09 12:27 PM |
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Bops
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Re: Preschool Backpack
When my DS started pre-k last year we also needed a backpack for him as well as a folder....We found that a lot of the back-packs that were more his size didn't fit a folder , so we had to get him a bigger one....He did fine with it and the back-pack was always full of projects, newsletters etc....
We weren't required to have a lunch bag, but I always packed my DS his snack/juice in a big zip-lock with his name  I think all year, we only went through 3 of those !
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| Posted 8/17/09 12:30 PM |
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KarenK122
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Re: Preschool Backpack
The lunch bag is for snack/juice box unless your school is providing. Many of the kids in my DD's class just brown bagged it.
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| Posted 8/17/09 12:31 PM |
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Merf99
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Re: Preschool Backpack
Is he eating lunch at school? If not, and you're not packing snacks that need to stay cold, I would just put it in a brown bag. And I got DD a smaller Dora backpack.
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| Posted 8/17/09 12:33 PM |
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jrbaby
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Re: Preschool Backpack
I don't know if he is eating lunch at school. I don't think so. I got the letter on Friday afternoon and the school closed Friday at 3 until the day before school.
Do you pack a snack every day? I wish I could call to ask all my questions.
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| Posted 8/17/09 12:44 PM |
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Re: Preschool Backpack
Posted by jrbaby
I don't know if he is eating lunch at school. I don't think so. I got the letter on Friday afternoon and the school closed Friday at 3 until the day before school.
Do you pack a snack every day? I wish I could call to ask all my questions.
At our school the kids who go those hours eat a snack and drink box from home. I got them lunchboxes because when I got their backpacks from TRU they had a promotion to get a free lunchbox with it.
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| Posted 8/17/09 12:50 PM |
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Bops
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Re: Preschool Backpack
Posted by jrbaby
I don't know if he is eating lunch at school. I don't think so. I got the letter on Friday afternoon and the school closed Friday at 3 until the day before school.
Do you pack a snack every day? I wish I could call to ask all my questions.
We did ( my DS went from 9:30-12:30 though)
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| Posted 8/17/09 12:50 PM |
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I bought my son a Backpack from PBK. It's little, but it holds everything.
They ask us to send a diaper, wipes, and a change of clothes. Plus snack and a juice.
I don't think you need to send both bags.
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| Posted 8/17/09 3:47 PM |
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Calla
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I also bought my DD a really cute toddler size backpack for her 3 year old class. The teachers told me she needed a bigger one so they could send home artwork. So as someone else mentioned, make sure it can fit a folder even if it looks too big on your kid.
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| Posted 8/17/09 4:01 PM |
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Re: Preschool Backpack
DS is only 18 mos, goes to daycare. He loved dragging his diaper bag around so I got him one at TRU. Its small, has wheels so he can pull it. It has Thomas the Train. It came with a matching lunch box. I got it b/c he liked it not b/c school told me so.
I don't think they will kick him out if he doesn't have what they want on day 1 - I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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| Posted 8/17/09 4:10 PM |
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LuvMy2Girls
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Re: Preschool Backpack
Posted by CathyB
I got them lunchboxes because when I got their backpacks from TRU they had a promotion to get a free lunchbox with it.
I did the same for G
even though they serve snack and drinks at her school, she HARDLY eats them then is Starving and crying when i pick her up at noon..Learned this from her 2 week summer camp..
So i'm sending her in with her own water in a thermos bottle and snacks.
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| Posted 8/17/09 4:18 PM |
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