@kinderwell4: These are small, easy traditions you'll be glad you began early! ✨ **1. Film the First & Last Day:** Capture their simple 'bye mommy' and 'hi mommy' as they leave and return from kindergarten, and every grade after. Watch their voice mature over thirteen years while the words stay the same. 🎒 **2. Keep the Kindergarten Backpack:** Don't get rid of it! Fill it with their artwork year by year. Imagine handing it back to them in senior year, full of memories. 🎙️ **3. Record Annual Q&A:** Every September, ask them the same ten questions: Name, age, grade, teacher, favorite food, favorite activity, what they want to be when they grow up. You're not just filming answers; you're filming thirteen years of growth. 👕 **4. The Oversized 'Class Of' Shirt:** Buy one 'Class of' shirt, intentionally too big. Take the same photo every first day of school, watching them grow into it. 🎂 **5. One Candle a Year:** On the last day of school, bake a cake and use the same candles each time, adding one for each grade finished. That tiny kindergarten candle won't stay tiny forever. These traditions take just minutes, but create lasting memories. Save this to start some this week! #KindergartenTraditions #ParentingTips #BackToSchool #MakingMemories #FamilyTraditions

saffronsmom 🌈🧚🏻‍♂️ :

I did the shirt with my beautiful girl Saffron starting with pre-k3. I only got 2 years of photos because she passed away a few days after the pre-k 4 photo 💔😔😭🌈🧚🏻‍♂️

user7030358377283 :

One idea is to secretly have each teacher write a note in Dr Suess book “The Places you’ll Go” and give it to your child as a graduation gift

nana.anne.72 :

Sooners911 :

why are they going to kindergarten for 13 years?

Dave :

Why did the words get all blurry?

Dixie :

I wish i would have thought of this when my son went to school. my son is grown now

Veronica Spore :

This was our yearly tradition.

PepsiCircus :

Or homeschool. Better benefits.

RockyGunner2008 :

my wife and I have been saving our kids backpacks since they started kindergarten. Every year, we save all their artwork and stuff and put them in the backpack for that school year

𓆈𓆉𓅨𓇼 :

The shirt idea has me tearing up. What a smart idea. And the backpack to store all the artwork

deleonbrenna :

why did I start tearing up just reading all these

brooke_parsons2 :

I do this shirt for my girls

Girl Dad Absurdum :

So I’m crying….

NancyOU812 :

What song is this ?

Andrea Fitzpatrick :

Ok can someone remind me this when my 1 y/o is in kindergarten pls. I want all of it 😭

PappaBear :

My Babies are grown, wish I would have seen this a looooong time ago

Melissa Taylor :

why couldn't ideas like this reach me when my kids were younger?!

TiffanyG :

I saw a video where a mom made a bus cake on the first day of school every year so when they got home they had cake and talked about their first day of school. I’m going to do that

nicolemathias390 :

Why am I crying!

MPRamos :

The backpack idea is the sweetest ❤️

Court.muro :

Now I’m about to cry I got a kinder and a senior 🥺

kelly :

to late both my girls are out of school [Sad]

CreatewithKat :

I love these ideas!!

Ana Jeon🇨🇦 :

My kid isn't even going to K yet and this got me teary already 🥺🥺

She she :

What song is this please