Comments on: Okay Cookie, how’s his one?

By: raesha

raesha — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:59:44 +0000

Oh yes…my sweet daughter is in 1st grade this year and she has a pile about halfway between your two sweet ones. I loved this one - a check for $4.10 for a Scholastic subscription:) I’ve been hitting the Staples one cent sales - they come in handy and I usually stock pile stuff throughout the year when I see awesome clearance sales. And the generic folders and notebooks are super cheap - at my daughter’s school (Sierra Vista over on the Westiside) pretty much everything is put into a communal pile so she’s not even going to necessarily get what I buy for her. I let her splurge on her backpack - she wants a high school musical one this year:)

By: kathie

kathie — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:56:08 +0000

I homeschool my kids so I don’t have to deal with those lists anymore, however… When my kids were in school, I complained about the size of the lists and was told that they just dump all the supplies into a central supply box and EVERYONE uses from that pile. I didn’t like that idea so I put my kids name on every crayon, pencil, glue stick etc… I don’t mind donating some stuff if there are kids who’s parents can’t afford it. But the dump it in a pile and everyone gets to use it doesn’t teach responsibility nor is it fair… I feel for you.

But I so want to know where you got all those skull notebooks! My kids want some! : )

By: Aradi

Aradi — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:39:27 +0000

I’m dreading shopping this year. Your pile looks small compared to ours. Last year for a 2nd grader the list filled two plastic grocery bags, not counting the 3-pack of tissues. I really don’t mind them naming specific brands (do they all have a deal with Prang or what?), but I really wish they’d check to make sure someplace common actually sells them. Last year I ended up ordering things online because we just couldn’t find a store that sold them.

By: Minty

Minty — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:35:52 +0000

Hey,
I just saw this article and thought of this post of yours. http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/43/back-to-school-shopping-a-survival-guide

By: Zelphine

Zelphine — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:38:42 +0000

I happened to stop by on a mission to check out your awesome, the-best-colorways-out-there yarn, and saw this post. I don’t have kids yet, but I’m an urban school teacher. Some of my kids wouldn’t be able to afford that list. In my school, and all the schools in low income areas that I know of (and some of the suburban ones too) order large lots for the school. A bunch on notebooks, a bunch of pencils, etc. We give the kids a list that consists only of the important stuff = notebooks, folders, pencils and/or pens. Then there’s the kids that won’t/can’t get this stuff, and all the fancy do dads (crayons, paint, rulers, protractors, etc). Teachers can go to the supplies in storage. Once they are gone, or if the supplies we need were never ordered teachers usually spend their own money and buy the stuff on their own. Sometimes we tell the children we have what they need, for instance pencils for testing, and they bring some and extras for others anyway. So, I guess in the needy districts that I know of everyone looks around, sees what we’re dealling with, and pitches in as they can. I spend easily over $500.00 a year on my little guys. My question is, after reading some of these responces, how come my school doesn’t have two pennies to rub together but has a cache of supplies and so many other schools do not? Anyway, good luck on the school year, and again, rockin yarn!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:09:11 +0000

Yeah, the supply lists here are long too. We can get any crayons, but only Ticonderoga #2 pencils and a Sanford white eraser. Plus about 25 other times. I love the 20 glues sticks on the list. Last year, we only had to get 4, but our kid and every other kid went through about 40 glue sticks. We kept donating glue sticks to the room and still never head enough. I think they have some type of supplement here for the people who can’t afford it.

By: yvette

yvette — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:00:48 +0000

In the Uk we never had to supply too much for the kids but here in France I can spend upwards of 100euros per child and they are very specific about brand, even down to the type of folder dividers wanted! We end up buying 6 or 7 different types of paper as not all the teachers want the same, it drives me crazy!

By: taelixev

taelixev — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:43:02 +0000

I was appalled last year when I had to get supplies for my kid. For 1st grade they needed 4 boxes of everything. I know kids color a lot, but I had to deal with 1 box of crayons for the year. Not 4. Plus markers and erasers etc etc. 2nd grade is a tiny bit less, but I wonder what exactly is my public education doing with all of the stuff I don’t get back. Like rulers and scissors. I know they don’t use that stuff the next year. So whats the deal? Why am I buying copy paper? What exactly are my tax payer dollars going for?

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:39:55 +0000

About specified color for folders, I’ve seen this is very helpful in the classroom for the younger grades. Everyone uses red for music, blue for reading, etc., so you can tell at a quick glance if everyone has the right folder. Saves time, and the teacher can put their energy into teaching as opposed to helping the organizationally-challenged.

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:34:33 +0000

I have to buy more for my third grader. And don’t even ask about my seventh grader…what with a graphing calculator (over $100) and supplies for band and athletics.

In elementary school, some of the supplies are generally for the teacher/room, and others are for your kid. Seems like a fair amount of it comes home at the end of the year unused, so I send it back again the next year.