................... Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I am wondering if you let your dc see next year's schoolbooks ahead of time? I ordered a bunch of stuff for my dc now but we aren't using it till next August. So I wonder if I shouldn't let them see it, so that they will be really psyched in August when I get out all the new stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Like your new name! Regena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Absolutely not! I save everything in my secret boxes and bring it all out for a first day of school celebration. Nothing like new stuff to invigorate you! If you're wanting to give them something, give them *1* new thing that you're willing to use now, and save the rest for surprises when you start in the fall. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 My girls wait for the mailman and if he is delivering supplies for school they generally take it away from me and run off to look through it before I know what's happening. My oldest loves to look through math and latin books. My youngest loves any sort of storybook I buy. So no, I don't hide my stuff. Then again, I usually order right before we need it so it is usually something we are starting within a couple of days to weeks anyway.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Absolutely not! I save everything in my secret boxes and bring it all out for a first day of school celebration. Nothing like new stuff to invigorate you! If you're wanting to give them something, give them *1* new thing that you're willing to use now, and save the rest for surprises when you start in the fall. :) Ah, a kindred spirit! I stash it away too. I even stash away the hand-me-down books so they will seem new to whichever student is getting them next! New, personalized pencils (nothing like seeing your name on your pencil), new crayons, new markers, new packs of paper, and books you have never seen before=a fresh school year!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyBee Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I let my children look at it while I unpack it. Then I put it away where they can't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I am wondering if you let your dc see next year's schoolbooks ahead of time? I ordered a bunch of stuff for my dc now but we aren't using it till next August. So I wonder if I shouldn't let them see it, so that they will be really psyched in August when I get out all the new stuff? But, but, but, doesn't this mean you lost all your standing in the polls? Didn't you just grieve over all your lost rep points? And you have to go through the larvae stage again!:eek: I wish we could get credit for all the stuff we said on the old board. I have been practicing laundry avoidance on these boards for years. I should be higher in the hive for that, I think!:D I like your new name, though. You remind me of a steaming cup of Chai tea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhesa Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I try to put things away before they even see them. I learned that the hard way last year when I bought a skeleton model to go along with the study of the body. Mind you, that was planned for 3rd quarter. Since the kids saw it, I was bugged about it EVERY time we did science! (Wouldn't ya know it- once we got to it, and started the project- the kids lost interest. Who was building the skeleton? ME!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I let my boys look all they want. They like to see what books we will be using, but as for taking them and reading them early...No, that doesn't happen around here. I'm the only one excited when books come in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 I am definitely going to put it all away and even later do secret shopping for their school supplies, maybe I'll let them pick out their backpacks and school boxes, but I'll get all the pencils and crayons and stash those too. I just got a lovely picture in my mind of all this new stuff and the kids being excited and having a little party or a picnic on the lawn after we check out all the new stuff!! Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aletheia Academy Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I lurked and laughed on your previous post. Enjoy your fresh start.:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I am definitely going to put it all away and even later do secret shopping for their school supplies, maybe I'll let them pick out their backpacks and school boxes, but I'll get all the pencils and crayons and stash those too. I just got a lovely picture in my mind of all this new stuff and the kids being excited and having a little party or a picnic on the lawn after we check out all the new stuff!! Cool. I get personalized pencils from Oriental Trading Company. They are not expensive and my kids just love them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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