Many years ago--seven years ago, to be precise--I came up with the idea of counting down to the last day of school with a piece of candy for each child each day as they get on the bus. It was an idea born of desperation to get small children on the bus with a minimum of drama.
I started this tradition when I only had two children in school. We were living in New York at the time, which has school until agonizingly late in the month of June. Now we live in New Mexico where we get out of school in mid-May, and I have four children getting on the bus every day. None of them are very small anymore, either.
But still, every year when we have twelve days left of school, the egg cartons come out and the candy goes in.
Ready for the countdown.
Come on, summer.
6 comments:
I love that you do this for big kids too. I think my kids have 20 days left- we had 3 bad weather days off, so it shifted the end.
everyone needs a little encouragement to get to the end of the school year. Great idea.
How ingenious! Another mother of the year award winning idea!
Love this idea!
Good for you to keep up the tradition! Candy is always a treat, no matter how old the child, or when or for what it’s given. Love the use of egg crates for the countdown.
I mean - countdown with chocolates is always a win. I may do it every Monday - counting down to the weekend LOL
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