How to Create a First-Day-of-School Memory Book

Capture those first-day-of-school memories in a special scrapbook that will show your child's growth through the years.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Acid-free Scrapbooks
• Acid-free Markers
• Pens And Pencils
• Cameras
• Film
• Stickers
• Cameras

1. Purchase or make an acid-free scrapbook.

2. Design a cover for the scrapbook. Use apples, pencils, notebooks, backpacks and other photos or designs to create that back-to-school feeling on the cover.

3. Fill a page or set of pages for your child each year.

4. Take a photo of your child on the first day of school each year and include the photo in the book.

5. Write a description of your child's mood that morning. Was he or she excited, nervous or resigned?

6. Describe what school supplies the child took to school for the first day.

7. Include information about how the child got to school, what time he or she got up, what the child had for breakfast, what snack was waiting when he or she returned and other little details that will bring the memory of the day alive in future years.

8. Label each page with the date, the grade the child is entering as well as the name of the teacher and the school.

9. Ask your child for his or her impressions of the first day when he or she returns home. Write down what he or she says and include it in the book.

10. Collect any drawings or papers the child made that first day and include those as well.

11. Decorate the pages with drawings, stickers and other scrapbook decorations.

12. Preserve this special book for the child to enjoy the rest of his or her life.

on 11/22/2005 Take your child's picture right before school in the same spot every year. A tree in the front yard would be good. My mom did this and it was great to see how much I had grown up next to that tree every year!

on 11/22/2005 Recreate those first years if you didn't start a memory book when your child started kindergarten. Use the class photo and, together, remember as much as you can. It's never too late ... well, almost never too late.