First Day of School Photo Opportunities

[crazyforpooh]

I received this from my CM consultant.

Here are some wonderful ideas to get your album-making off to a good start!



Traditional First Day of School Photos:


Start a first day of school photo tradition-regardless of the school age of
your student. For example: For thirteen
years I posed my daughter by the back door wearing her back pack and
carrying her lunch. I tried to have her stand in
nearly the same spot so that I could also record how tall she was each year
(by comparing her height to the door jam.)


Photographs to Take:


* Begin the day with a picture of your child in bed asleep
* Take a picture of your child getting ready for school (getting dressed,
brushing teeth, putting on make-up)
* Packing their lunch? Snap a picture!
* Before school starts, take a picture of your child's school. (Without all
the traffic, cars, kids, etc.) Take a
picture of the playground, front of the school
* Child looking at the class roster to find what class she is in
* Be on the look out for signs ... Pose child by any sign that says "Welcome
to the ?? Grade" or pose by the school marquee
* Snap a photo of the blackboard with the date and teacher's name
* Take a photo of the school clock when your child arrives
* Take a photo of your child beside and in his desk
* Snap a photo of your child doing her first homework assignment (Be sure
and keep a copy of the homework to mount in child's School Days Album along
with the photo.)
* Take one last picture of your child waving good-bye to you - in their
classroom (if they let you go that far), exiting the car at school or
getting on the school bus.


First Day of School Questionnaire


Here are some questions to ask and record about your child's first day at school.
Remember to have them put their signature on the page.
* What is today's date?
* How did you get to school? Did your parent(s) take you to school? Did you ride the bus? What is your bus number? Did you walk to school?
* What did you eat for lunch? Did you bring your lunch or buy your lunch?
What does your lunch box look like? Did you eat lunch in your classroom or in the cafeteria?
* The best thing about being in ??? grade is...
* Something I learned today that I did not know was...
* The funniest thing that happened today was ...
* My biggest surprise about today was...
* We really had fun today when....
* I met some new friends today. Their names are .....
* Describe your teacher.....
* Draw a setting chart of your classroom. Who sits next to you?

When you create a layout for the first day of school, include some of your
own memories of your child's first day of school (from your perspective).

Source: The Graceful Bee

Enjoy,

Laura
A Scrapaholic

 

[Spinning]

WOW! That's a lot of picture taking! YIKES!
I actually do many of those shots! LOL! I always take a picture of them with their backpacks and lunches. I also have a bus flag that we put at our drive way I take a picture next that too! Then of course getting on the bus! For the first day in KIndergarten I like to take one of them walking in to school (their back side!) DD was great for posing for pictures...but DS we will see!
I also do the what they thought of their first day, friends in the class etc...
Thanks for sharing!

 

[luvdzny]

I have always taken pictures of my kids on their first day and on their last day of school. I always have them sit in the same position on our couch in the living room. Two years ago when DS graduated from highschool I scanned all the pics and made a poster using them all. I added a pic of him in his cap & gown and put that one on top. I hung the poster at his graduation party, it was a big hit!!! It was a lot of fun to see how much he had changed over the years. I am looking forward to DD's graduation in 2007 so I can see how hers turns out!

 

[pattyT]

Thanks for sharing!
I have always taken a pic on the first day - but I like some of these ideas too!

 

[nicki dahling]

I guess I could do first day of college classes ( actually I would have to pretend , because they already started their second year ) ! I am taking a lot of pic's of Nicki's senior year . Save money ladies , Nicki's drape pictures start at $165.00 ! We are going to use a friend and take casual pic's instead.

Cyndi

 

[Spinning]

hey patty! Great picture but a little HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!

 

[pattyT]

he - he
its fixed now -
it's a lot of work playing around with this siggy stuff
I even had to start me own web page
Just what I need more time on the computer! LOL