Back to School Labels
I wrote last week about how I made labels for my daughter’s dresser drawers. I printed a picture of the items in the drawers, along with words like shirts, pants, socks, etc. What I am doing is using a tool that will help her as she learns to read.
If you look around most kindergarten classes, you will see that the teachers have labeled as many items as possible. This is to help he students make a connection between the item that they already know the word for and the word for that item.
My next plan for labeling things here at the house it to buy a Dymo label maker. I have been meaning to neatly label all of my plastic storage bins out in the garage and in my storage unit. And now, I really want to go around the house and make little labels for ordinary items like the doors, beds, closets, toys, etc. I want to give my daughter the opportunity to make the connection between words and everyday items.
Plus, it’s that time of year again where I need to put Color labels on all of Gigi’s things with her name so that her lunchbox and other school supplies do not get mixed up with other children’s things at school. Having a label maker will sure beat printing out words on regular paper and taping the home-made labels to items.
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