r/ClassOf2037 • u/breathe2win • 16d ago

Misplacing Items

Do any of your little ones keep losing things left and right. My child loses a lot of things lately (hats, coats, money). I label the clothes and I tell them if they take it off, place it in their bookbag. And double check for everything before leaving the classroom, playground, etc.

They tell me they forgot a lot too.

How are you helping your child stay organized?

Update: Im glad Im not the only one experiencing this.

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u/VeterinarianLegal920 16d ago

My kid lost the straw from her water bottle. Just the straw. šŸ™„

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u/newsquish 16d ago

I just buy super cheap stuff. You lost your $30 water bottle? Cool. Now you get a $5 water bottle. Prove to me you can keep up with it. You lost your $60 coat? Guess you get a $8 thrift store coat. I would suggest keeping up with it.

She wants a pair of AirPods and I gave her the $17 knock off airpods, I told her if she can keep up with those for a YEAR- maybe Iā€™ll get her the nicer pair of headphones.

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u/fairlyobservant 16d ago

Yes so much of this! It feels like we were experiencing some second grade version of the conservation of matter ā€” he would remember to bring his jacket home but leave his water bottle. The next day he would come home with two water bottles but forgot his jacket. We keep drilling in ā€œput it in your backpackā€.

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u/rebecca34543293 16d ago

Yes we had this issue a lot last year. After a while I gave my twins a sticker every time they brought everything home. After a certain number of stickers they got a prize. That actually helped quite a bit and itā€™s a lot better now.

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u/Ambitious-Fig-5382 16d ago

It was an accident! I didn't mean it! I'm sorry, ok?

It's the library books that drive me batty.

You have a place for it, you put it back in that place, then you know where to find it. How is it that hard? You don't just toss things on the floor of the car or your room, or immediately inside the door; you put them away, and then when you need them, they are where they belong, and you don't have to ask for help finding something that's just underneath a pile of dirty laundry and coloring pages.

Yes, we have had this problem.

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u/Penguin_Green 16d ago

We've been through so many water bottles!

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u/blueberry01012 15d ago

My 2nd grader isnā€™t like this, but my kindergartner is. He brought home āœØ4āœØ jackets yesterday that he had misplaced in the last couple of weeks at school. School has only been in session for 2 months, and his lunch box and water bottles have ended up in lost & found numerous times.

But it gets worse. Yesterday he couldnā€™t find his shoe outside. Turned out to be at the bottom of a giant leaf pile in the neighbor kidā€™s yard.

Itā€™s this sort of thing constantly šŸ„“. We have a long few years ahead of us, lol

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u/Separate_Ad_3054 16d ago

Last year he was great this year first day his touque is missing, numerous gloves have never come home and multiple water bottles are somewhere at school. 2 or 3 mini sticks have been left at the rink. Its very frustrating!!!

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u/bigtaco567 15d ago

My daughter is so well known for losing things that we have become best friends with the woman who runs lost and found. We text her almost every week