and let the kids play. as the parents arrive we make sure to go and greet them so that we can learn who the parents/pick-up people are for each child. when the bell rings, students line up at their backpacks and i call one student at a time to meet their pick-up person. once everyone is picked up you can go back into the classroom!
phew! that was a lot. there is so much to remember to do on the first day. people often said if the kids all come, have fun and leave safely at the end of the day it is a first day win and it is so 