The obvious ones are backpacks, uniforms, shoes, books ... etc.,
Flash drive : Maybe not straight away, but they use these at a young age. Needs a name label as there are countless kids with similar looking items. Flash-drives are cheap, their contents are hard to replace.
Calculators : There are restrictions on what can be used here, and at what age. Not as expensive as they once were, but still worth a few dollars.
Water bottle : We use to wonder about watered down juice; why pay for water. Then bottled water became the norm. If your young child can’t wait to visit the bathroom try less juice and more water; the body seems to absorb it a little better. Giving them a water bottle with one days supply is a fair way to indicate whether they are getting the right amount.
Chap Stick or equivalent. Label this as some other child’s moisturiser may give you child an illness.
Hygiene products. Sanitizer, combs, deodorant for teenagers.
Gym clothes and tracksuits. If other kids at school have similar looking uniforms there’s the chance they will get mixed up. Get clothing labels.
Art smock: so the neat clothes don’t end up looking like a drop cloth.
Stationary equipment. Annoying when one piece of a geometry set or one colour pencil goes missing. With bulk labels there’s no reason not to label everything.
Musical Instruments, especially small ones. At least label the instrument case.
Anything expensive: There’s an outcry about schools that expect students to have iPads, but as prices change this may become the norm. Label these things.
Don’t label house-keys, at least not with a home address. Giving your address to someone who has your house key encourages burglary. Have a PO Box postal address label with a first name only; else the child’s name, the school and class.
References
Flash drive : Maybe not straight away, but they use these at a young age. Needs a name label as there are countless kids with similar looking items. Flash-drives are cheap, their contents are hard to replace.
Calculators : There are restrictions on what can be used here, and at what age. Not as expensive as they once were, but still worth a few dollars.
Water bottle : We use to wonder about watered down juice; why pay for water. Then bottled water became the norm. If your young child can’t wait to visit the bathroom try less juice and more water; the body seems to absorb it a little better. Giving them a water bottle with one days supply is a fair way to indicate whether they are getting the right amount.
Chap Stick or equivalent. Label this as some other child’s moisturiser may give you child an illness.
Hygiene products. Sanitizer, combs, deodorant for teenagers.
Gym clothes and tracksuits. If other kids at school have similar looking uniforms there’s the chance they will get mixed up. Get clothing labels.
Art smock: so the neat clothes don’t end up looking like a drop cloth.
Stationary equipment. Annoying when one piece of a geometry set or one colour pencil goes missing. With bulk labels there’s no reason not to label everything.
Musical Instruments, especially small ones. At least label the instrument case.
Anything expensive: There’s an outcry about schools that expect students to have iPads, but as prices change this may become the norm. Label these things.
Don’t label house-keys, at least not with a home address. Giving your address to someone who has your house key encourages burglary. Have a PO Box postal address label with a first name only; else the child’s name, the school and class.
References