peeples
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I have children in 2 different elementary schools and they have been enrolled in 3 different preschools. All of them celebrate birthdays. I bring in homemade cupcakes and the kids hand out goody bags to their classmates. I also provide juice and cups, plates and plastic silverware. All other parents at the schools do the same on their childs birthday. The birthday children in elementary school also get special privledges (being the person who stands first in line, gets to pass out snack (what they brought from home), gets to go retrieve snack milk from the lunch room, bean bag chair to sit in for independent reading etc) and a small gift like a book from their teacher. The loss of the parties and special recognition would be huge for our local children including mine. The party takes no extra time above and beyond the 10 minute designated snack time that the children have everyday.
It is quite possible that birthdays were no big deal in this school to begin with though.
It is quite possible that birthdays were no big deal in this school to begin with though.