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07.16.08, 13:38 PM New York City
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I know I have too much time on my hands, but I was wondering about birthday parties in K. My DD will be starting public K in the fall and has a early Oct birthday. I doubt she will have any real friends by that point. Anyone BTDT? What did you do, invite the whole class, which will probably be large, or only the girls? Or not invite K kids and just the friends from preschool? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 07.16.08, 01:38 PM Flag
 

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I'd wait and see. Some schools actually have policies on these things believe it or not. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:42 PM Flag
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Only policy in public school is not to hand out invites in class unless everyone is invited. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:43 PM Flag
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We invited the whole class (same situation). It ended up that we had 30 invites out (class plus other friends) which had me worried but about 22 showed up which was high but manageable. DS had a blast. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:42 PM Flag
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do waht you want. any of those proposals can work IME inviting the whole class was less common in K thaninpreschool, adn disappeared by first grade. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:45 PM Flag
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I think those are basically your 2 options -- the whole class or all the girls. She won't have been there long enough to really know who her friends are yet. Plus, we found that in K the parties tended to be large like that. It wasn't until 2nd grade that they started to be more just a close group of friends. My dd decided on just the girls b/c she was a little overwhelmed by starting K and wanted a "calm" party (her word) so we did a tea party at Alice's Tea Cup. She is also a Fall b-day. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:45 PM Flag
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Agree, we were in same situation with ds in K. We had it in a place where it was easy to accomodate alot of people and invited the class. In public school, many won't show up (or rsvp, which means they aren't coming), but it's a nice way to meet other parents. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:47 PM Flag
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^^^also, this sounds kind of rude, but we only gave out the invitations to the class about 10 days before the party, kinda hoping not everyone could come, but at least everyone was invited. We also invited some other good friends outside the class, but a bit earlier. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:55 PM Flag
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we invited the whole class. was a nice icebreaker at the beginning of the year, and we got to meet all of the parents. some may think it gauche, but it was nice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:52 PM Flag
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funny, I never thought of it that way but that is a great point. I like your world view. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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My dd also has an early Oct. birthday. I frankly hate large parties for kids that young, and she would have been overwhelmed. We waited as long as we could (until maybe 2 1/2 weeks before the party) and then mailed invites to the kids she wanted to invite, plus some preschool friends. It worked out beautifully and no feelings were hurt. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 01:54 PM Flag
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That young? 5 and 6 are last times kids have big parties, after that everyone has smaller parties with good friends only [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:28 PM Flag
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What can I say? She was advanced for her age? She hated big parties then and still hates them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:47 PM Flag
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or so you thought. we felt hurt to find out we had not been invited [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:42 PM Flag
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In 2001? That's when the party was. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:46 PM Flag
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We made it really easy...We had a birthday party in the class. Pizza and cake. The kids loved it...the parents loved it because they did not have to pack lunch for their kids that day...I loved it because I did not have a bunch of kids running all over my home, nor did I have to pay for one of those expensive party places. Everybody was happy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:16 PM Flag
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We invited the whole class, plus some friends from preschool. Luckily, not everyone came (but there were 25-30 in our apt, plus parents, and a clown). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:34 PM Flag
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so dh was there... ba dum bum. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 02:44 PM Flag
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