What do you send for "show and tell". I haven't come across this before.

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It's show and tell tomorrow and I haven't seen this before. What am I supposed to send? It is going to occur weekly so I need lots of ideas. DS would just want to take toys. Is that OK or not? Year 1 btw.

I send in: certificates, swimming badges, taekwondo belts, interesting stuff like birds nests, fossils we found, clay pipes we dug up.

Dc want to take in: Stickers, toys, glittery pencil cases, zhu zhu hamsters, Hello Kitty water bottle Grandma bought etc

I have no idea if any of the first group ever come out of their bags

My dd has done a project on the titanic.
As we found some information about a relative we had who was a passenger on the ship which dd was very interested in.
Lots of her friends have taken books in and things to do with places they have visited etc.

We've taken in: home made biscuits, a magic trick, a science experiment, some pictures of a trip to willow farm, a skull of a animal that we found and we've also done the random object in my bag the day we forgot.
Its worth getting them to practice the night before the first one, or it can be a bit daunting

I think a toy would be OK if there is genuinely something interesting about it - eg something that came from somewhere interesting or had a story attached or perhaps something that had been handmade for the DC by a friend or relative. I think the only important thing, surely, is that the child has something interesting to say about whatever the object is and actually wants to say it.

Disclaimer: my child is only just five and started school last week, so I may be talking rubbish. She has show and tell this Friday so I'm quite interested!

Please only send a toy if it is genuinely something they can talk and about/is special! I die a little inside when a child produces another random toy that they can tell me NOTHING about...they never play with it, doesn't have a name, don't know who bought it/where it was from etc.

The best things are a photograph, a souvenir from a day out/holiday, something they've made (crafty), something interesting they've found (acron, conker, bird's nest etc), a book of interest, certificates/medals/trophies, anything realted to a hobby.

Last week, DD2 had to take in something from her summer holidays.

She took the sheep's jawbone we found on a Welsh hillside. It still has its teeth.

She is now officially the coolest kid in the playground, as in "that's my friend L, she has a BONE with REAL TEETH" [GRIN]

That's very helpful, thank you. DD is very keen to take her favourite toy for her first show and tell - it's a ratty old thing, but she does know who bought it for her, that she got it for her first birthday and there is a small story attached to the purchase which she likes to retell at any opportunity. It does have a name. She loves it so much that she has occasionally insisted that it's her sister. It's not a very interesting story about the purchase, unless you happen to be DD, but it is close to her heart and she can talk about it until the cows come home. Do you think that would be acceptable? Crafty stuff is a great idea. We made a shoebox thing that you can look into with a scene of Teletubbies (drawn by DD) at the seaside the other day. Do you think that might be a good idea for week 2? Photos and books also a great idea.

My nephew was stying with us for a week when he piped up that it was show and tell and what could he take, we sent in DD's photo album whe was a year at the time, for him to do.

Swimming certificates, photos, toys, tickets.

... and baby rabbits... one lovely boy bought in his baby rabbits.... (and his mum)

last year in YrR boy took
a lego model he made and liked talking about in GREAT detail.
His bike - did a demo in the playground ( he cycles to school).
A wristband he was given by a friend.

Back at preschool he took
Ballet shoes
A postcard from Grandad
A rosette he won at Carnival.

I'm not a fan of show and tell. Mainly because I think my daughter is slightly young for her age and a bit quirky. I worry that what she is taking means she just rambles about nothing specific and she'll get laughed at one day.......

Of course though there could be positives out of it and the fact she does stand up and talk is a bonus!

They all ramble on so I wouldn't really worry! Only a few can ever hold an audience and have them hanging on every word. The teacher generally helps the ramblers get to the point.

Ds has just turned 3 and is now expected to take something every Friday for show and tell in preschool!
Given that he usually goes to nursery clutching some random object that he will tell you the entire fictional family history of, I'm not planning on making much of it at the moment.

DS's school said no toys. Conkers also got banned at this time of year. He very rarely would take anything in as said it was always the girls & their dance certificates. However when he did take in something special, the teacher said he was exempted from the egg timer limit - less is more!

My dd (preschool) is one of those children for whom they have had to invent a "weekly limit" on Show and Tell. I am glad to be freed from the daily tyranny of "Mummy I will take this... (insert whatever random sh*t she can see in the hallway)... because then I will get a sticker".

Just make sure they don't bring in anything secretly, I once had a year one child bring in a set of playing cards from his mums bedside draw. Lets just say the men were very well endowed! luckily I spotted them before show and tell time and before any other children saw them -and discretly handed them back to the mum in question at the end of the day!!

Our school used to say no toys, rather something interesting they had done etc.

Examples might be a programme for a show they had seen (ballet, panto, monster trucks, football match), something they had made (from a kit at home perhaps, or just a nice picture or colouring), a badge or award he has won (for swimming, karate, gym, Beavers) or maybe a souvenir from holiday he could talk about.

We got a letter home on Friday which suggests something topic-related (for DD in reception the topic is currently "Ourselves and our friends"), a cuddly toy, books, souvenirs or something related to a favourite activity. Nothing that encourages aggressive play is allowed.

Help! My son has a show and tell this Friday topic: what can I do now that I couldn't as a baby. No idea what to give him to take to school 😞

His wellies? He couldn't jump in puddles when he was a baby.

I'm potentially a bit saddened by the one being told that the stone they picked up in the playground wasn't interesting - I hope that child is just an annoying little tyke taking the p, not someone whose home circumstances mean that something acceptably interesting is never going to be forthcoming. Ditto the 'chips for tea' one, hopefully not the kid normally only allowed home-woven tofu and brown rice for dinner, but just for once, Granny is in charge for the evening

Good idea just his wellies are at school... I was thinking about toothbrush maybe( new one of course😃)

As a retired infant teacher I’ve seen a wide range of show and tell items.
The most memorable was a pair of dice with words on them - I think they must have come from Ann Summers. I whipped them away quickly as most of the words were very phonetically easy for year 2’s to read! They were very good at reading words with the ck sound at the end for instance!

It can be anything the dc wants to show and tell. My ds got to bring our new puppy in when we first got her :) Also, when we went apple picking, he brought a bag of apples in, plus I printed off a photo of him picking them. So he told the class about the experience of apple picking and then they got to eat the apples he picked (that was popular, as a couple of the kids told their parents about it). Other show and tells my dc just brought random toys in.