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S/o thank you notes- Dd's bday party

Emiliana7Emiliana7
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Dd is 4 and can only write her name if I tell her the letters and each name takes 4-5 minutes to write.

Obviously, I will write the actual thank you note, should I have her write her name, should I write her name, or should I just write them and sign both our names?

We have 14 notes to write, if DD takes the time to sign her name, we'd need to take a few extra days because she wouldn't be able to sit for an hour just writing her name.

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Re: S/o thank you notes- Dd's bday party

  • Muffins_MomMuffins_Mom member

    If she can't actually write her name without your spelling it, I wouldn't have her do it.

    That doesn't mean she can't help with the notes. Even whe DD couldn't sign her name, I'd have her help by telling me what she liked about a present. Some of what I'd end up writing was interesting, to say the least. I'd write up at the top "As dictated by Muffin" so people would know it really was HER note, I was just writing it.

    It was pretty excruciating getting all of them done, but it's taught her how to write a thank you note. 

    My aunt across the country has loved them. 

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  • marigoldsmarigolds
    Before my dd could write her name easily, I would have her decorate the thank you cards with stickers or crayons. 
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  • livinituplivinitup

    imagemarigolds:
    Before my dd could write her name easily, I would have her decorate the thank you cards with stickers or crayons. 

    Yes Agreed. Maybe just us the first initial ... and feel good that that's enough. 

    My darling daughter just turned 4 years old.
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  • sweetie645sweetie645 member
    For DS1's bday I had him sit with me while I wrote out his thank you cards.  I had him tell me what he liked about the gift and I wrote that in quotes on the card, i.e.  "It's so cool. I love it so much!"  People liked it and I liked having him involved in the process.
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  • Jessys_GirlJessys_Girl

    I do a combination of things, with my 2 yr old who obviously can't write her name, I buy blank card stock, cut it into post card sized cards and let her color it on oneside (scribbles mostly) and put stickers on it and such, and then on the other side I write the thank you note and sign it from her and I and address it like a post card and send it out.

    With my two older stepchildren, when they were younger and couldn't write their own names, i would have them "sign" one piece and then I'd make copies of it on the other pieces of cardstock.  Then, i'd let them decorate the pieces of card stock and I'd write the thank you notes on them.

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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    My older DD could not write her name well at 4 but by her 5th bithday, she was a pro and she signed all of her TYN which I wrote.  My younger DD just turned 4 last week and I wrote the cards and since she can sign her name totally on her own, she signed them all.  I don't think taking a few extra days for your DD to sign the cards is a big deal - as long as you don't mind sitting with her for short time frames each day until they are done.  It is great practice but honestly, at age 4, I think its fine if you write them.  And you don't need to sign your name, the cards are from your DD regardless if you sign her name or she does.
    Jenni Mom to DD#1 - 6-16-06 DD#2 - 3-13-08 
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