I need to send thank you notes to family and friends for birthday gifts my daughter received. She just turned 3 yrs. This may seem petty, but I was wondering if I should write them as her saying thank you, or as me saying thank you for her since she is still young. Just wondering if people would think it's silly to get a thank you from a 3 yr. old herself (with them knowing I wrote it anyway, of course)...
2007-08-15 04:45:18 · 8 answers · asked by angelbaby 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I believe 3 years old is an excellent age for children to begin saying "thank you" for their gifts and to learn appreciation. I would make her an active part of the note-writing. A fun thing is to draw her hand print on a piece of paper then use the paper to write the thank you note. This gets her actively involved. You can ask her things about her gifts, what she likes about it, how she feels when she plays with it, or what she did with it. Then ask her if she has any message for the person the note is going to. Include her own words in the thank you. For example, "Dear Aunt Mary and Uncle Jim, Thank you for the dress up clothes you sent me for my birthday. My friend, Andrea, came over to play and we pretended we were princesses and had a tea party. I like it when Uncle Jim swings me up high. Love, Maria". Let her "sign" her own name as well (usually just some scribbles with a crayon) or draw a picture on it, too. My grandma was a very firm beleiver of thank you notes. Her rule was to always send one and we learned from her. My own kids are now 28, 25, 22, and 10. They have been sending thank you notes since they were about 3 years old. They helped write them until they could write themselves. I had to make them do it when they got older and they complained a lot about it, but they are glad now that I made them. It is an excellent habit that very few people have anymore. I think to have the thank you note coming from her is definitely not silly at all.
2007-08-15 05:31:37 · answer #1 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine always take a picture of her kid with the gift and send along with the thank you card, I think it is such a good idea. As for being written as if she did herself, I think it is not silly, you can do either way you want. Now if you had posted here as if she was asking this question (believe me, I've seen it) then I would consider strange.
2007-08-15 06:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by lou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my son turned 4 this year, I gave him some blank cards, stamps (like "thank you" and what not), and stickers. He decorated each card himself and then "signed" his name. I helped him only by writing the gift-giver's name and his name (so they'd know for sure it was from him :P). He loved it and it helped him to learn how to be involved in his own thank you's.
If you'd rather write them all yourself, then I think it would be cute for you to write in first person from her. I have received many thank you notes like that and didn't think it was cheesy or strange.
Good luck with it!
2007-08-15 05:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by Kristi had her baby boy! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would write the card as a thank you card from both of you. write that you appreciate them giving the gifts and than write what your daughter enjoys about the gift or in the case of money what she spent it on.than after you sign the card have your daughter.draw or write on it also.this includes her in the process and it is very cute to get a card that a child puts their own mark on.
2007-08-15 04:56:22 · answer #4 · answered by gypsymamma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ought to I deliver a thank-you be conscious thanking somebody for a thank-you present? My boss despatched me an e-present card as thank you for helping with a definite undertaking, with a recognize thank you related. Am I meant to jot down him a thank-you be conscious? i do no longer be attentive to what to do by way of fact it became a modern-day given in gratitude for something I did, no longer for a definite occasion.
2016-11-12 09:50:33 · answer #5 · answered by blaylock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always sent the Thank-you notes as my son had written them. I didn't care if they thought it was silly or not.
2007-08-15 05:07:12 · answer #6 · answered by mommy_2_liam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have her "scribble", or sign her name as best she can.
Use First Person text from her.
They'll love it, with a photo of her at a desk, writing.
2007-08-15 04:54:42 · answer #7 · answered by ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Write them either way you wish but give her the pen and let her sign it. Cute!!!!
2007-08-15 04:54:27 · answer #8 · answered by mimegamy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋