A German Back-to-School Tradition: Schultüte
In Germany, there’s a lovely first-day-of-school tradition called a “Schultüte” or School Cone. Parents prepare a giant cardboard cone and fill it with back-to-school supplies, candies, and other small goodies. This gift, rather like an academic Christmas stocking, makes the first day of school extra special. The tradition dates back to the early 1800’s in Germany, and to fall 2008 in our house.
Ja . . . I’m going to surprise my son with a Schultüte on his first day of kindergarten in a few weeks. I can’t wait to fill it with school supplies, stickers, and little treats. German gummy bears might be just the thing to add some cultural flavor. Take a look at these “wunderbar“ school cones from Germany:
Learn and teach the German words for some school supplies to put inside the Schultüte:
- pencil - der Bleistift
- eraser – der Radiergummi
- book – das Buch
- paper – das Papier
- notebook – das Heft
- marker – der Filzstift
- crayon – der Wachsmalstift
- ruler – das Lineal
Let me know if you use this German back-to-school custom of the Schultüte.
Comment to share your own first day of school traditions.
Photo #1 Credit: by Andreas Praefcke under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Görlitz_Kaufhaus_Schultüten.jpg
Photo #2 Credit by Lukas Roth under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:678582.jpg
Photo #3 Credit by Immanuel Giel under the GNU Free Documentation license at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Schultuete_ausgepackt.jpg
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