Every year at the end of July or early August, thousands of German kids carry a “Schultüte” to their first day of school. The cones have been a German tradition for more than 100 years. Although there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back-to-school season in the U.S. involves a number of fun rituals, like shopping for classroom supplies, picking out a special ...

How do you make your child’s first day of school special? Do you have a tradition? Well the Germans have a tradition that I thought was just adorable. It’s a cone stuffed with goodies to celebrate the ...

Starting elementary school is a big deal in Germany. It's a rite of passage - almost like graduation or a wedding. Parents invest lots to shower their first-grader with gifts. But what's with the ...

From Germany, the culture that gave us the “children’s garden” (kindergarten), comes this 200-year-old brilliant idea: The schultute (“school tote,” and pronounced SHOOL-too-tuh), a colorful cardboard ...

. It’s a cone stuffed with goodies to celebrate the first day of school for first graders. While the tradition is of German origin and mainly given to first-grade students, you can do this for any ...

Back-to-school season in the U.S. involves a number of fun rituals, like shopping for classroom supplies, picking out a special first-day outfit and taking photos with a personalized sign. On the ...