graduation
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Preschool Graduation Decorations
I’ve learned that when it comes to decorations for preschool graduation, less is more. This is a problem for me because I LOVE to decorate, but ultimately, too many decorations cause more stress that necessary because they take time to put up, time that I just don’t have on graduation day. I keep my decorations minimal by reminding myself that what parents really want is to see their children. This helps me focus and prioritize when it is time to decorate. I try to make sure that the ceremony space, where the children will receive their diplomas looks nice, but not busy. Parents want photos of their children, not photos…
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Everything you need to host a Preschool Graduation
Yup, it’s that time of the year, time to start planning your preschool graduation ceremony. Do you do the same thing every year? I like to switch it up and plan something new and special every year, but of course, that means I have to plan something new and special every year! So over the last few years I’ve put together a template of sorts that makes things just a little easier. I include the same elements; Introduce the students Read a letter to the graduates Read an inspirational story Present class awards Handout diplomas and then each year I just swap in a new letter to the graduates, a…
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Friday Freebie – Graduation
Happy Friday! This weekend looks to be another busy one. Tomorrow I’ll be presenting at the Michigan AEYC Conference, come see me if you are going to be there! My presentation is all about creating documentation and using it in the classroom, if you can’t make it to the conference you can check out some of the information I’ll be sharing from these blog posts. I also have a great freebie for you today. Yesterday I shared my End of the Year Memory Book, which makes a great Preschool Graduation keepsake. Today I wanted to share a freebie that made a huge difference in my graduation preparations last year. These…
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End of the Year Memories
Hopefully you still have a couple of weeks before you have to think about preschool graduation (can it really be that time of year already?!) but I wanted to share one of my favorite activities for the end of the school year because it takes a little time to complete. Last year I created a Preschool Memory book for my students to record their favorite things about preschool, and some all about me information. These pages become a great way to show off all of the skills that they had learned throughout the year. I added their portfolios and a letter from me, then bound it all. It was a…
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Graduation!
Our preschool graduation ceremony is tomorrow, and I think we are finally ready (well, except for the decorating part, but that will happen in the morning). I’m a little worried that this one will be emotional for me, I’ve had most of these kiddos since they were two years old, and I’ve known almost all of them since they were infants. This group of parents is pretty special to me too, they believed in me and encouraged me throughout the process of opening my own school. I wanted to make sure that the entire graduation was really special, so I created a few products to make things a little easier…
