Graduation Ceremony or Not? These Ideas Are Gr8!

Are you planning a little Pre-K or K Graduation?

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Check out these fun end-of-the-year certificates. These CUTE graduation certificates are Ready-to-Print for Pre-school, Pre-Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten (TK), and Kindergarten.

You even get a blank copy so you can fill in any special program you might have. 

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You can grab your copy by

CLICKING HERE!

Next up: A cute song-

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Just print and glue to construction paper (12" X 18") to create a big book that you can use to teach your Littles this cute song. 

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It is sung to the tune of "It's A Small World" which you can download (an instrumental version) from iTunes.  

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I like to bind my big books at the bottom (landscape style) so all I have to do is push the current page down with my thumb and let gravity allow the page to drop, exposing the next page. Then, I'm not fiddling with turning pages while the children are singing. :)

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You can grab this song by

CLICKING HERE!

A "Good-bye" Gift: (And a FREEBIE poem!)

My Crayon Candle & poem project is an awesome gift your students can easily make to give to their parents.  There is even a version of the poem for any children who might not be graduating. And the best part is that this is a FREE download!

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All you have to do is let the children break and unwrap their fat primary crayons and drop them into a glass baby food jar. Remember to label the bottoms of the jars with their names. I like to do this with masking tape because it is sometimes hard to read the names when this project is done, even if you use a dark colored Sharpie. 

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After the kids fill their jar with crayons, slide a birthday candle into the center of each jar. This is a lot less expensive than buying candle wicks. It might take a little wiggling, but you can get the candles in. 

Last, after school, melt some paraffin wax and pour some into each jar. I like to use my home-hand wax machine. It melts the wax and I can easily ladle it into each jar. Let them sit overnight to cool.

I like to roll up this poem and tie it to each candle. My students gave these to their parents at the end of their graduation ceremony.

You can grab this FREE poem by 

CLICKING HERE!

AND HERE IS A FUN HEALTHY TREAT:

Perfect to serve at your celebration!

Just cut bananas in half, cut a slit for the grape, add grapes and you're done!

I hope you like these fun ideas. Share your graduation ideas below for our readers! 

Getting Ready For The End of The Year

It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3 (or maybe 4):

1) Make A "Good-bye" Gift: 

(And a FREEBIE poem!)

My Crayon Candle & poem project is an awesome gift your students can easily make to give to their parents.  There is even a version of the poem for any children who might not be graduating. And the best part is that this is a FREE download!

Click the image above.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-Kindergarten-Crayon-Candle-490903

All you have to do is let the children break and unwrap their fat primary crayons and drop them into a glass baby food jar. Remember to label the bottoms of the jars with their names. I like to do this with masking tape because it is sometimes hard to read the names when this project is done, even if you use a dark colored Sharpie. 

Click the image above. 

After the kids fill their jar with crayons, slide a birthday candle into the center of each jar. This is a lot less expensive than buying candle wicks. It might take a little wiggling, but you can get the candles in. 

Last, after school, melt some paraffin wax and pour some into each jar. I like to use my home-hand wax machine. It melts the wax and I can easily ladle it into each jar. Let them sit overnight to cool.

I like to roll up this poem and tie it to each candle. My students gave these to their parents at the end of their graduation ceremony.

You can grab this FREE poem by 

CLICKING HERE!

2) Perform a Cute Song: 

For your parents or just for the school. This song can be sung to the tune of "It's a Small World".

CLICK THE IMAGE

Just print and glue to construction paper (12" X 18") to create a big book that you can use to teach your Littles this cute song. 

Click the image.

It is sung to the tune of "It's A Small World" which you can download (an instrumental version) from iTunes.  

Click the image.

I like to bind my big books at the bottom (landscape style) so all I have to do is push the current page down with my thumb and let gravity allow the page to drop, exposing the next page. Then, I'm not fiddling with turning pages while the children are singing. :)

Click the image.

You can grab this song by

CLICKING HERE!

3) Dazzle your class with a cute End of the Year certificate:

Click the image.

Check out these fun end-of-the-year certificates. These CUTE graduation certificates are Ready-to-Print for Pre-school, Pre-Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten (TK), and Kindergarten.

You even get a blank copy so you can fill in any special program you might have. 

Click the image.

You can grab your copy by

CLICKING HERE!

4) AND HERE IS A FUN, HEALTHY TREAT:

Perfect to serve at your celebration!
My students LOVED these!

Just cut bananas in half, cut a slit for the grape, add grapes and you're done!

I hope you like these fun ideas. 

Do YOU have any cute ideas that you do with your class? 

Share your End of the Year ideas below for our readers! 

3 GREAT Ideas For June

Father's Day, Graduation, & The End-of-the-Year:

Check out these cute and almost FREE ideas in my post on Teaching Blog Round-up.

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Teaching Blog Round-up.

Mark the 4th of July on your calendar and check out 

next month's post.

See you all tomorrow.

Palma :)

Throwback Thursday That's Worth Waiting Until Friday For :) + A FREEBIE

Do You Celebrate Kindergarten or T.K. Graduation?:

Even if you just have an end-of-the-year celebration, this is a cute song to sing for the parents.  

(See how to change this song for Pre-K or TK graduation below.)

I bind my books at the bottom so I can just let the pages fall when I need to go to the next page.This works great when you are holding the book up in front of the entire class and you don't want to have to fumble with 2 hands, to turn the page.  

Print a copy of our cute song, download an instrumental version of "It's A Small World" from iTunes, and you are ready for your kindergarten graduation.  Kids love this familiar tune.

Find The Music On iTunes:

You can find an instrumental version of the song on iTunes for $1.99 or less, but try to find one that's not too fast.  The one I use is pretty fast and the kids love it, but I struggle to turn the pages fast enough for them!  That's why I like to bind the book at the bottom and just let gravity help me to turn to the next page by simply dropping the page we are on.  :oD

You can download the words to the song here on our TPT store.
Here are the first two pages of the song:

You can see the rest of the song by clicking the image
above and downloading it from my TPT store.  :)

And here is the chorus:

Changing it up for Pre-K or T.K. Graduation:

You can simply change the line that says "We will soon be in 1st grade!" to "We will soon be in grade K!" or "We'll soon be kindergarteners!"  Have fun with it.  :)

An End-of-the-year FREEBIE:

You might also like our FREE End of the Year Candle Poem.  

We attach the poem to a candle made from their kindergarten crayons.

See you all tomorrow.

Palma :)