It won’t be much longer until it is time for graduation day at preschool…
This is an exciting time and milestone for young children as they are preparing to enter into their elementary school years…
Here’s a preview of Teach Preschool’s graduation day!
Here are a few tips if you are planning your graduation ceremony…
Graduation Decorations: Decorate the doors and halls before the big day…
Graduation Diplomas: If you are going to hand out diplomas during the ceremony, practice the hand shake and receiving of the diploma ahead of time so the children will know what to do…
Graduation Hats: Make your own graduation hats or order them early so they will arrive on time. Make sure that the hats will fit too…
Graduation Songs: Choose a few songs for the children to sing for the parents. If you plan for the children to learn a new song, then start teaching it early otherwise choose old favorites that the children have learned through out the school year. Find songs with movement and choose songs that the children can master easily. If the children are not familiar with the songs you choose, the children will not enjoy it as much and you want this to be fun for them! Here is a song I found on You Tube – you can see the children have learned the song well and are having fun singing along…
Special Recognition
- Child most likely to become a movie star (Likes dramatic play)
- Child most likely to become a superhero (Likes to help others)
- Child most likely to become an engineer  (Likes to build with blocks)
- Child most likely to become a dentist (Child who recently has lost the most teeth)
Final tips…
- Make sure you have enough seating for all the parents.
- Make sure you have enough programs to hand out to all the parents.
- Make sure you don’t misspell a child’s name on the diploma or on the program.
- Make sure you have a microphone or can be easily heard throughout the program.
- Make sure the room is not too hot for lots of folks to sit together.
- Make sure you have a plan for plenty of parking spaces.
- Make sure you have plenty of punch and cookies for the guests.
- Make sure you have plenty of help for set-up, clean-up, and serving during the event.
Other Links to Graduation Ideas…
How to make a felt graduation hat from Little Birdies Secrets
How to make a paper graduation hat by Sherry Osborne
Graduation Music and Songs From Preschool Education
More Graduation Ideas from Pre-K Pages
Available on Amazon…
The photos in this post were taken in the beautiful Learning Time Preschool campuses!
