How to arrange a preschool graduation ceremony?

Question

any websites that talk about this?

Answer 1

When I was a kid we had "Arch Day" every year, where each class walked through an arch to symbolize passing from one grade to the next. Before you walked through, your class sang a song they made up - we would take a popular song and change the lyrics so it was about our class. Preschoolers are a little young to write their own songs, but you could have them do a small presentation - maybe say a sentence about "Why I'm excited for kindergarten" or "What I liked best about school this year", then have them pass through a fake door or something to show that they are moving on.

Of COURSE it's mostly for the parents. They paid a lot of money to send those kids to school and they want a ceremony. It's cute and it doesn't hurt anybody. It could also be good for them, they are little and likely stressed about change. The ceremony would paint that change in a positive light, and make them realize that all their friends are going to kindergarten, too. You could even have a big brother or sister give a short talk about how great big school is.

But I do think it should be more like a moving-on celebration than a high school-like graduation. That's too boring for little kids, and not cute enough. Also I would definitely have them make little mortaboards, because yeah it's dopey, but c'mon, how cute will they look??

Answer 2

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Answer 3

what the h**l?????? does a high school graduation even have any meaning nowadays?? i thought it was weird that my daughter had a grade 8 grad back in the day! now grade 3 6 8 then finally grade 12, but what the h**l is a preschool grad? sheeit i fergot, the kindygarten grad too! so at least 6 grads by the time you finish high school! they become meaningless spending more time getting diplomas than in class learning!

Answer 4

I am going to be perfectly honest about this. DON'T arrange a preschool graduation ceremony.  Education is a continuation, not getting from point A to point B.  It's understandable to have a graduation ceremony for high school because that is like ending a book in a series (hopefully people will continue to go on and learn), but all of these kindergarten, 6th grade, and 8th grade graduations really confuse me....and I'm a teacher!!!  Each year I have to take part in planning a bridging ceremony for our Montessori program (it's similar to a graduation) and I despise this because it is NOT for the children.  It is for the parents.  So anyone that has control over this type of matter please consider the purpose behind doing these ceremonies.  Is it really for the children or is it just for the adults??? (And when I say this, what I really mean is that the kids don't even want to do it!)   If you are going to do something to celebrate their learning do it right-let the kids have a picnic with their families and have a portfolio of work they're proud of to share with them.  Something simple and something for the children.

Answer 5

I don't know of a website but I can tell you what I did. The children made little mortar boards to wear out of construction paper and poster board with little tassels. They also prepared snacks by cutting up fruit for a fruit tray, mixing punch, putting out cookies, cutting up cheese and putting it out with crackers. I prepared a certificate for each child.

We held the ceremony at snack time and invited parents to attend. I gave a little speech about how much they'd learned and how excited we were to send them off to kindergarten, etc. We had a picture album out for parents to look at, chronicling their year. Then I gave them their certificates.

Everybody had snacks and went home.