Kindergarten graduation ceremonies are not conducted everywhere. Regardless, parents can reinforce the child's sense of accomplishment of finishing the year of schooling while expressing pride in their son or daughter. Begin to instill a sense of planning for the same type of accomplishment for the future. You can arrange for a small graduation ceremony for your kids and make them wear the colorful kindergarten caps and gowns. A small party is a good way to give a gift that otherwise may not be what a child would desire but one that produces pleasure and accomplishment in the future.
Piggy bank: Give the graduate a large, sturdy piggy bank that is plain in appearance. Discuss with the child how she would like to decorate the piggy bank. Collect the necessary supplies and assist the child in decorating the bank. A nice touch is to leave enough room on the bank so decoration is added each year through 12th grade. The goal, of course, is to fill the piggy bank, put it into a savings account and start the process over. Twelve years of saving should net some serious extra money for college.
School history album: Get a large picture album and start it off with pictures from the first day the child attends kindergarten right up to the day she graduates high school. Choose the pictures you place in the album very carefully because you want to use the same album throughout her school years. Give her the album at her kindergarten graduation (and each year thereafter) and show her the pictures of her year in kindergarten.
Craft books: Collect crafts and art from throughout the child's year in kindergarten as a gift for graduation. During the course of the year select one or two pieces of artwork each month and paste them onto 8 1/2-by-11 inch pieces of construction paper. At the end of the year, assemble all of these pieces of paper and punch holes in them using a three-hole punch. Use yarn to thread between the holes and tie it together at the ends to hold the book together. The book is a reminder of that year in kindergarten.
Games and puzzles: Give games and puzzles. Choose games such as Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders, which help the children learn as they play. Puzzles also help stimulate a child's logic. Give the child puzzles that are harder than those he completed in the past to challenge him over the summer and prepare for first grade.
Giving gifts to your child is just a way to encourage him. After all, you will also like to see them wearing the graduation robes for children during the graduation ceremony!
Piggy bank: Give the graduate a large, sturdy piggy bank that is plain in appearance. Discuss with the child how she would like to decorate the piggy bank. Collect the necessary supplies and assist the child in decorating the bank. A nice touch is to leave enough room on the bank so decoration is added each year through 12th grade. The goal, of course, is to fill the piggy bank, put it into a savings account and start the process over. Twelve years of saving should net some serious extra money for college.
School history album: Get a large picture album and start it off with pictures from the first day the child attends kindergarten right up to the day she graduates high school. Choose the pictures you place in the album very carefully because you want to use the same album throughout her school years. Give her the album at her kindergarten graduation (and each year thereafter) and show her the pictures of her year in kindergarten.
Craft books: Collect crafts and art from throughout the child's year in kindergarten as a gift for graduation. During the course of the year select one or two pieces of artwork each month and paste them onto 8 1/2-by-11 inch pieces of construction paper. At the end of the year, assemble all of these pieces of paper and punch holes in them using a three-hole punch. Use yarn to thread between the holes and tie it together at the ends to hold the book together. The book is a reminder of that year in kindergarten.
Games and puzzles: Give games and puzzles. Choose games such as Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders, which help the children learn as they play. Puzzles also help stimulate a child's logic. Give the child puzzles that are harder than those he completed in the past to challenge him over the summer and prepare for first grade.
Giving gifts to your child is just a way to encourage him. After all, you will also like to see them wearing the graduation robes for children during the graduation ceremony!
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