Guest Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Over the last few years we have started a simple graduation ceremony for our preschoolers leaving us. This year I thought it would be nice for the children to recite a simple poem about moving on/ saying goodbye. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SamG Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 We use a song (done to the type of us military drill sergeant style chant), you could use it as a poem if needed. We're all from our great preschool Now we're off to our big school We have learnt our ABC's We all know our 123's 1-2-3-4 1 2 3 4 Learning colours and shapes on the way Listening to what the grownups say We've all been as good as gold That's what we have all been told 1-2-3-4 1 2 3 4 We've had lots of fun today Now it's time to be on our way Hope to see you again some day All that's left for us to say is 1-2-3-4 1 2 3 4 You could use it without the 1-2-3-4, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 The children who are moving to big school walk through an arch to recieve their leaving gift and their Learning Journey while we sing To the tune of Frere Jaque Clever (....Name.....) Clever (....Name....) Moving up, moving up. Remember all the good times Remember all the good times We wish you luck, we wish you luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 ooh I can't find the handout of songs we sang to give to parents, must not have copied it onto my external hard disk before I left but we simply sang lots of songs which I suppose you could simply say instead! From what I can think of off top of my head and with a little help from google!.... GRADUATION DAY (sung to the tune ~My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean~ credit: From the Perpetual Preschooler) We hope you enjoyed our program (we changed the words here but can't remember what to!)We thank you for coming today We thank you for all that you've done for us As we go our separate ways Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to all of my friends Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to all of my friends Good luck to everyone on graduation day To 'she'll be coming round the mountain' We're off to Reception yes we are, Oh We're off to Reception yes we are, We're off to Reception, Off to Reception, Off to Reception yes we are And we won't be here in pre-school any more, etc I'm a Little Graduate (to I'm a little teapot) I'm a little graduate Dressed in black, Wearing a gown and a cap. When I leave preschool I will be, A Reception pupil, Aren't you proud of me? 10. WE MUST SAY GOODBYE (sung to the tune ~Row, Row, Row Your Boat ~ credit: Jean Warren w/ Preschool Express Clap, clap, clap your hands, Graduations here. Now we must say goodbye. To friends we had this year. Clap, clap, clap your hands, We've worked the whole year through Now we must say goodbye, To you and you and you. (Point to fellow students) Clap, clap, clap your hands, Graduation's here. Now we, all will go, To Reception next year! There's some nice songs here (its got the ones mentioned above as it jogged my memory) but you could always say them instead of singing perhaps http://voices.yahoo.com/top-10-preschool-songs-graduation-1442029.html We played Heather Small- Proud, The Wanted- Gold Forever, Take That- Greatest Day...ooh I'm welling up thinking about it, it was lovely to see the children so grown up and ready to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 just discovered a lovely suggestion from Perpetual Preschool website that someone had posted online- Dr Seuss poem Oh, The Places You'll Go- thats got some lovely lines to borrow! http://homepages.ius.edu/harrisla/places.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeytg Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 This is the one we used last year These feet of mine will slowly tread.doc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Thanks for the ideas. We are going to sing a couple of songs the children have learnt in their French lessons but think I may try seeing if they grasp some these too. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Thank you so much for these, I want to introduce a few different songs this year. One Im encouraging them to learn is a verse of Lean on Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 One Im encouraging them to learn is a verse of Lean on Me What a lovely idea! :1b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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