​Graduation Activities
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​Not all schools hold kindergarten graduation ceremonies—but that doesn’t mean your kindergartners can’t “play” graduation. Here are some graduation-themed activities ​that can be used at school or at home. Have fun!

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​Write your own graduation story (PDF)
     This worksheet lets kids turn The LAST Day of Kindergarten into a story that's all their own.

Make it yourself!
    a graduation announcement (PDF)
    a graduation hat (PDF)
    a diploma (PDF)

Be a Memory Keeper (PDF)
     Explore different ways to preserve your kindergarten memories!

Listen to the Graduation March ("Pomp and Circumstance" by Sir Edward Elgar)
"Mr. Meyer starts playing a serious song on the piano. It makes me want to cry. It makes me want to march. It makes me want to stand up straight and tall." —from The LAST Day of Kindergarten

Illustration copyright © 2011 by Sachiko Yoshikawa. All rights reserved.
​“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!” 
 —Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!