Sports
Day – Enjoy the warm weather with a “Sports Day.” Children can wear t-shirts and hats from their favorite
teams. Let them bring sports
equipment to share with friends on the playground.
Book
Party – Encourage children to dress up like their favorite book character. Play “Guess Who I Am?” or have children
describe why they like a particular character. Let them bring favorite reading material (books, magazines)
from home and sit or lay wherever they want for independent reading.
Talent
Show - One of my favorite memories is of a Talent Show we had at the end of the
school year. I just invited all
the children to think of a “talent” (song, dance, story, gymnastic stunt) they
could do. We sat in a circle and
they all got up and performed! We
clapped and laughed and cheered!
Board
Game Day – Let children bring board games from home. Set aside the last hour in the day to share games and play
with friends.
Pajama
Party – Have children wear pajamas and bring pillows and stuffed animals to
class. Read books, watch a movie,
and eat popcorn.
Career
Day – Children come dressed for the career they’d like when they grow up. After sharing with friends, have each
child draw a picture (or take a photograph) and make a class book.
Unbirthday
Party – How about a birthday party when it’s everyone’s “unbirthday”? Play party games, sing, and
decorate cupcakes. (This is also a
great way to celebrate all those summer birthdays.)
Beach
Party – Bring beach towels and wear sunglasses, shorts, and bathing suits. Set up sprinklers or other water
activities on the playground. Play
beach ball games, beach music, and have a “cool” snack like popsicles.
Teddy
Bear Parade – Children bring in a teddy bear or stuffed animal and parade
around the classroom. Have them
write stories and draw pictures of what they like to do with their bear. Have a “tea party” with your bears.
Hat
Day – Ask children to wear their favorite hat to school, or challenge them to
design a hat from a paper plate and art scraps.
Luau
– Make grass skirts from draw string garbage bags. Cut straws in 1” pieces and alternate stringing with paper
flowers on dental floss to create a lei.
Hula, surf, and eat pineapple fruit kabobs for snack.
Toy
Day – Children bring a favorite toy from home and share with their friends.
Wash
Day – Wear old clothes and bring sponges, pails, and squirt bottles. Let children wash tables, desks, toys,
etc. (You could tie this in with a
water play day.)
Sock
Hop – Children get to wear silly socks to school and have a dance at the end of
the day.
*Teach
the children the “Twist,” “Charleston,” “Jitterbug,” “Swim,” “Pony,” or other
dances from your past.
Teacher
of the Day – Assign one child each day the last month of school to be “Teacher
of the Day.” That child gets to
sit in your desk and be in charge of circle time. They can choose a book to read to the class, a song to sing,
game to play, and so forth.
