Time Capsule – Create a memento of the year with a time capsule. Ask each child to bring in Pringle’s can. Have them draw a picture of themselves and put it in the can. Let them write or dictate what they want to be when they grow up and illustrate it. Challenge them to collect a wrapper from their favorite food, something their favorite color, friends’ signatures, and other small, meaningful objects to add to their bottles. After gluing on the lid and decorating the outside, send the time capsules home with a note to the parents asking them to save them until their child graduates from high school.
Memory Shirt – Have
children bring in an old t-shirt from home. (White works best.)
Provide them with fabric pens and let them have friends write their
names and draw pictures on their shirts.
Hint! Plan several days for this project. It’s “no fun” if you have to do it all
at once. A parent volunteer would
be very helpful!
Sweet Dreams Pillowcase
- Let children bring in a
pillowcase and have their friends decorate them with their names and
pictures. They will have
“sweet dreams” all summer!
Now I Can! Brainstorm all the things your students
have learned during the school year.
Give each child a sheet of paper and have them draw something they
couldn’t do at the beginning of the year that they can do now. Complete this sentence: “I couldn’t _______, but now I can
_______.” Make a cover that
says “Now I Can!” and bind to make a book.
Time Line – Give each
child a long strip of paper. Draw
a line down the middle. Have
children draw what they looked like when they started the school year on the
left and what they look like now on the right. They can fill in the middle of the time line with special
memories. (You might need to
brainstorm or show photos to spark their memories.)
The Best Thing About… Invite children to recall some of their
favorite memories from the school year.
Give them a sheet of paper to illustrate it. Ask them to write (or dictate) a sentence about it. Put their pictures together in a cover
that says, “The Best Thing About (Grade)” and bind. Save the book to read to your new class
when school starts.
The Best Thing About… Invite children to recall some of their
favorite memories from the school year.
Give them a sheet of paper to illustrate it. Ask them to write (or dictate) a sentence about it. Put their pictures together in a cover
that says, “The Best Thing About (Grade)” and bind. Save the book to read to your new class
when school starts.
