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Kindergarten Open House

This weekend my school had a kindergarten open house for incoming kindergarteners and their parents.  We offered an informational session for the parents while the kiddos were preoccupied reading, doing crafts and eating cupcakes. It was a great way for the kids to feel excited about starting school and the parents to learn a little more about our kindergarten program. 

Since this was the first time I was in charge of planning the event I thought I would hop on over to Teachers Pay Teachers for a little inspiration. I wanted to find a cute powerpoint template that I could use as well as something fun for the visitors to take with them when they left.


Here are some ideas I found that helped the event go off without a hitch!


If you like this powerpoint template, click HERE to download your own!





 I shared a little about our school and kindergarten program. Here are just a few of the talking points.






Some tasty treats and fun favors to help the visitors feel appreciated and excited about kindergarten next year.


If you like these tags, feel free to download them. I'd like to give a BIG THANK YOU to Peace Love and Learning! You can check out their blog and grab the free resource HERE
The popcorn tags were a free download courtesy of Crayons in the City. You can download their tags for free HERE

I also thought it would be helpful to give each family a folder which included a packet of handouts to help guide them through the enrollment process. The handouts also offered tips to help prepare their kids for kindergarten. 
I found these wonderful handouts from Simply Kinder Grab your packet HERE
The free packet includes: a list of tasks to work on before starting school, a list of what we learn of kindergarten, flashcards to help them learn their letters, numbers and shapes.
I also included a kindergarten readiness checklist and an article about
 the importance of play. 

Now the last thing I want to share with you is a picture of our cute bulletin board. I felt like we needed to spruce things up for winter and after pursuing TPT I found a wonderful idea.
Here it is:




My students had so much fun making their snow people and writing recommendations of books they loved. 
If you like this bulletin board idea, you can purchase it on TPT HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by. Oh and I wanted to wish you all a Happy Belated Groundhogs Day!

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