The first graduation happens in a child’s life even before entering school. The end of the kindergarten is now as important and a momentous event as the receipt of a university diploma. Holiday of childhood, a new step in life. And like any holiday, it does not do without gifts for kindergarten graduates.
How to please a child on the eve of an almost adult school life? The main selection criteria are the interests of the children and the financial capabilities of the parents. Gifts for graduates from kindergarten should be, if not the same, then similar in the same price category. I want the gift not only to delight, but also to benefit.
What gifts to give to kindergarten graduates is decided by parents collectively at the meeting. Let the ideas gathered in this article help you make this difficult choice.
Smile to the album
Photo souvenirs to remember life in a kindergarten may not be such a welcome gift for a child, but after years they will become a thread in childhood. The replenishment of the family archive with a report from kindergarten is considered a mandatory item in preparation for graduation.
You can capture the children in a photo or video, with the help of a professional photographer or on your own. And you can combine everything and get a full movie with presentations and video inserts.
You need to take care of the photo in advance to get frames not only from the graduation. Classes in a group, rehearsals, physical education, walks can be started taking off long before the end of the school year in kindergarten. Surely one of the parents has the opportunity to visit the group during the day to collect valuable personnel.
You can order a book with photographs as a gift to kindergarten graduates. It is printed on cardboard pages that can survive many views, can be of different thicknesses. Educators will also be pleased with such a souvenir.
Children will also be happy to participate in the preparation of the album. If you invite them to draw everything together on a piece of whatman paper, and then take a photo of the masterpiece, then it can be used as a background for video splash screens or photo album underlay.
Souvenirs in the faces
A particularly successful group photo may well become the basis for printing gifts to all children and educators. T-shirts, mugs, backpacks - many print shops offer useful and practical gifts with familiar faces. Even alarm clocks with a picture on the dial, which will in the near future raise children to school.
More traditional is printed holiday products in the form of pennants, diplomas, cards. They have the symbolism of a preschool, which gives more weight and formality.
With an eye to school
The next stage in life is the school. Every graduate of kindergarten knows this, and a first-grader’s kit can become a gift option for him .
Of course, it’s not worth forming the entire gift from school supplies so as not to disappoint the child, but to make up part of it taking into account the speedy status of the student. This solution will help to solve two problems:
- save parents from queues for pencils and notebooks at the end of summer;
- will give the child the opportunity to feel more mature, try on a new role in advance.
Not all goods for school are suitable as a gift to a kindergarten graduate. It is better to choose something special that will combine the motives familiar to the child and the new mood of serious schooling:
- Colored pencils and felt-tip pens, plasticine - something that he is already familiar with, but will be useful to him at school.
- Sets of stationery in a bright "children's" design.
- A colorful pencil case with branches and secrets to streamline school wealth.
- Portfolio with prints of your favorite cartoon characters.
- A table lamp for preparing homework in the form of a rocket, a funny bird, or some fairy-tale hero.
- Wall-mounted geographical map depicting the sights of each country or a small globe.
- Scientific equipment like a magnifier, a children's microscope or a set of a young chemist.
In children's stores, you can often find ready-made gifts for graduates of a kindergarten of the "school" direction, where all the elements are united by a single theme. This makes parenting even easier.
Smart Gifts
Preschoolers are curious and receptive to new information. For them, remembering the words of a foreign language or historical events is simple. So why not give them gifts that will make them even smarter and have a positive impact on intellectual development?
The book is a universal gift. We don’t give fairy tales only to former kindergarteners, but colorful children's encyclopedias, atlases, a book of records.
Board cognitive and logical games also unite the whole family. Their choice is huge, it remains only to take from the shelf in the store what is in the interests of the child.
Little science lovers will be inspired by kits for staging a real experiment in physics or chemistry, and all kinds of puzzles will take little fidgets for a long time.
Step into adulthood
The gift that gives a kindergarten graduate a reason to feel like an adult is appreciated more. After all, this is a sign that he is recognized as independent and almost equal.
Children are very fond of role-playing games at school, hospital, holiday, shop. With delight, they copy the intonations and actions of their parents. If you grab onto this idea, you can come up with useful and original gifts.
What to give a graduate of kindergarten from the arsenal of adult life? For boys, ties like dad’s, watches, a notebook, a purse are suitable. Little ladies will be pleased with handbags, children's cosmetics, jewelry.
For memory of myself
Children leave their first team, scatter like chicks. And parents have a question, what gift to give from kindergarten from graduates and parents in gratitude for the work, patience and sincerity of teachers.
It is good if the kindergarten management gives a hint or there is a specific request from teachers. And if not, then you can always choose a universal gift that will be in place in any kindergarten:
- Seedlings of perennial plants, flowering or decorative deciduous. Of course, along with the landing, the place of which must be agreed with the kindergarten administration.
- Sports equipment, musical instruments or equipment for the common activities of children.
- Costumes and accessories for matinees and theatrical productions.
- Decorative design for the lobby and corridors (paintings, panels, banners).
- Repair work for a group or common areas (new doors, suspended ceiling, blinds).
- Game complexes for playgrounds.
The scale of the gift depends entirely on the amount that the parents want to invest. Several groups can join together to jointly decide which gift to give from the parents of graduates to kindergarten, so that it is useful and significant.
Talking creative
Parents and educators always want to make unusual and creative gifts for kindergarten graduates. Children will love the talking toy, especially if it speaks in a familiar voice.
It is easy to do. The entertainment industry offers more and more original gift ideas. Kindergarten graduates can order plush toys with a sound module, on which there will be a record of congratulations from teachers. The text can be general for everyone or individual, it all depends on the forces and time invested in the preparation. A simpler and cheaper option for a sound gift is a postcard with a common photo and a song from the graduation.
Toys in the palm of your hand - a win-win option
Do I give children toys? This question is asked by every parent on the eve of graduation in kindergarten. Gift options for graduates with toys are attractive, but you want them to be useful and special.
You should not completely abandon toys, because children remain children, and toys are a favorite surprise for them. For older kids it is important that the toy is mobile, it can be taken everywhere with you. Therefore, the best addition to the gift of a kindergarten graduate is a pocket small toy that can become a kind of talisman.
Color ideas
An interesting gift idea for kindergarten graduates will be a selection of toys, sweets and stationery in one or more colors. Of course, in transparent packaging. Such a present will look spectacular and will undoubtedly impress.
What is the principle of choosing a color? Perhaps the group or kindergarten have a certain symbolism. Then the gift in its shades will look elegant and "adult". If you take the favorite color of each child as a basis, you have to work hard with the selection, but everyone will be happy.
And you can collect a gift for each graduate of the kindergarten, including items of all colors of the rainbow, arranged accordingly.
Suitable packaging for a color idea should be roomy:
- a large transparent vinyl makeup bag;
- a large plastic container for bulk products with a colored (of course, matching the gift) screw cap;
- cardboard box with a large transparent "window" in the lid.
You can make such a gift from sweets, chocolate figures in colored foil, stationery, magnets, mini-toys, postcards, dishes (a cup, a bottle for water), materials for creativity.
Gift Impression
Who said that a gift on the occasion of graduation from kindergarten should be one hundred percent material? Of course, memorable souvenirs can not do, but the rest of the summer weather favors the joint pastime not only indoors, but also on the street. So, what can you think of for a "corporate" exit:
- visiting a children's park with a ride on a carousel and eating sweets;
- outdoor picnic with outdoor games;
- a trip to the museum of entertaining science;
- entertainment in the children's labyrinth or trampoline center plus quest;
- Celebration in a cafe with animation.
the choice of place can be provided to children. They will be able to agree among themselves much faster than adults.
Special occasion gift
When a compromise solution for common gifts is found, it may still not satisfy all the needs of the children and the ideas of the parents.
Graduation in kindergarten is a special occasion that children are waiting for, hoping for a miracle, and until which parents postpone the purchase of anything special. An occasion worthy of a large or expensive gift, which is not worth giving at all.
Based on the interests, needs or desires of the child, parents can choose a variety of options for such a "special" gift:
- New sports equipment to stimulate physical activity or support a sport. Suitable for roller skates, a bicycle, a scooter, a home sports complex, professional rackets or a punching bag with gloves.
- A tablet, mobile phone or smart watch, which will also give parents additional peace of mind thanks to location tracking so as not to worry where the child is after school. Any gadget should be presented with the terms and conditions of the mode of use, because a keen child can easily cross the border when the gift begins to cause harm to health.
- Rest or travel. A great gift for the whole family, which will allow you to gain strength for the new mode of school life and get a lot of positive emotions.
Such a gift can bring children and parents together, because he recognizes the child as a full member of the family. The future student understands that they trust him and consider him an adult. And in combination with the right words in a warm home environment gives the right impetus for later life.