"Knit Chic" wrote:


"Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message
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Knit Chic wrote:

I think they are a lot of fun. We just did a preschool graduation and
the kids were great. It was a nice way to end the year.
It amazes me when adults resent kids having fun.

Eh, I think there's a difference between having fun
(parties, etc.) and staging preschool graduations with caps
and gowns and such. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts it wasn't
the preschoolers clamoring to wear the caps and gowns, nor
do trappings like that have any historical relevance to the
preschool crowd. As I said before, I'm all for fun, and
all for rites of passage, but the whole caps and gowns
thing is a bit much to me.

I have never seen caps and gowns at a preschool graduation. Our preschool
is a co-op, that may be why.

Well I have. My dd#2 went to a pre-school which was called Kiddie
Kollege (gag). We moved in the middle of the year, and she had been
in a pre-school, so I put her in one when we got to the new place. But
I was already kind of upset with them because I found out that they
rarely played outside, and the cap and gown thing really did it for
me. She didn't go the next year.

The kids wore whatever clothes they wanted. My daughter wanted to wear her
holiday dress, so I let her. She doesn't get to wear it very often. The
kids did have caps but they were made of paper. Pizza and baked goods were
served. They also had a best wishes cake.
My daughter didn't get a gift. (But I'm sure you remember my feelings on
gift giving from other shower, party, etc. threads.)
I guess the way I see it that if it's not a big issue in your family (you in
general not personal), don't do it and if you feel as though you have to do
it to keep up w/ the other families, there is something wrong w/ you, not
them.

And, as I also mentioned, some
of these celebrations seem a bit over the top to me. The
amount of money and effort that goes into our school's
6th grade celebration is staggering, while some (though
not many) other projects go begging.

Best wishes,
Ericka

I agree with Ericka - maybe have a party and maybe even call it a
graduation, but it should be age-appropriate.

Actually except for that one time, I don't think my kids had a
graduation exercise until HS. Sixth grade was in middle school - they
left elementary in fifth grade.