First Day of Kindergarten Activity

Posted by Megan Sheakoski Aug 23, 2008

There aren’t many events more exciting and nerve-racking than getting ready for the first day of Kindergarten. The teachers busily prepare their lessons and bulletin boards and parents hurriedly go back-to-school shopping as the kids bounce off the walls full of nervous energy.

One Kindergarten teacher in Jacksonville, FL has found a way to turn the anticipation into her first lesson of the year, a lesson that takes place before school even begins. Mrs. Hope Teper types up a Night Before School poem (Author Unknown) and attaches it to plastic bags full of confetti. She then passes out the poem during Kindergarten Orientation to all of her incoming students to read the night before the first day of school.

Mrs. Teper’s students read the poem with their parents at bedtime. The poem talks about how it may be hard to fall asleep the night before school starts and offers a way to help. It tells how the teacher has made magic confetti for the students and explains that, “The confetti will help you sleep through the night and you will awake in the morning feeling fresh and bright.”

It concludes with a message from the teacher saying, “I’ll sprinkle confetti under my pillow, too. And remember I just can’t wait to see you!” The poem and magic confetti help calm any fears the incoming students may have by telling them how excited their teacher is to meet them. Mrs. Teper has found a great way to start off the Kindergarten school year!