I've just got to brag on my 1st grade teaching team ... we just gave our first graders the end-all, beat-all end-of-the-year party! Going with a tropical island theme, we had 11 different stations of fun and learning for the kids to travel to, and BOY did they travel, complements of Northwest Airlines (get it?), an itinerary, and congrats letter to the children and parents for a job well done this year.
The kids were divided evenly among 11 Tour Groups, which were led by Tour Guides (parents). These groups (all of which had tropical island names - Fiji, Bahamas, Cancun, etc.) visited each station which was called an "excursion".
Here were some of our excursions: learning a real hula dance, making a message in a bottle, the limbo, learning and eating poi (applesauce folks, but the kiddos had to eat it with their fingers ... so right up their alley), the list goes on and on.
Each Tour Group stayed at their excursion for 15 minutes, at which time they rotated to the next excursion.
We were blessed to have some VERY clever parents who turned our school's gazebo into a Snack Shack, complete with a GINORMOUS grill that was put to good use for our hamburgers and hot dogs at lunch.
Our festivities began at 8:30 that morning and did not conclude until 1:00 that afternoon. We could not have asked for better weather, cuter kids, or tastier food.
I still shake my head over how well everything turned out ... THANK YOU JESUS!
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