Building Self-Esteem By Giving Achievement Awards!

Are you looking for end of the year awards for your kiddo’s, certificates, candy bar wrappers etc.?

Do you want a nice end of they year note home to parents or a poem?

To same you time and energy, I’ve designed some, and then did some surfing so you don’t have to!

I found several poems and notes, and revamped them to come up with two of my own. 

Click on the links to view/download them: End of the year poem: Adieu To You, End of the Year Note Home to Families

Here are some great links:

For candy wrappers I made an "Owl miss you!" packet complete with activities and a candy bar wrapper. click on the following links for other candy bar wrappers:

 Billy Bear  &  ABC Teach,

For certificates: I've designed a graduation packet filled with 16 certificates for a variety of awards, + over 100 certificates in my certificate packet.

Other sites with more certificates can be found by clicking on the following links:

Innovative classrooms offers 30 certificates!

Family education has 19 certificates

KidBibs can even send your award via e-mail! How cool is that.

dltk kids helps you create your own portrait or landscape awards using their software program and clip art.  Click on the link to check it out.

I hope you find something that suits your needs.  It doesn't take long to make a lasting impression on a child.  A simple certificate does wonders for their self-esteem.  Put a smile on a little one's face today!

Do you have a certificate or helpful website that you'd like to share? 

If we all take a moment to add to everyone's bag of tricks, how easy our lives would be.  diane@teachwithme.com  or feel free to post a comment here.

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End Of The School Year Ideas:

Lots of visitors have been downloading the 36-page Graduation Activities and Ideas packet, so I wanted to up-date last year's bookmark project found there, to 2012, as well as provide the rest of the numbers so if you like this, you can update it each year.

Click on the link to view/download the 2012 preschool or kindergarten graduation bookmark.

Click on the link to view/download the Graduation Activities and Ideas packet.

Presenting fun certificates to everyone at the end of the year is a nice self-esteem builder.

There are 12 different kinds included in this packet, but I wanted to make it a separate download, as I’ve had several requests for this type of thing for other grades. 

They wouldn’t know they are here, because it’s a kindergarten graduation item.

For your convenience, here's the separate certificate file: Click on the link to view/download it.  End of the Year Certificates.

I hope you find these things helpful as you prepare for this exciting time!

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