To think preschool "graduation ceremonies" are stupid

[tallslutnopanties]

Really? A graduation ceremony for pre-school? I don't find it cute, I don't think it's a nice idea. It's preschool and i don't want to see photos of it on facebook. AIBU?

At the nursery my ds attended they did this and it was fantastic. The children sat brilliantly and looked very cute in their gowns and we have photos, but not stiff formal ones. The leader of their room (bearing in mind there were about 30 children spread over the different sessions), had something lovely and individual to say about every single child.

No four year old is going to feel deprived because they didn't have a 'graduation' do from pre-school, surely. However cute these shows may be. Why not just have a leaving party? YANBU.

Not sneering at the children at all. Of course the children think it is fun. They are four. Taking the bins out is fun when you are four.

It's not that it bothers me particularly. I just think it is stupid to pretend it is a graduation. A lovely party with lovely things said about each child sounds perfect. That is adequate and appropriate IMO. A graduation ceremony is not. What next? A preschool leaver's prom?

I think it is nice to give certificates, but would not go as far as having robes.

Noooooo!!!!

You said it out loud tallslut. Someone will read it and think it's a good idea. Then we will have prom dresses and limousines at 4.

My DD's went to a nursery in a very deprived are, the nursery had school hours and provided a lot of support to kids and parents. The nursery was very famous for it's techniques. When they left after 4 terms or so it really was a big wrench. The children all got their folders presented to them which was a record of their time there, with photos and comments from the staff about their development and a small bunch of flowers.

The leaving ceremony was a really important transition for the kids, the parents and the staff and not stupid at all.

That sounds lovely, beingfluffy. Were caps and gowns a pre-requisite or would it have been just as meaningful without?

My son had one after a big party. It was total chaos, the kids didn't know the words to the song they learned, parents were elbowing each other to get a picture and I didn't even hear my son's name announced. We ended up with two certificates too somehow. But it was still sort of silly and fun and not pretentious at all.

No caps and gowns. Just a moving ceremony - the children left a very caring, nurturing place!

Bloody ridiculous

I think its one of the most pretensious ideas ever

Tbh, my ds has probably learned more in the past two years of nursery than he will if he goes on to do a degree (how to share; how to wash his hands; how to ride a bike without stabilizers; how to write his name; how to breakdance - to name but a few important life skills!)