Parents Kindergarten Graduation Speeches

Have you ever been asked to speak at a kindergarten graduation. My little girl had happily attended our local kindergarten. I met the parents and teachers through helping with fund raising. There were only 15 kids in the class so we all mixed very well. One afternoon at the pick up time I was asked by the teaching team to speak at the graduation on behalf of the parents. I did not think too much of the task at the moment. However when I sat down to think over the short speech I realized this was going to be harder than I had thought. I certainly did not want to disappoint my daughter or be embarrassed in front of the parents, and I was also very concerned about how to talk effectively to these wonderful children. At this point I realized that I would have to focus my mind on doing a good job.

I did not want to focus my mind on negative thoughts so I started to think about my concerns and how I could turn them into a positive. Running through my thinking and solutions at the time, I decided to list all the areas or concern and set out to give them a solution. Inevitably anything that seemed to bother me had a great solution.

First I was concerned about the way I would communicate with the children, I did not want to deliver a speech that just went over the their heads and bored them. The teacher did point out that I instinctively communicated with my daughter, so I should be able to use the same style of language with the speech. A perfect answer and indeed when I tried the speech out with Ellie she was able to say if she understood everything. Which led onto another good point, I should practice the speech. Also the teacher did say I should be smiling. In summary, the language used I spoke to my daughter, the speech should be practiced, and I should be relaxed and smiling.

Secondly I was concerned about being a bit boring. The solution was to talk about the kids. My speech clearly needed to include lots of praise of the children for the children as individuals and as a group. It also needed to include discussion on their favorite subjects, and ones they were proud of. I already knew the things that Ellie had achieved, the tings she as interested in and the things she was proud of. On checking this with the teaching team I was able to check my key highlights and be confident in my material.

Lastly my concern was what the other parents would think. The solution was quite simple really. If I was entertaining, praised their children and thanked them for the fantastic efforts they had made to raise money I would have them on my side. I also wanted to give a huge thanks to the teaching team for the genuine love and support they had given all the children.

None of this proved to be difficult to do, indeed the hardest part was cutting it down to 5 minutes. In the end the kids politely smiled and applauded just as their proud parents did too.

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