We recently celebrated the 50th day of kindergarten with a special 1950s-themed day. The students were encouraged to come to school wearing clothes in the 1950s theme.

The kindergarten class also performed the “Hand Jive” at our weekly school meeting!

After a bit of dancing, we headed inside for five activity centers!

Students came to the “Locker Room,” where they matched a picture to the corresponding beginning sound on one of the colored letterman sweaters.

At the “Shake Shop,” students scooped ice cream….each ice cream cup had a different number of scoops. Students used an ice cream scooper to place scoops in a tens frame and count the number of each color.

The third activity was “Write the Room: 50s words.”

Up next, at the Kindergarten Diner, students used 1950s cars to count syllables in words that were food items from a diner. For example, using the “hamburger” card, students would zoom the vehicle according to the number of syllables in ham-bur-ger!

The last center is the most fun and the most challenging… the Bubble Blowing Center! Students received a large piece of Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum and learned how to blow a bubble. This activity always provides us with lots of laughs, and the students always try SO hard to blow that bubble!

They talk about this activity all year long!

Our 50th day celebration would not be complete without some delicious root beer floats!

Here is a quick video that shows the activities and the classroom decor up close.