Does anyone know where I can find a poem about starting Kindergarten?

[boogiemom2]

My DS1 starts Kindergarten on Tuesday. I would like to find a poem to use in his scrapbook but I can't find anything. Does anyone have any ideas as to where I can find something?

BTW, I am SO not an emotional person but I'm suddenly having a really hard time with this. Of course, he's super excited and not nervous at all. Any tips on how to help me hold it together Tuesday morning so I can leave him on a positive note? I want his first day of school to be fantastic and fun. We're going to plant a tree that day and have cake to celebrate his first day.

Thanks in advance!

[maestramommy]

I just read a very cute "story" called "Off to Kindergarten" in the latest Parents mag issue. It's by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/Off-Kindergarten-Tony-Johnston/dp/0439730902/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5570608-6128727?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187899877&sr=1-1

It's a little long for a poem, although it reads like one. I would just buy the mag and go to page 294 :-)

[caleymama]

This isn't fancy, but at her K orientation, DD received a handout of a song they learned that day:

Kindergarten, Here I Come!
(sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")

Kindergarten, here I come!
I know I'll have lots of fun.
Lots of things to make and do,
Reading, writing, counting, too.
Kindergarten, here I come!
I know I'll have lots of fun.

She's been singing it all summer and it's been *so* cute :)

HTH and good luck! DD doesn't start until after Labor Day.

[jeneli]

The Twinkle Twinkle song is cute!

You could also write your own poem using each letter in the word "Kindergarten." For example...

K is for Kindergarten ..............or Knowledge, Kind Teachers
I is for Imagination ..............or Independence
N is for Numbers ..............or Nature, New Friends, Naptime
D is for Drawing ..............or Dream, Discover
E is for Exploring ..............or Excitement, Eager to Learn
R is for Reading ..............or Running
G is for Growing Up ..............or Giggles, Glue
A is for ABC's ..............or Art, Arithmetic, Alphabet
R
T
E
N

Not going to finish it, but well, you see what I mean!
:-) jenny