Kindergarten Graduation

@AmbiePam (123933)
United States
August 1, 2026 4:23pm CST
When my mom was principal of my school, she always said the thing they got the best reaction from parents was the Kindergarten graduation. Parents would cry, take pictures, and everyone loved it. And this wasn’t graduating from coloring. In kindergarten you learned to read and do math. I don’t know why so many kindergartens just give you coloring pages and call that school. Anyway, these are each of the kindergarten graduation pictures from Amyra (now 15), Hudson (now 10), and Annelyn (now 6; in the purple robe). Did anyone have kindergarten graduations?
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (99527)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1h
I had not kindergarten graduation and starte learning to read, spell, and add in first grade,
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Amber
@AmbiePam (123933)
• United States
1h
It’s pathetic to me that you’ve got kids in 3rd grade who are just learning to read.
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Kareng
@kareng (80764)
• United States
Just now
@AmbiePam I agree! I could read before I went to the first grade!
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (99527)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1h
@AmbiePam that is totally ridiculous,
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56982)
• Canada
52m
I have some photos of our son's senior Kindergarten graduation. They did not wear gowns as your nieces and nephews did back then, the students were asked to bring a white button down dress shirt of their Dad's, which was worn backwards and a crepe paper bow tied around the neck. Sounds poor, but they were quite cute. The teacher made their hats from bristol board and the tassel was just yarn. I look forward to what Willow and Harper will experience. Your pictures are great. Somehow, in my mind, it doesn't seem that long ago that the younger 2 looked as they do in these pictures, but Amyra has certainly grown and changed over the past 10 years since her picture was taken.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (123933)
• United States
34m
Your son’s kindergarten graduation sounds wonderfully inventive! Yes, Annelyn graduated just a year ago, and while it was a ways back for Hudson, he grows so slightly I think he doesn’t look too much older either.
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Kareng
@kareng (80764)
• United States
Just now
I don't remember having one myself, but all 3 of my daughters did have graduations. It was a bid deal! Probably just another way to make money; caps and gowns, etc.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (138288)
• Marion, Ohio
1h
They didn't do it here even when my boys were growing up
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Amber
@AmbiePam (123933)
• United States
1h
I’m not sure when it became more common.
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Courtney Dutton
@MommyOfEli2013 (91349)
• Rupert, Idaho
Just now
All very adorable! I don't think I did, can't recall. And my son didn't but not sure if that's just because he finished kindergarten during the c virus mess and they had gone totally to virtual learning
LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (106)
• United States
1h
Those didn’t exist when I was a kid
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