The Dock

An Anabaptist Resource for Teaching and Learning

  • LOGIN / SIGNUP

Register
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Google
MENUMENU
MENUMENU
  • Blog
  • Featured Clips
  • Philosophy & Leadership
      • School Administration
      • School Board
      • School Culture
      • School Library
      • Community Relationships
      • Curriculum and Instruction
      • History of Christian Education
      • Philosophy of Education
  • Teaching & Learning
    • Classroom Management
    • Inspiration
    • Learning Disabilities
    • Literacy
    • Project Based Learning (PBL)
    • Recommended Resources
    • Standardized Testing
    • Strategies and Techniques
    • Student Motivation
    • Teacher Development
    • Technology
  • School Subjects
    • Art

      • Art
      • Music
    • Bible and Christian Thought

      • Bible Study
      • Doctrine
      • Ethics
      • Worldviews
      • Service
    • Social Studies

      • American History
      • Anabaptist History
      • Church History
      • World History
      • Geography
    • Language & Literature

      • English
      • Grammar
      • Reading & Literature
      • Language Arts
      • Writing
      • Vocabulary
      • Foreign Language & ESL
    • Math & Science

      • Math
      • Science
      • Chemistry
      • Earth Sciences
      • Life Sciences
      • Physics
    • Electives & Health

      • Physical Education
      • Electives
      • Business
      • Apps and Programs
      • Technology Literacy
      • Special Events
  • Events
    • All Events
    • Submit an Event To Be Posted
  • Classifieds
    • Teachers Wanted
    • Teachers Seeking Schools
    • School Supplies
    • Submit a Classified
  • About
  • Donate

Reply To: End of year traditions

Home › Forums › General Discussion › End of year traditions › Reply To: End of year traditions

April 17, 2018 at 11:46 AM #47463
Jonas Sauder
Moderator
@jonas

We have a tradition of a year-end family/picnic day, held on one of the last Saturdays or on Memorial Day. The day involves students, staff, parents, and siblings living at home, whether alumni or preschoolers. The morning is devoted to some educational activity; the afternoon is recreational activity–both involve the school family.
Morning activities over the years have included…
a. Visiting speakers or demonstrations, such as a blacksmith who demonstrated crafting hinges and other small iron items; a search dog demonstration; the local rescue squad extricating a dummy from a junk car staged on the playground for that purpose; parent “show and tell” in which a number of parents demonstrated their occupation or some hobby or skill, returned career missionary telling stories, showing artifacts and photos.
b. Off-site mini field trip, such as a guided tour of local iron furnace ruins; a walk across the Susquehanna bridge and a presentation on the burning of a former bridge on that site in the Civil War; visiting several of the family homes to see their farming operation or antique collection.
c. Service activity–going in groups to various homes of widows, elderly, or shut-ins for lawn clean up or similar help.
d. Dividing into groups of mixed-age students and parents to complete a variety of small group activities involving a variety of skills and challenges. This activity provides great interaction between parents and students and touches a variety of skills from verbal to athletic, such as walking on stilts, writing a poem, calculating the volume of the school building, enjoying a children’s book together. I’ll post a list of questions used for one of these years elsewhere on the Dock.
Then we transition into other activities that include…
A mile run (before lunch)
Picnic meal
Afternoon games: softball, volleyball, games for children.
Other activities have included a hayride, having a local man land his para glider on the playground and showing us how it works, field events such as softball throw, discus, sprints, hay bale throw.
Overall, the day provides joint experiences for students and parents, multi-faceted learning activities, and some predictable traditional activities over time.

Browse the forums…

  • A Servant Education: Inspiration and Ideas
  • General Announcements
  • School Administration
  • School Board
  • School during a Pandemic: Serving Students in the Shutdown
  • Suggested Reading Material
  • Teaching the Subjects
  • General Discussion

Welcome!

Log In
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Google
Desk from Skippack School The Dock is conceived to serve schools in the spirit of Christopher Dock, the devoted teacher who authored a warmly practical teacher's manual in colonial America. Read more...

The Dock List: a Podcast

Listen and follow on the platform of your choice.

Subscribe on iTunes
Follow on Spotify
Subscribe on Google Play

OTHER HELPFUL SITES

Christian Light
Christian Learning Resource
Faith Builders Educational Programs
Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute
Contribute banner
2019® THE DOCK | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Powered by Cloudways.              
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Forum
  • Contact Us
  • Leave Feedback
  • Privacy

Optimized by PhastPress

Add The Dock to your Home Screen

Add
  • Home
  • Leave Feedback
  • Blog
  • Featured Clips
  • Philosophy & Leadership
    ▼
    • School Administration
    • School Board
    • School Culture
    • Community Relationships
    • Curriculum and Instruction
    • History of Christian Education
    • Philosophy of Education
  • Teaching & Learning
    ▼
    • Classroom Management
    • Inspiration
    • Learning Disabilities
    • Literacy
    • Project Based Learning (PBL)
    • Recommended Resources
    • Standardized Testing
    • Strategies and Techniques
    • Student Motivation
    • Teacher Development
    • Technology
  • School Subjects
    ▼
    • Art
    • Music
    • Bible Study
    • Doctrine
    • Ethics
    • Worldviews
    • Service
    • American History
    • Anabaptist History
    • World History
    • Geography
    • English
    • Language Arts
    • Reading & Literature
    • Writing
    • Foreign Language & ESL
    • Math
    • Science
    • Earth Sciences
    • Life Sciences
    • Physics
    • Physical Education
    • Electives
    • Apps and Programs
  • Forums
  • Events
  • Classified Listings
    ▼
    • Teachers Wanted
    • Teachers Seeking Schools
    • School Supplies
    • Submit a Classified
  • Log In
  • Share what you’ve made.
  • About
X