|
VIP Week
Each week I choose a child to be the VIP for the week. This is
similar to the "Star of the Week" that others do. It is a fun
way to celebrate and get to know each student in your class! I have
found that once the initial work is done at the beginning of the year, it
is a very simple weekly activity. The great part is that it is one
bulletin board that is always new each week! For those
teachers who don't have a lot of bulletin board space, you might be able
to use a cupboard door. You can be as fancy as you would like with
decorated cheerleaders with real pompoms, or you can do it up by simply having a VIP
space for the T shirt to be displayed. Your choice!
A letter and paper (butcher paper) T shirt is sent home the week before each child's VIP week informing the parent that their child will be the VIP the following week. The letter gives them an outline of activities we will be doing to celebrate their child's VIP week. The letter also gives ideas on decorating the T shirt. I make a sample tee shirt that I decorate for myself that is on display for the parents to see at our Back-to-School Night in September. The teacher is the first VIP! I make the sample showing pictures of my family and my interests. I keep the same VIP T shirt for several years---until it is really outdated! One of the things that we do during the week is make a VIP book for each child. The book is made by all of the children in the class. This becomes a real treasure and keepsake for the VIP! We interview the VIP and ask questions. I write the answers in the blanks as I interview the VIP. Then, each child illustrates a page for the VIP. These pages are bound into a book with a cover--"Three Cheers for______." See the sample cover below. You can make copies of the book covers for the whole year. A small banner is made in black line and colored. Banners are optional since most of the children include their name on the T shirt. The banners can be decorated by the teacher, child or parent volunteer. I usually had a volunteer do all of the banners at the beginning of the year, and they were always ready to go each week. After the banner was colored, I cut around the name and mounted on construction paper before laminating. This was given to the child after their week of being VIP.
I have a bulletin board for our VIP to display his/her tee shirt for the week. I also make a small banner with the VIP's name on it for the bulletin board. The one below did not have a small banner.
I have put together a package of all the things needed to do the VIP of the Week for teachers. It will include the following things:
3. A sample tee shirt pattern for each VIP to decorate can be mailed through snail mail. Or, you can draw your own pattern. If you would like to have a butcher paper copy of the T shirt, let me know.
***If you are interested in having these black copies made for your class, the cost is $.50 per book cover. They will personalized with your students' names.
I have found the VIP of the Week is a very easy program to set up. I have made changes over the years and found that It takes a bit of organizing at the beginning of the school year, but then it is all ready to go each week. I have a fresh bulletin board every week that is very low maintenance! All I have to do is hang up the VIP T shirt and the banner. The kids and parents love the activities, and the books are a lifetime treasure for each child! One of the teachers had a great idea of saving all of the T shirts for Open House to display at the end of the school year. Wish I had thought of that!
If you are interested in ordering the VIP package, the cost for the access link is $15. If you would like a paper copy of the T shirt pattern sent through the mail, (snail mail) it is $5.00 extra. Paypal is offered and is a faster method of payment. I will email you the access link as soon as I receive payment. If you would like to pay by check or money order, please let me know by email. If you have any questions about how the VIP of the Week works, please let me know! You can email me at lcritchell@ kinderteacher.com ( without the space)
Bulletin Board Cheerleaders
***Please note that the shadows are my camera and are not on the paper! I have had lots of requests for patterns for the bulletin board cheerleaders. The boy cheerleader is approximately 30 inches tall and the girl is 35 inches with the pompoms extended. The cheerleaders can be colored with your own school colors in chalk, crayons, or paint, etc. I have always laminated them to keep from year to year. If you would like the 3-D effect, the pompoms can be purchased at Walmart or Oriental Trading Company. The price for the set of cheerleaders is $15. The cheerleaders are shipped in a poster type box to avoid folding! *** $5 Extra charge for shipping to Canada.
VIP Buttons
|
1. Two VIP banners
are given for you to choose. You can print the black ink banner and
use whatever color you
would like. Or, use the red banner if it fits your color scheme.
The banner is two sheets of paper that you will need to put the together.
I tape the two pieces together with transparent tape and mount on
a piece of contrasting
colored construction
paper for a border. Laminating keeps the banner for
several years! 
4.
A sample letter
as a pdf file is given that you can duplicate for the VIP to take home to the
parents informing them that their child will be the VIP the following
week. It also includes many different ideas for the parent to use to
help celebrate their child's week. There are ideas of activities for
each day of the week provided in the letter. You can use this letter
or use it for ideas to make your own week of activities. 
5.
The VIP book has 25 pages of fill in the blanks. These pages are
completed in an interview of the VIP. These fill-in-the blank pages
can be duplicated. You will need one page for each student to
decorate for the VIP. In other words, if you have 23 students, you
will need 23 pages for the VIP book. I send a copy of the book to our reprographics
department to have all of the books made at the
beginning of the year. I am then set for the whole school year.
There is one cover for girls and another for
the boys. (See small pictures of the boy and girl book covers.)
The black line pdf has a blank space for you to fill in
the VIP's name. You may use colored pencils, markers or crayon to color in the
booklet. I have always asked parents to decorate these
each year. However, you might choose to have the VIP of the week
color in his/her own book cover. I ask one parent to color all of
the booklets each year in September and have them ready for the whole
year. I do the same thing with the banners that I decorate for the
bulletin board. If you are interested in having these custom made
name banners done for your class with your students' names done in black
print, let contact me. 
VIP Paper T shirt that will be sent through U.S. mail.
For more information about ordering VIP Buttons:
