This idea involves taking “then and now” student pictures for a name learning aid and end-of-year gift

Subject(s): Other Grades(s): Grades 6-7, Grades PreK-1, Grades 2-3, Grades 4-5

Title – Then and Now

By – Pam Cromwell

Primary Subject – Other

Grade Level – K-6

Procedure:

This is very simple…
On the first day of school, weather permitting, take the whole class outside to the playground equipment or some other photogenic area.
Take a picture of the whole class, then all the boys, then all of the girls. Following that, take individual pictures.
Then get them developed and hang them up in the classroom. This helps you to learn names quickly and it decorates the room.
The last week of school, repeat taking the same the pictures and develop them.
On a piece of cardstock, I print “In the beginning…” and “At the end…
Paste the students’ pictures with the appropriate phrase and send them home as special gifts to them and their families.
This is especially powerful with the younger children as they change so much over the course of the year.