• Print out banners from local schools, colleges etc. to hang
• Put mini chalkboards, chalk, lined paper, pencils, rulers etc on the table as party favors
• Invite people to bring any pictures they may have of themselves in school. Display them on a table. (Family members may be able to help you with this if you ask them ahead of time.)

• Download or show the YouTube of the song “School Days”
• Print the lyrics and sing “School Days” – see below for a PDF you can print and hand out.

• Did anyone go to a one room school? What was that like? Would you recommend it?
• What was your favorite subject in school?
• Did you have a favorite teacher or someone who inspired you? Tell us about them.
• What was your school like? Was it big or small?
• Do you have any lifelong friends that you met in school?
• Did you meet your wife or husband in school?
• How did you get to school?
• Were there school bells to tell you when school started?
• Did you go home for lunch or carry your lunch to school?
• Did you ever work as a teacher?
• Did you ever give an apple to your teacher?
• Have you ever gone to a high school reunion?
• What games did you play at recess?

• Start the party by saying the Pledge of Allegiance (with a flag of course.)
• Watch the video of the song “School Days”, pass out the lyric sheets and sing along.
• In small groups compete to see how many children’s songs they can name.
• In small groups compete to see how many school supplies they can name.
• Download and play the song “I’d like to teach the world to sing”. Then ask the participants to name what they would like to teach the world.
• Read Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”. Talk about other important lessons they think people should learn in school.

School Days

I'd Like to Teach The World To Sing