The end of the year is tough especially in Kinder when for many students it's their first year in school. You are their favorite teacher and it's hard for them to understand you will have a different teacher next year. I try to read a bunch of stories that are a way to give us closure but you know I still want the activities to be rigorous.
I love this book:
(When we were little my sister and I used to spend hours making wishes on dandelions much to the chagrin of my father who was proud of his weed-free lawn :)
The story is a number of "I wish you more of something good than something bad". I wish you more ups than downs, etc.
Then I ask the students to come up with their own page for the book.