Happy Birthday in the Classroom!

How do you celebrate birthdays in the classroom? I don't go crazy, but I do a few things to make each birthday kid feel special on their birthday (or as close to it as possible). I know what it's like to have a summer birthday, so I make sure to celebrate them as well. My principal announces birthdays on the morning announcements and he does summer birthdays in June (so if your birthday is August 5th, he would announce your birthday on June 5th or the closest day to it), so that's the day I celebrate my students' summer birthdays too.

I display our birthdays with my Chalkboard & Brights Classroom Birthday Chart:

The birthday kid gets to add a sticker to our birthday chart during calendar (you can find a similar one in my Chalkboard & Brights Calendar Pack):

Then we listen to a birthday song, using this Happy Birthday Choice Board. It's a Google Slide I created with a few fun video links from YouTube (Koo Koo Kangaroo, Kidz Bop, DJ Ralphi, Danny Go!, GoNoodle, and Gummy Bear). You can download a copy of the slide here or by clicking the picture below. You can easily change the videos to fit your age group.

I also have a bucket of birthday books and a birthday bear that the kiddo gets to keep at their table for the day. They can look at the books in the morning or during literacy centre time.

This year for a gift, I bought a pack of these tiny animal stuffies from Amazon. They are so cute. I put them in a little clear bag with a sucker and a tag. Easy peasy!

You can download the tags for free on TpT:

That's it! Easy and simple, but hopefully it adds to their special day! They also love when Mr. Principal comes to our classroom with his guitar to sing happy birthday. Nothing beats that! :)