Determine your audience. You will be speaking to a room filled with parents, grandparents, teachers and administrators, but especially the little ones who are graduating. Keep this in mind as you write your speech, using words that the children will understand.
Choose your topics. You may want to focus on some of the students' achievements over the past year or projects they did together, such as a garden they created or a food drive they conducted. Remind them of some of the fun activities they enjoyed. Interact with the students as you speak (i.e., "Who remembers the beautiful tomatoes that came up in our class garden?").
Add personal stories. Everyone loves to hear good things about their children and grandchildren. Put smiles on the faces of audience members as you share personal stories about the young graduates. Depending on the size of the class, you may be able to incorporate a sentence or two about each child into your speech.
Discuss their promotion to first grade. Encourage the students to continue working hard as they advance to first grade, reminding them what a major accomplishment it is to have completed kindergarten and learned so many skills.
Time yourself. As you rehearse your speech, time yourself and remember to speak slowly. Young children have a shorter attention span than adults, so you may need to make edits if your speech is too long.