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Back To School Literature Ideas

    

 

School Brown Bear Book

Materials Needed:
Photos of each person the children will come in contact with at school,
 construction paper, and binder or rings.

Description:
Make a book based on the Brown Bear, Brown Bear  book.  Fill the book with the
 names and a photo of each person the children will come in contact with during
 their school day. For example: "Children, children, Who do you see?  We see
 Ms. Kim (the director) looking at us."  Include yourself in the pages.
You can also make a book using the names of the children in the class.

 

My Teacher's My Friend

Once everyone has arrived, we go to the story floor. I always start our
 first story time by reading P.K. Hallinan's wonderful rhyming story
 "My Teacher's My Friend."  It's short, has a lot of rhythm and rhyme, and it leads
 into a natural discussion about school and this new person in the childrens' lives.

 

My Teacher's My Friend II

Hallinan is one of my favorite children's author/illustrators, and he's
 the subject of our first author study, which we call Star Author.
  We'll read many of his books throughout the year, and we focus
 on his books about friends at the beginning of school.  After
 we read the story, I tell the children about me and my family,
and let them ask questions.  And then we take some time to let
 each of the children introduce themselves and share
 something they'd like us to know.  To finish, I read the story again,
 encouraging the children to help me with the rhyming words.
  We'll revisit this book many times the first week of school,
 as we talk about school and friends.

 

My Summer Vacation

After reading "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" by Mark Teague,
 the class can write about their vacation, real or imaginary to share
 with the class. It is a nice idea to do this on cut out suitcases.
 You can have the kids use blank stickers to draw
 luggage stickers people get when they travel.
 

 

~ Suggested Literature ~

 

Miss Bindergarten Gets
Ready for Kindergarten

by Joseph Slate

The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn
 

 

 

 

 

Tiptoe Into Kindergarten
by Jacqueline Rogers

Froggy Goes to School
by Jonathan London

 

 

 

 

The Night Before Kindergarten
by Natasha Wing

   

Look Out Kindergarten,
Here I Come!

by Nancy L. Carlson
  

 

 

 

 

~ More Back To School Books ~
      

School
By Emily Arnold McCully

 

Blue Bug Goes To School
By Virginia Poulet

 

My First Day Of School
By: P.K. Hallinan

 

Time For School Nathan!
By Lulu Delacre

 

Where Is The Bear At School?
By Bonnie Larkin Nuims

 

Will I Have A Friend?
By Miriam Cohen
 

Did You See What I Saw? Poems About School
By Kay Winters

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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I do not claim any of these as my own ideas.  
They are shared from friends and fellow group members.  
Thanks for sharing all your great ideas!

   

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