"What are great first day of school books that you use?" I got the question on my Instagram and email list. So I've done some research and also included the beginning of the year books I've used with kids.
Top 5 books for the first day of school
The Kissing Hand
Activities and ideas to use with the book "The Kissing Hand"
- Handprint and kisses paper plate craft
- Newspaper raccoon craft
- A hand/heart shaped circle map of First Day Feelings
- Paper plate raccoon mask
- Suncatcher craft
First Day Jitters
Activities and ideas to use with the book "First Day Jitters"
- Jitter Juice {with love sprinkles}
- Ask kids how they feel today.
Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes
Activities and ideas to use with the book "Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes"
- My favorites shoes are ...
- Ask kids what things they like to do in their new school shoes.
- Talk about how kids feel when they go to new places.
The Night Before Kindergarten
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Great books for the beginning of the year
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Kindergarten, Here I come
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
School's First Day of School
The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School
Planet Kindergarten
Cool books for the first week of school
- Splat the Cat
- Wemberly Worried
- Owen
- The Name Jar
- Don’t eat the teacher!
- Chrysanthemum
- We share everything
- The Berenstain Bears go to School
- All Are Welcome
- What if everyone did that
- Llama, Llama Misses Momma
- Chu's First Day of School
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation
- The Recess Queen
Back to School Activities
Looking for engaging, interactive, and memorable back-to-school activities for your students? Check out these digital (for Google Slides) and printable activities to use on the first day of school, during the first week of school, or throughout the first month of school!
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