Ideas for Specific Colors: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pink Brown Black Gray White Here are some general ideas for color recognition, color-related literature, songs and poems. Literature: Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun by Victoria Raymond Cat’s Colors by Jane Cabrera Color Dance by Ann Jonas A Color of His Own by…
Our Open House is prior to the opening of school. I made up a scavenger hunt to familiarize the child and their parents with our classroom and the building. This helps take away some of those first day fears. Following the picture of the scavenger hunt paper is the parent instruction note. Parents, Please help…
Make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom bottle.Put letter glitter and other confetti inside the bottle and fill with water. Put letter stickers on the outside of the bottle. Students get to pound the bottle during the Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom refrain while reading the story. This is an alternative bottle. This one has a monkey…
Don’t Miss: Name Activities * First Week * Chicka Chicka The Kissing Hand BIG BOOK Yes, you can now have this beloved book in the oversized big book edition! The beautiful illustrations really pop off the pages. It’s also a HARDCOVER so it will last for years. When you click through, make sure it is the big book edition…
This poem was above our lockers and there were star shaped nametags on each locker. Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar is a great way to learn each other’s names. I place name cards in the blank space so each child gets a turn and learns to recognize his/her own name. This…
[box border=”full”]Don’t Miss: Name Activities * Kissing Hand * Chicka Chicka[/box] Literature for the First Week (or Two!) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten by Joseph Slate The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Will I Have A Friend?…