We had a great first three half days of Kindergarten!
On the first day of school we read the story The Kissing Hand. in the story Chester Raccoon wants to stay home with his mom and with his toys. We talked as a group about what it was like to come to Kindergarten and how sometimes we can miss our families, but that our families miss us too and that we can learn and have fun at school and still look forward to seeing our moms and dads at the end of the day! We also found out that even though we have fun toys at home, we have lots of fun toys at school too!
We also got to read several other books about Chester Racooon including A Pocket Full of Kisses where Chester is jealous of a new baby brother, A Kiss Goodbye where Chester has to move, and Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully where Chester learns how to deal with a bully at school. It was amazing how many problems that Chester faced that we face too!
Each child brought in a collage that they had decorated using things that they like. It was great to see all of our active boys and dancer girls get to make something that was very unique and very "them". Each child got to decorate these and we showcased them outside of our room so everyone could see how awesome our class was! Each student also filled out an all about me paper and had the time to share so that we could get to know them a little better!
All in all, a great start to Kindergarten!
