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Little Critter. Mercer Mayer

First Day of Kindergarten Books to Read

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

I have a little girl going into kindergarten (again) this year. I’m doing to the same thing I did when Austin was starting school – a little different because I’m not doing much supply shopping thanks to previous shopping trips and stock piling. We will be getting a new school outfit for the first day of school. I’ve also been reading our favorite kindergarten books.

First Day of Kindergarten Books - child reading

First Day of Kindergarten Books Ideas

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I’m not looking forward to it to be honest for multiple reasons. I’m sure you can guess what they are:

  1. She’s growing way too fast.
  2. I’ll officially be homeschooling two kids.

Books for Kindergarten

Countdown to Kindergarten – This is so cute! I remember what it was like to be going into older grades and hearing stories about them. “Just days before kindergarten, and this little girl has heard all there is to know–from a first grader.”

The Night Before Kindergarten – How much more “first day of kindergarten” is this? Or, you know the night before. A great bedtime story. “Twas the night before kindergarten, and as they prepared, kids were excited, and a little bit scared.”

Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! – I love this fun book. If Brookland were going to public school next month this would be her war cry! “The first day of kindergarten is finally here, and Henry can’t wait to paint pictures, sing songs, and practice counting.”

David Goes to School – Have you read any David books? They are fun to read and kids love to here them. “David’s teacher has her hands full.”

The Best Teacher Ever – We are big Mercer Mayer fans here. They are easy for early readers.

Welcome to Kindergarten – “Join Tim as he visits his future kindergarten classroom and learns what he will be doing during his first year of school.”

How do you celebrate the first day of kindergarten or the first day of school in general?

Filed Under: Family, Kids Activities Tagged With: Books, Countdown to Christmas, first day of school, kindergarten, Little Critter, Little Critter. Mercer Mayer, School

Our Favourite Classic Books

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As a child I liked to be read a bed time story, and now Austin does too. It is our down time, and makes for an easier bedtime routine if she knows there is a story waiting at the end. My favorite part of our story time would be that the stories that are her favorite books were my favorites as a child as well.

our favorite books

Our Favorite Book

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Berenstain Bears

Berenstain Bears

Who doesn’t love a good Berenstain Bear book? These were my all time favorite as a child and still are and I love how much my kids likes them too. You can buy their DVDs.

Little Critter

Little Critter

Little Critter (Mercer Mayer) books are fun. Austin wasn’t very old when her Great Grandmother gave her one of the books that was Hubby’s from when he was young. These books are great for beginner readers too as the stories aren’t long, the words are easy to ready and there aren’t a lot of words on a page to overwhelm.

Dr Seuess

Green Eggs and Ham

We, sadly don’t have many Dr Seuss books, but we have a few, including the one pictured above. I do tend to borrow them from the library though. They are great beginner read books, repetitive, after all Green Eggs and Ham was written using only 50 words.

Robert Munsch

Love You Forever

Robert Munsch, who doesn’t love these books? They are silly and fun to read. While they tend to be a little long to read they are repetitive, it fact just seeing the cover of Mortimer has the kids song in my head, and I can’t remember the last time we read that one was.

Needless to say, we have a lot of books, and these are only the amazing “classics ones. Not including the counting, ABC’s, Dora the Explorer and other books that they also have.

I am a big fan of reading, I can dive into one and stay for hours, if my kids are sleeping. Role modeling reading is almost as important as reading to your children. Most children want to be big and do things like Mom and Dad.

Does your family have favorites that they like to read?

 

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Filed Under: Books, Books for Kids Tagged With: Berenstain Bears, Books, educational, Little Critter. Mercer Mayer, Netflix, Reading, Robert Munsch, Story Time

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