The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Anyone else LOVE LOVE this sweet story for the first day of school?? It is a favorite of mine!  So, I created a few things for you to use with it!

This pack includes 2 literacy and 2 math activities that are great for the beginning of the year!  Letter recognition and writing, picture-word match, number-representation match, and patterning activities! Click HERE or the picture above to head on over! {It’s on sale until midnight tonight!}

I love to talk about how the students felt on the first day of school.  An anchor chart like this one I found on Pinterest would be great to do:

From Once Upon a First Grade Adventure

Then today, I created this cutie:

This cute little craftivity is great for kiddos to compare how they felt on the first day of school and how Chester felt in the book! 

Click the image below to head on over and check out!  It’s on sale until midnight too!!

Then I found this ADORABLE pin on Pinterest!!  How sweet would this be as a first day treat?!

From Handprint and Footprint Art

And as always, here’s a video version!!

Enjoy!