![]() But here, you not only see how much effort it takes for the kids to get ready but a major focus is on the teacher and just how much it takes for a kindergarten teacher to prepare for a classroom full of kids. Usually the teacher is just a nice lady waiting to hug you every day and give you A's and F's and break up your fights. ![]() Simple yet important and a big milestone. And kudos to that! It IS a big event! It IS a big deal! It IS a great event on its own. The actual event of going to school, especially for the first time IS the major plot event. Not just "we are kids and we're in school" types but "here we are getting ready for school". There have been an awful lot of books lately about school. ![]() Students may also enjoy writing or pointing to the correct rhyming word, letter, or animal on a whiteboard. Printing out the rhyming words, letters, or animals onto paper could be used to play an identification game as the story is read aloud. This read-aloud book could be used to practice rhyming and letter and animal identification. The rhyming and repetitive phrases leading up to the end goal (the first day of school) make the simple plot easy to follow along with.Ĭonsideration of Instructional Application: Every animal is given their own spot on the page, and is surrounded by color, which makes it easy to identify each letter and animal. The illustrations are colorful and detailed. I would agree with both of these reviews the story would be a great read aloud. The first review makes a good point in saying that it is a great book to address both alphabet and animal identification, while the second review focuses primarily on the emotions that go along with the first day of school. The book serves double duty as a highly entertaining alphabet book and as a guide to what children can look forward to on their own first day of kindergarten."īoth of these reviews take note of the well-done illustrations and the humor in the book. Children will be entertained and educated along the way through rhyming text and humorous, lively watercolor and gouache illustrations. These emotions are all addressed as Miss Bindergarten and her soon-to-be students each prepare for their upcoming first day of class. "The first day of kindergarten can be a time of anxiety, excitement or even fear. There's much to look at in the cheerful, detailed, contemporary illustrations, and the internal rhymes in each short sentence and the recurring refrain of the title make the book a natural for reading aloud (and for chanting along with)."ĬLCD (Children’s literature Comprehensive Database) "In an ingenious alphabet and animal-identification book, Miss Bindergarten (a dog) and her new students (animals from 'A' to 'Z') get ready for the first day of school. Emotions are high, as the students and Miss Bindergarten anxiously prepare in this humorous alphabet book. Her students, who each begin with a different letter of the alphabet, are also getting ready for the big day at home. Miss Bindergarten prepares her classroom for the first day of kindergarten. “It is the first day of kindergarten, and-oh, oh, oh!-Adam Krupp wakes up.” Theme(s): Alphabet, Kindergarten, animals Title: Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten Available with Kindle or as a paperback copy. Good follow up read to keep a student engaged in the story. “Kindergarten, Here I Come!” is the next book in the series. Related books in genre/subject or content area.After reading, ask the students if they can think of other names for each letter. Have students read together then think of more names that start with that letter. All students will benefit from reading this book. Individual students who might benefit from reading.Ěppropriate classroom use (subject area).The whole class arrives, and Miss Bindergarten begins the school day. Morning routines, setting up the classroom, traveling to school meeting other students. Miss Bindergarten and each student, with a different letter for their name, get ready for kindergarten. This story goes through each letter of the alphabet comparing it to a name.
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