Back to School Ideas

Read the book We Share Everything by Robert Munsch. Have students brainstorm good things to share and bad things to share in kindergarten. Chart their answers and then create a class book.




Make a class book based on Dr. Jean's song I've Got the Whole Alphabet In My Mouth.




Graph how many letters are in your name and then make a class book.




Read the book Potluck. Have a potluck day. Students bring an item to school that starts with the first letter of their name. Take a picture of each student with their item. Then put them in a class book. Of course, you will have to eat all of the food items that are brought!! Yum!! This is the kids' favorite part!






Go on a letter hunt. Place some kind of letters (paper, stuffed, magnetic, etc.) in the middle of the circle. Sing the chant and have a student find the letter you are looking for.
We're going on a letter hunt, a letter hunt, a letter hunt.
We're going on a letter hunt, to find the letter (A).



Read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Then act out the story and make a class book.