One of my favorite children's book is The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. I like this book because my students can relate to it at the beginning of the school year. In this book a young racoon is going to night school for the first time and he is so scared. His mother kisses the palm of his hand and tells him whenever he feels lonely press his hand to his cheek and remember mommy loves you. Right before he goes to school he takes his mothers hand and kisses the palm of hers and tells her the same thing.
At the beginning of each school year, I read this story to make the children feel more comfortable and then we trace our hands and glue a heart in the middle for the kiss.
This is a wonderful activity to use with young students who may just be "leaving the nest" for the first time! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI too use this book in my classroom the first week of school. My students make a personal connection to Chester as Kindergarten can be a frightening transition! I send a home/school connection piece with the students on the first day and it's so cute to watch the students the next day when they bring their "kisses" to school.
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