It was a great first week of kindergarten!  After only 5 days, the children are already going through the morning routine with very few reminders!
This week we got to know each other, read some fun books, and followed directions to create projects.
We read Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, then created our own class book about how we get ready for kindergarten.  The children were so excited to be authors and illustrators!  Each child will have a chance to take it home to share with their families.

We read First Day Jitters and discussed what things we will learn in kindergarten.  The children then completed the sentence "In kindergarten I want to learn..." and drew a self portrait. 

We also read The night Before Kindergarten and talked about how they were feeling on the night before kindergarten.  We then talked about how they were feeling now since they knew what kindergarten was like.  As the children grew more comfortable with the routine and some of the things we had done so far, they created a project and completed the sentence, "My favorite thing to do at school is..."

We ended our week with a fun book called Pete the Cat: Rocking in my school shoes.  We talked about different things that Pete the cat did at school, and what we do at school.  There were similarities and differences.  Each child then completed the sentence, "I'm ____________ in my school shoes" and created a Pete the Cat project.

We later listened to the song "Rocking in My School Shoes."  

It was a great start to kindergarten!!