Since today was the first of school, I thought reading The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn was a perfect first day story! The Kissing Hand is a story of a little raccoon who is starting school, but expresses to his mother that he is nervous to start. His mother suggests a wonderful solution to help remember that she loves him and is thinking of him, even when she's not there.
The activity that went along with this story is called "The Kissing Flower Hand!" They had a blast creating the activity and LOVED the idea of giving their parents something so heart-warming. Students received a red and green piece of construction paper, scissors, and a crayon. They traced one of their hands on the red construction paper, cut it out, and kissed it! I then rolled up the green construction paper to create the stem for their flower. After we created the stem, we rolled up their hand to create a flower and taped it to the stem!
Love it, Ms. Kylie! Keep up the good work. :)
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