I placed all of the books in the basket and then decorated it with this ADORABLE Back to School Countdown from Crafty Confessions! I know the kids will love to countdown the days until school and will most likely argue over who gets to switch the number on the countdown everyday!
Here are some of the books I included, but not ALL!
D.W.'s Guide to Preschool by Marc Brown
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg
Mule School by Julian Rawlinson
Brand-new Pencils, Brand-new Books by Diane de Groat
Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney
Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland
The New Bear at School by Carrie Weston
The Puppy Who Went to School by Gail Herman
Marley Goes to School by John Grogan
Tessa the Teacher by Jo Litchfield and Felicity Brooks
Maisy Goes to Preschool by Lucy Cousins
Kindergarten Rocks! by Katie Davis
Pirates Go to School by Corinne Demas
Ready, Freddy! The One Hundredth Day of School! by Abby Klein
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
I will be featuring some of these titles in upcoming posts the next few weeks!
I left our book basket on the kitchen table during breakfast this morning. It helped us get into an exciting conversation about the first days of school!
My six year old asked if there were 14 books in the basket. When I told him there were more than 14 he told me we should read two a day until school starts! His mind works just like mine sometimes!
I don't have enough books for two a day so we will be going to the library sometime this week. They both have been very interested in looking up books on the computer and then finding them on the shelves at the library. Hopefully, we will find a bunch of great school books, or enough to have 28 books in our basket!
And, I will leave you with one of my favorite books when I was little! My School by Peter Spier is a school shaped book that introduces the reader to two different classrooms. One page has pictures and names for all of the students in the classroom. I have recently read this with my boys and they love the pictures! I love sharing old favorites with my kids!
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This is awesome. I'm going to Pin this list for next summer; I've got one more year before all day K. Where did the time go?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jennifer! The time does go way too fast!
DeleteI LOVE this idea!! Pinned it and going to share on my FB page. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Malia!
DeleteWhat a great selection - We're not at school yet but J will be starting preschool for the first time (first time away from me as well) in September and some of the titles look good for that as well.7
ReplyDeletePS. Over at Blogging with Kids (http://www.bloggingwithkids.com) we are hosting a School Days Blog Carnival and looking for submissions we would love for you to come and submit this post
Thank you Cerys. If you can find D.W.'s Guide to Preschool that has been one of our favorites since my oldest started preschool. We have read it many times throughout the last three years, but he finally felt like it was time to pass it on to his little brother.
DeleteThanks for the invite. I did submit this, but not quite sure if I did it right.
What a wonderful collection of books! I would love for you to link this post to my Back to School Traditions link up!http://www.jdaniel4smom.com/2012/08/back-to-school-tradtions-link-up.html
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for taking the time to link up!
DeleteThis is such a great idea, and a fantastic collection of books!
ReplyDeleteWonderful back to school books! Found your blog through
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