First Day of School Ideas for Kindergarten and Primary School

Posted by Megan Sheakoski Aug 27, 2009

It's back to school time again and teachers eveyrwhere are busy getting ready for the first day of school. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault [Simon & Schuster, 1989] is great book to use at the beginning of the school year with kindergarten students.

The article Kindergarten 1st Day of School Activity explains how Kindergarten teachers can get students excited about the first day of school by sending them welcome postcards at the end of the summer. The Chicka Chicka Boom Boom theme can be carried into the classroom with a beginning of school bulletin board.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities and Projects contains many lesson plan ideas including how to:

• Make Chicka Chicka Boom Boom counting coconut tree books
• Make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom alphabet letter bulletin board
• Make an upper case and lower case matching game
• Make handprint coconut trees with pasta letters

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom can also be used as an elementary lesson plan to teach kids how to make predictions and to use ABC order. Kids will have fun guessing what will happen next and putting letters in sand buckets into alphabetical order.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom can be used for lots of fun Kindergarten lesson plans!