KeepinKindersBusy

Peanut Butter and Cupcake is a great back to school book that focuses on friendship. This is also a great book to focus on retelling, characters, setting and introducing text to self connections. These activities make for a great writing activity to follow the read aloud and for students to be able to make a connection to the story. When finished, students can share their responses and pictures with their peers to see if there are any similarities and to learn new ways of how to be a friend.

Celebrate your students and their names as you welcome your students back for a great school year or new students that might need a warm welcome. This is a great read aloud that helps students realize that their name is unique, just like they are, and that no matter what they are who they are because of it. This is a great activity after the read aloud for students to practice writing their name and think, write, and draw why their name makes them so special.