The Kissing Hand

THE KISSING HAND

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is a perfect back to school read for little learners on their first day of school. Chester raccoon heads to school for the first time, and is not feeling too confident about it! Maybe some of your students can relate?!

This back to school story, paired with these book companion activities, will help students in Kindergarten and First Grade practice essential literacy and reading comprehension skills in an engaging way.

THE KISSING HAND BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

It's Chester Raccoon's first time going to school, and he is very nervous. He'd rather stay home with his mom. So Mrs. Raccoon tells Chester about the 'Kissing Hand'. She kisses Chester in the palm of his hand and tells him that whenever he feels lonely at school he should press his hand to his cheek and remember that his mom loves him. Chester kisses his mother's hand too, so that she won't miss him when he's at school.

This book study unit is packed with fun activities that will help your Kindergarten and First Grade students with story elements, making predictions, character traits, making text to self connections, author's purpose, main idea, making inferences, vocabulary, writing, giving opinions and advice, problem and solution, story retell, reading comprehension, and much more!

These activities can be used for whole class instruction, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

This Kissing Hand book companion will save you tons of planning time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

THE KISSING HAND CRAFT

This Kissing Hand craftivity has students making text to self connections with the main character. This is a great follow-up activity after reading the book, and the craft makes a fun back to school bulletin board display, to showcase student learning.