First we send this note home:
Dear Parents,
As part of a class project for
tomorrow, we need you to trace and
cut out the outline of your hand.
Please send in your hand cut-out
tomorrow.
Thanks for your participation,
The K-Crew
The next day we read and discuss The Kissing Hand. We do a "book talk,"
listing our likes and dislikes. Then the students get out the cut-out of
their parent's hand. We talk about making a "kissing hand" for our
parents to hold when they are missing us. We add a big red heart sticker
in the center and brainstorm ways to make each "kissing hand" special.....
color it the parent's favorite color, draw parent's favorite thing to do on
it, draw lots of hearts on it, etc.
Then we attach the decorated hand to the following note and send it
home:
Dear Parents,
We read the book The Kissing Hand by
Audrey Penn. It is a story about a little
raccoon named Chester who was anxious
about leaving home and going to school.
So his mother decided to share a "family
secret" with him- the "kissing hand". She
gave him a kiss on his paw and told him to
press the kiss to his cheek whenever he
missed her.
We know that you, too, may be anxious
about your new Kindergartener going to
school for the first time. So your child has
made a "kissing hand" for YOU. (Feel free
to use as needed.)
The K-Crew