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First-Day-of-School Activity: The Kissing Hand
Looking for an interactive back to school activity? Start by reading the book The Kissing Hand, and having your class discuss their feelings about the first day of school. They trace their hand onto paper, cut out the paper hand, paint a...
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Introduction to Main Events
Identify main events in a text. Readers will read The Kissing Hand and discuss the main events of the story. They will use sentences strips to write down events and place them in order. Alternative books are suggested.
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Picture Fists Full of Kisses
Ease children's back-to-school jitters with this primary grade lesson plan based on the book The Kissing Hand by Ruth E. Harper. Starting off with a singing of the song "I Wish I Had a Little Red Box", children go on to discuss and...
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The Kissing Hand
Learners, after listening to the Kissing Hand, trace around his/her hand and stamp a heart in the middle.
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The Kissing Hand
Students listen to "The Kissing Hand," by Audrey Penn to calm their fears of the first days of preschool or kindergarten.
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The Virtual Vine: The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn
Using the book, "The Kissing Hand", teachers are given a variety of cross-curricular ideas to implement this story into the classroom.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Audrey Penn: The Kissing Hand
A video of the book "The Kissing Hand", written by Audrey Penn, and illustrated by Ruth Harper, and illustrated by Nancy Leak. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.