Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten

A favorite of my three year old granddaughter. So much to notice and talk about on every page. I love the two parallel story lines that merge when Miss Bindergarten welcomes the class.

This is one of my favorite books, and I enjoyed it for multiple reasons. First of all, I remember loving this book as a child. The author goes through the morning of the first day of school, and shows each of Miss Bindergarten's students' getting ready. The book tells the stories of the students in alphabetical order, and there is one student per letter of the alphabet. The author also rhymes each verse about a student, and each student is an animal that begins with the first letter of their first name. For example, Danny Hess is a dog, Emily Moko is an elephant, and Franny Lister is a frog. The author personified each animal, so this book could be used to teach and identify different animals, as well as the alphabet and rhyming. I also show more enjoyed how the author drew a "class photo" of Miss Bindergarten's class on the very last page. Overall, I think this is a cute book that I will most definitely have in my future classroom. show less

I really liked this book for two reason. First, I liked how the book includes a page at the end that looks like a yearbook for Miss Bindergarten's class, but it really is listing what animal goes with each letter of the alphabet. For example, Adam * Alligator. I thought it was really clever how the author and illustrator came up with that. Second, I liked how the author chose to make the last name of the child rhyme with the action that they performed. For example, "Matty Lindo looks out the window." The big idea for this book was to learn the letters of the alphabet as that is put in a different size and color as the rest of the sentence.

A fun way to review the ABCs and the preparation for the first day of school (although I laughed at how they portray a teacher getting an entire classroom ready for the school year in just one morning before the kids arrive!)

This book contains parallel storylines that eventually come together at the end. This story is about Miss Bindergarten and her students getting ready for the first day of kindergarten. In the story Miss Bindergarten is getting her classroom and herself ready for her students to show up on the first day. This story also portrays several of Miss Bindergarten’s students getting ready for their first day of school. It shows the different students doing different things in their morning routine like brushing their teeth or putting on shoes. Once all of the routines are finished, then the storyline begins to intertwine and the students come to Miss Bindergarten’s class, and the journey begins. I also really enjoyed this story because it show more shows both perspectives. I think a of students get the impression that teachers don't have to get ready for school. This text shows that teachers in fact do have to get ready for school and get ready for the school year. show less

This is two stories interleafed. One goes through the alphabet with each letter being the letter of a new kindergartner’s name. This is done with rhymes which makes is very fun to read. The second story shows Miss Bindergarten getting ready for the first day of school. There is all kind of action going on in both stories. It is very heartfelt and any child can relate to the characters. The detailed and beautiful pictures complement the words.

Great for the first day of Kindergarten! Talks about getting prepared for the first day while incorporating the letters and rhyming! I read this with my Kindergartners and afterwards we went on a letter hunt around the school, which was a fun way to give them a tour of the building!