Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
By Joseph Slate
The Story
A kindergarten teacher races to prepare her classroom while her twenty-six students, one for each letter of the alphabet, get ready for their very first day of school.
Why It's Special
For the kid counting down to their own first day of kindergarten, this book turns the nervous excitement into something joyful and familiar.
- Big idea: Everyone, from A to Z, gets ready in their own way — and there's room for all of them in the same classroom.
- Vibes: Cheerful, busy, reassuring, first-day-of-school energy
Perfect For Kids Who
- are getting ready for their first day of school
- love rhyming and predictable patterns
- are working on learning the alphabet
- enjoy spotting all twenty-six characters on the page
Ask Your Little Reader
- Story details: What did Adam Krupp do to get ready that morning?
- Real-life connection: What do you do to get ready in the morning before school?
- Imagination: If you were one of Miss Bindergarten's students, what would your morning look like?
- Alphabet fun: Can you find the letter your name starts with among all the students?
- Feelings & empathy: How do you think Miss Bindergarten felt while getting the classroom ready?
