This is a free printable list you can use and check off any books you read!
Happy first week of school!
The first week of school is always a slow one in my home. Routines are just being reestablished after summer break, and now we are getting back into the flow of homeschooling. This year my youngest brother is starting kindergarten! I thought it would be fun to put together a list of picture books you can read aloud to your preschooler and kindergartener to ease you into the start of school. It’s always fun to start with something easy and sweet for the first week of school. Picture books are a great way to bond with your child and help them build their capacity for stories and their ability to comprehend things.
Let’s learn together through stories!
10 Picture books for the first week of school
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle
Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad by David Soman and Jacky Davis
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwinis and James Dean
A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker and Kady MacDonald Denton
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Curious George's First Day of School by Margret & H. A. Rey
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Read the Bible with your Child
Another amazing thing to start this school year is reading the Bible aloud with your children. You can start in the Psalms, which are short and a great place to find Bible verses to memorize, the book of John to learn about Jesus, or you can read a story in the Old Testament.
I also highly recommend reading through the Jesus Storybook Bible. It was my siblings’ and my favorite book growing up. It tells the stories of the Bible in a family-friendly way with beautiful illustrations, and at the end of each story, it always points to the gospel and the good news of Jesus.
Read the Jesus Storybook Bible: https://bookshop.org/a/126087/9780310708254
You can find the Bookshop affiliate listing to each of these books by clicking on the titles above. But, as always, check for them at your local library first or on Libby a free library app that connects you to ebooks and audiobooks you can borrow.
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