Grade
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Kindergarten Books Under $5 That Students Love
Get your students excited about starting this new learning journey!
It’s normal for your students to feel nervous about starting kindergarten — it’s a big change! But stocking up on books featuring relatable characters can help your students get excited about learning and making new friends.
For example, favorites like Kindergarten, Here I Come! will help ease first-day jitters, while captivating your students with engaging rhyming text and charming illustrations. These books will also help your students build core literacy skills, like recognizing sight words and producing rhyming words.
Students will appreciate stories that mirror similar experiences they are going through. Additionally, a classroom read aloud can lead to important discussions about feelings and spark empathy within the community.
Shop all great books about kindergarten below now! You can find more books and activities at The Teacher Store.
(For more great books to help kids get ready for kindergarten, check out these 10 books that help teach about paying attention and following directions — plus, see why teachers love this book about hand hygiene!)
This upbeat tale features easy-to-follow rhyming text, expressive illustrations, and familiar classroom scenes that will help get little ones excited for their first day of school.
Let the countdown to kindergarten begin! This engaging picture book captures a child's excitement as the big day nears.
David's teacher has her hands full. From running in the halls to chewing gum in class, David's high-energy antics fill each school day with trouble, and are sure to bring a smile to even the best-behaved reader.
Celebrate all the familiar milestones and moments shared by every kid entering kindergarten in this charming second-person narrative.
This clever picture book will prepare young explorers to boldly go where they have never gone before: Planet Kindergarten.
Told with gentle humor by Alison McGhee and brought to exuberant life by cartoonist Harry Bliss, this lighthearted take on pre-kindergarten anxiety will bring a smile to the face of every child—and parent—having first-day jitters.
Biscuit wants to go to school. He wants to go to class, have a snack in the cafeteria, and hear a story in the library. Most of all, Biscuit wants to meet the teacher! But dogs aren't allowed in school. What will happen when the teacher discovers Biscuit?
Find out how much fun school can be!
In this groovy story, Pete just can't decide which outfit to wear to school! He has so many options to choose from, so he uses his creativity to decide on the coolest one because, in the end, it's not what you wear, but how you wear it that makes you cool.
On the first day of school, Kitty Cat discovers that there are lots of things to enjoy at this exciting new place.
These emergent readers introduce the youngest readers to school and build understanding and excitement for what lies ahead!
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