Welcome to Kindergarten

by Anne Rockwell, Anne Rockwell (Illustrator)

Overview

From beloved author Anne Rockwell comes an encouraging story that quells those first-day-of school nerves with gentleness and charm.

Join Tim as he visits his future kindergarten classroom and learns what he will be doing during his first year of school! He'll explore the reading, math, and art centers. Sit at the desk where he will practice writing, counting, and telling time. The classroom may look a little too big at first, but after finding out about all the fun ahead, it doesn't seem too big at all. In fact, it's just the right size.

Welcome to Kindergarten is the perfect gift for any young readers starting school, helping them take on big themes like the first day of school and being independent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802776648
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	03/01/2004
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,003,996
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.95(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Anne Rockwell is an acclaimed creator of innumerable children's books. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

"Tim, Come meet your kindergarten teacher on Thursday at 3 o'clock." In Anne Rockwell's Welcome to Kindergarten, Tim visits his new classroom before the start of school. After working in the science center, making "things out of wet and squishy clay, playing ball outside and having a cookie with a new friend," Tim discovers that his new classroom is not too big after all, but "just the right size for me." ( Apr.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-K-A veteran author of books for the very young, Rockwell has produced a quiet, reassuring look at kindergarten routines. A little boy and his mother attend an open house, and he discovers all of the fascinating classroom centers and the activities that he will be doing in each one when September arrives. After finding a new friend and sharing cookies, he goes home contentedly with his mother, thinking that the school building doesn't look too big at all anymore, but seems "-just the right size for me!" The story is enhanced by simple, bright, and uncluttered illustrations that look like a young child's artwork-a perfect fit for the text. Although there are many titles about starting kindergarten, this one is just right to share one-on-one with an apprehensive four- or five-year-old.-Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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