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Miss Bindergarten
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten.
It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up, Brenda Heath brushes her teeth, and Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker. Miss Bindergarten puts the finishing touches on the room just in time, and the students arrive. Now the fun can begin!
"Multifaceted and appealing, this book can be enjoyed in many ways, at home and at school." -- The New York Times Book Review
For readers of Kindergarten, Here I Come and The Night Before Kindergarten.
It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up, Brenda Heath brushes her teeth, and Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker. Miss Bindergarten puts the finishing touches on the room just in time, and the students arrive. Now the fun can begin!
"Multifaceted and appealing, this book can be enjoyed in many ways, at home and at school." -- The New York Times Book Review
For readers of Kindergarten, Here I Come and The Night Before Kindergarten.
40 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1996
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January 23, 2021
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten is one of my favorite books from my childhood. I remember when I was little I loved all the rhyming that this book uses and how each of the characters was an animal. I also remember that my favorite part of the book was the class yearbook picture with all the animals that is at the very end of the story.
February 5, 2026
It’s a good book that has lots of rhyming and follows the alphabet. As I was reading through the book I thought it was fun that all the students names each started with a letter if the alphabet and was thinking this is a great book when teaching children about letters or identifying them.
December 1, 2016
• Book summary
-This story goes through each letter of the alphabet comparing it to a name. Miss Bindergarten and each student, with a different letter for their name, get ready for kindergarten. Morning routines, setting up the classroom, traveling to school meeting other students. The whole class arrives, and Miss Bindergarten begins the school day.
• Grade level, interest level, Lexile
-Pre-K to Kindergarten
• Appropriate classroom use (subject area)
-Read while learning about letters
• Individual students who might benefit from reading
- All students will benefit from reading this book. Especially for the first day of school.
• Small group use (literature circles)
-Have students read together then think of more names that start with that letter.
• Whole class use (read aloud)
-After reading, ask the students if they can think of other names for each letter.
• Related books in genre/subject or content area
-“Kindergarten, Here I Come!” is the next book in the series. Good follow up read to keep a student engaged in the story.
• Multimedia connections
-Available with Kindle or as a paperback copy.
-This story goes through each letter of the alphabet comparing it to a name. Miss Bindergarten and each student, with a different letter for their name, get ready for kindergarten. Morning routines, setting up the classroom, traveling to school meeting other students. The whole class arrives, and Miss Bindergarten begins the school day.
• Grade level, interest level, Lexile
-Pre-K to Kindergarten
• Appropriate classroom use (subject area)
-Read while learning about letters
• Individual students who might benefit from reading
- All students will benefit from reading this book. Especially for the first day of school.
• Small group use (literature circles)
-Have students read together then think of more names that start with that letter.
• Whole class use (read aloud)
-After reading, ask the students if they can think of other names for each letter.
• Related books in genre/subject or content area
-“Kindergarten, Here I Come!” is the next book in the series. Good follow up read to keep a student engaged in the story.
• Multimedia connections
-Available with Kindle or as a paperback copy.
April 1, 2016
This is a great kids book. Every other page you see Miss Bindergarten setting up for the first day of kindergarten. And every other page there are 3 or 4 kids getting ready and going to the first day of class (kindergarten). What's so great about this book is it incorporates the alphabet in two ways. In the back of the book is a cast of characters A through Z of types of different animals. Those animals names also are A through Z. When we first meet the kids, Adam the alligator and Brenda the Beaver and Christopher the cat are waking up for the big day. Well done and colorful and gives children a look into kindergarten
August 23, 2017
A classic for this time of year. It is inclusive with an animal in a wheel chair. 8/28/12
Used again. 8/28/13
Used again in story time. 8/27/14
Used for TEC back to school story time for PreK's. 8/11/15
Huge hit in Story Time. Small group, but they were so excited they couldn't remain seated.
Used again. 8/28/13
Used again in story time. 8/27/14
Used for TEC back to school story time for PreK's. 8/11/15
Huge hit in Story Time. Small group, but they were so excited they couldn't remain seated.
September 20, 2017
Title: Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
Author: Joseph Slate
Illustrator: Ashley Wolff
Genre: Concept Book, Alphabet Book
Theme(s): Alphabet, Kindergarten, animals
Opening line/sentence:
“It is the first day of kindergarten, and—oh, oh, oh!—Adam Krupp wakes up.”
Brief Book Summary:
Miss Bindergarten prepares her classroom for the first day of kindergarten. Her students, who each begin with a different letter of the alphabet, are also getting ready for the big day at home. Emotions are high, as the students and Miss Bindergarten anxiously prepare in this humorous alphabet book.
Professional Recommendation/Review #1:
The Horn Book Guide Online
(http://www.hornbookguide.com.ezaccess...)
"In an ingenious alphabet and animal-identification book, Miss Bindergarten (a dog) and her new students (animals from 'A' to 'Z') get ready for the first day of school. There's much to look at in the cheerful, detailed, contemporary illustrations, and the internal rhymes in each short sentence and the recurring refrain of the title make the book a natural for reading aloud (and for chanting along with)."
Professional Recommendation/Review #2:
CLCD (Children’s literature Comprehensive Database)
Trina Heidt (Children's Literature)
(http://www.clcd.com.ezaccess.librarie...)
"The first day of kindergarten can be a time of anxiety, excitement or even fear. These emotions are all addressed as Miss Bindergarten and her soon-to-be students each prepare for their upcoming first day of class. Children will be entertained and educated along the way through rhyming text and humorous, lively watercolor and gouache illustrations. The book serves double duty as a highly entertaining alphabet book and as a guide to what children can look forward to on their own first day of kindergarten."
Response to Two Professional Reviews:
Both of these reviews take note of the well-done illustrations and the humor in the book. The first review makes a good point in saying that it is a great book to address both alphabet and animal identification, while the second review focuses primarily on the emotions that go along with the first day of school. I would agree with both of these reviews; the story would be a great read aloud.
Evaluation of Literary Elements:
The illustrations are colorful and detailed. Every animal is given their own spot on the page, and is surrounded by color, which makes it easy to identify each letter and animal. The rhyming and repetitive phrases leading up to the end goal (the first day of school) make the simple plot easy to follow along with.
Consideration of Instructional Application:
This read-aloud book could be used to practice rhyming and letter and animal identification. Printing out the rhyming words, letters, or animals onto paper could be used to play an identification game as the story is read aloud. Students may also enjoy writing or pointing to the correct rhyming word, letter, or animal on a whiteboard.
Author: Joseph Slate
Illustrator: Ashley Wolff
Genre: Concept Book, Alphabet Book
Theme(s): Alphabet, Kindergarten, animals
Opening line/sentence:
“It is the first day of kindergarten, and—oh, oh, oh!—Adam Krupp wakes up.”
Brief Book Summary:
Miss Bindergarten prepares her classroom for the first day of kindergarten. Her students, who each begin with a different letter of the alphabet, are also getting ready for the big day at home. Emotions are high, as the students and Miss Bindergarten anxiously prepare in this humorous alphabet book.
Professional Recommendation/Review #1:
The Horn Book Guide Online
(http://www.hornbookguide.com.ezaccess...)
"In an ingenious alphabet and animal-identification book, Miss Bindergarten (a dog) and her new students (animals from 'A' to 'Z') get ready for the first day of school. There's much to look at in the cheerful, detailed, contemporary illustrations, and the internal rhymes in each short sentence and the recurring refrain of the title make the book a natural for reading aloud (and for chanting along with)."
Professional Recommendation/Review #2:
CLCD (Children’s literature Comprehensive Database)
Trina Heidt (Children's Literature)
(http://www.clcd.com.ezaccess.librarie...)
"The first day of kindergarten can be a time of anxiety, excitement or even fear. These emotions are all addressed as Miss Bindergarten and her soon-to-be students each prepare for their upcoming first day of class. Children will be entertained and educated along the way through rhyming text and humorous, lively watercolor and gouache illustrations. The book serves double duty as a highly entertaining alphabet book and as a guide to what children can look forward to on their own first day of kindergarten."
Response to Two Professional Reviews:
Both of these reviews take note of the well-done illustrations and the humor in the book. The first review makes a good point in saying that it is a great book to address both alphabet and animal identification, while the second review focuses primarily on the emotions that go along with the first day of school. I would agree with both of these reviews; the story would be a great read aloud.
Evaluation of Literary Elements:
The illustrations are colorful and detailed. Every animal is given their own spot on the page, and is surrounded by color, which makes it easy to identify each letter and animal. The rhyming and repetitive phrases leading up to the end goal (the first day of school) make the simple plot easy to follow along with.
Consideration of Instructional Application:
This read-aloud book could be used to practice rhyming and letter and animal identification. Printing out the rhyming words, letters, or animals onto paper could be used to play an identification game as the story is read aloud. Students may also enjoy writing or pointing to the correct rhyming word, letter, or animal on a whiteboard.
January 5, 2018
There have been an awful lot of books lately about school. Not just "we are kids and we're in school" types but "here we are getting ready for school". The actual event of going to school, especially for the first time IS the major plot event. And kudos to that! It IS a big event! It IS a big deal! It IS a great event on its own. Simple yet important and a big milestone. And it isn't easy and it takes a lot. This book takes that even further. It addresses the teacher. Usually the teacher is just a nice lady waiting to hug you every day and give you A's and F's and break up your fights. But here, you not only see how much effort it takes for the kids to get ready but a major focus is on the teacher and just how much it takes for a kindergarten teacher to prepare for a classroom full of kids. And even moreso the impact, with cuts being made yearly on teacher's salaries and recently the removal of tax credits and deductions for teachers even supplying the needed supplies FOR the classroom...this is a very important book. Miss bindergarten's work is never done. It even starts before the book begins. We are treated to seeing Miss Bindergarten starting her day, getting herself ready, then beginning to organize everything she needs in the pages leading up the first page in the book. The artwork is really charming and the main character, we see how hard she works and how much she cares, even as we see the milestone of the 26 kids in her class. And this book utilizes the alphabet with each child's name as well. Now the poetry of seeing each kid and that story is a little bit overdone, not that exciting but it is nice to see how each different child has something to do as they get ready for school...but this is truly the teacher's story...and the classroom's story. It isn't magic. It takes a lot of elbow grease to be a teacher. And this book was not even published recently but in 1996. The struggle has always been. And always will be. And this book rightfully raises the queen of the classroom on her pedestal. My only complaint is naimg her Bindergarten to get the obvious rhyme when there is never anyone named that. Just saying Miss Barten or something would have been fine and less eyegouging.
February 19, 2020
Miss Bindergarten Get Ready for Kindergarten tells the story of the first day of kindergarten for young kids. Each character in this book is a different animal. Throughout the morning, Miss Bindergarten is getting her classroom all set up for the first day of school. While this is happening, it is introducing the reader to the various students in her class, each portrayed with a first name in which the first letter corresponds to the type of animal he or she is. As the class is introduced, there are rhymes that explain what each student does before starting kindergarten. Then all the students arrive, the classroom is set up, and kindergarten starts.
The theme throughout this book is that everything in life has a process. Whether it’s the process one has before going to school or the process of setting up classroom, everything in life has its own process before it can be complete.
This was my favorite childhood book. I read it all the time and before many first days of school. Its use of animals always captivated me because I have been someone who loves animals. It is so fun to watch all the different students in the classroom get ready for school and calmed down my nerves before starting a new school year.
I highly recommend this book to young beginner readers. It serves as a fantastic way to help learn both animal types, the alphabet, and rhyming schemes. It makes going to school less daunting and more enjoyable for those nervous children.
The theme throughout this book is that everything in life has a process. Whether it’s the process one has before going to school or the process of setting up classroom, everything in life has its own process before it can be complete.
This was my favorite childhood book. I read it all the time and before many first days of school. Its use of animals always captivated me because I have been someone who loves animals. It is so fun to watch all the different students in the classroom get ready for school and calmed down my nerves before starting a new school year.
I highly recommend this book to young beginner readers. It serves as a fantastic way to help learn both animal types, the alphabet, and rhyming schemes. It makes going to school less daunting and more enjoyable for those nervous children.
July 14, 2020
Am I genuinely rating a children’s book right now? Absolutely.
This book was one of my favorites as a young child because of not just the fun rhymes but because of the lovely art. They go hand in hand so well and create something that will visually entertain children while you read it to them.
I also don’t think a lot of people realize how difficult it is to craft and write a book for children that will further their language development. I’ve taken literal courses on how books like this and parents/teachers reading them to children plays a dramatic impact on their word acquisition and recognition.
Reading this again as an adult, with that knowledge, makes it so enjoyable to see the ways the book teaches the alphabet, word pronunciation and recognition through fun rhymes, and an awareness for kids of all types. Some kids won’t want to go to school because they’d prefer to stay with mom. Some kids are in wheelchairs. Some kids are different and they’re all accepted and displayed here through adorable animal characters.
Not to mention the art in this book offers even more vocabulary development as you can point to the myriad of objects and ask kids to guess or say what it is. I’m very passionate about this stuff.
It’s a wonderful book. I hope kids still get to read it for years to come.
This book was one of my favorites as a young child because of not just the fun rhymes but because of the lovely art. They go hand in hand so well and create something that will visually entertain children while you read it to them.
I also don’t think a lot of people realize how difficult it is to craft and write a book for children that will further their language development. I’ve taken literal courses on how books like this and parents/teachers reading them to children plays a dramatic impact on their word acquisition and recognition.
Reading this again as an adult, with that knowledge, makes it so enjoyable to see the ways the book teaches the alphabet, word pronunciation and recognition through fun rhymes, and an awareness for kids of all types. Some kids won’t want to go to school because they’d prefer to stay with mom. Some kids are in wheelchairs. Some kids are different and they’re all accepted and displayed here through adorable animal characters.
Not to mention the art in this book offers even more vocabulary development as you can point to the myriad of objects and ask kids to guess or say what it is. I’m very passionate about this stuff.
It’s a wonderful book. I hope kids still get to read it for years to come.
October 23, 2019
For my read aloud, I am choosing Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, by Joseph Slate. I chose this book because I remember my own Kindergarten teacher reading this book aloud to my class on the first day of school. I remember it being enjoyable, lively, and worth everyone’s time to sit down and listen. This story is about a kindergarten teacher named Miss Bindergarten, who prepares her classroom for the first day of school. Her 26 students spend the morning getting ready for school as well. Each student’s first name is listed in alphabetical order, and each student’s last name rhymes with the action they are performing. For example, “Fran Lister kisses her sister, “Gwen McGunny packs her bunny,” and “Henry Fetter fights his sweater.” Every other page flashes back to Miss Bindergarten preparing her classroom. This book is great for introducing the alphabet and rhyming words to kids. In my opinion, it is a perfect read aloud choice for teachers to use on the first day of kindergarten. The illustrations are bold, vibrant, and exciting. All of the characters are different and unique animals, full of color and rich in detail. The rhymes are fun to read aloud, and it might even encourage students to read along with the teacher!
November 16, 2018
Rhyming and repetition are two elements included in this book and are one reason why this would be a great book for young readers. This would be a perfect choice of book to read to students on their first day of kindergarten because it shows other students and the teacher getting ready for their first day as well. One thing I enjoyed about this book was that even though the text does not say the type of animal explicitly, a child can guess by using the picture and the name of the animal. For example, one line reads, “Gwen McGunny packs her bunny,” and the picture next to the text is a picture of a gorilla putting a stuffed animal bunny in her backpack, so a child can determine that this is Gwen the Gorilla. The first letter of each name is also enlarged, bold, and colorful, which makes it more significant that the name is related to the type of animal. This book uses fairly simple language and easy vocabulary, however, it also includes some made up words as the last names of the animals; for example: Lenny Loome, Noah Bonn, and Quentin Wend. These could work as nonsense words that students can sound out.
February 5, 2019
This fictional children's book could be used for something of an anticipatory set for all of Kindergartener. It also contains creatures’ names for each letter of the alphabet and a rhyme scheme. Through the reading of this book kindergarteners could be asked to put a thumbs up if they did what the current animal is doing in the picture. In this way it could become an early lesson in comprehension and relating to a text. After finishing the teacher may ask, if nobody has already mentioned it, that the book showed the alphabet, "I'm sure many of you already know the alphabet, and if you don't you will learn this year. If you already know the alphabet, I want you to really think about how this book showed letters from the alphabet being used in meaningful ways. This book had another skill in it that we are going to be working on during the year rhyming..." Then the teacher may also give a quick description of rhyming and talk about some examples from the text. Of course, either of those pieces of the book could have their own more complete lessons, but I think I'm most likely to use it in the way I described above.
October 6, 2017
1. Awards: None
2. Appropriate grade level(s): Kindergarten and First Grade
3. Original 3-line summary: This book is about a new kindergarten class getting ready in the morning for the first day of Kindergarten. It lists all different names of students by the order of the alphabet. The book shows the reader what each student and the teacher do in the morning to get ready to start the first day.
4. Original 3-line review: I think this is a great book to read to young children since they can all relate to getting ready for the first day of school. The book might even bring up some children’s names they know so they can feel like they can interact with it. The names can be familiar to them, making the letter they start with have a personal connection to the child.
5. 2-3 possible in-class uses:
• Have the students draw what they did to prepare for the first day.
• Have the students identify which letter goes with which name.
2. Appropriate grade level(s): Kindergarten and First Grade
3. Original 3-line summary: This book is about a new kindergarten class getting ready in the morning for the first day of Kindergarten. It lists all different names of students by the order of the alphabet. The book shows the reader what each student and the teacher do in the morning to get ready to start the first day.
4. Original 3-line review: I think this is a great book to read to young children since they can all relate to getting ready for the first day of school. The book might even bring up some children’s names they know so they can feel like they can interact with it. The names can be familiar to them, making the letter they start with have a personal connection to the child.
5. 2-3 possible in-class uses:
• Have the students draw what they did to prepare for the first day.
• Have the students identify which letter goes with which name.
November 14, 2017
This is by far my favorite alphabet book of all time! I remember reading it over and over again and spending so much time looking at each animal in Miss Bindergarten's class. It was so clever to have 26 students in class so this could be an alphabet book, because it could have just been a rhyming book. The names are alphabetical and each person has a phrase associated with them that rhymes with their name. For example, "Danny Hess rushes to dress". Each phrase has to do with each kid in the class getting ready for kindergarten, including Miss Bindergarten.
This book would be great to use in a kindergarten classroom! I think I could incorporate this in my future class by having students create a rhyming phrase with their own names that has to do with them getting ready for school. Then they could illustrate their rhyming phrase too!
This book would be great to use in a kindergarten classroom! I think I could incorporate this in my future class by having students create a rhyming phrase with their own names that has to do with them getting ready for school. Then they could illustrate their rhyming phrase too!
October 10, 2018
This book follows many different students as they get up in the morning and find their way to kindergarten. It also shows the ways that the teacher, Miss Bindergarten, is getting her classroom ready at the same time. By the end, they all come together, ready to start class.
I though this was a cute story, but it was a little boring. There wasn't really an exciting plot to it and I don't think that students would be very engaged with it. The illustrations were fun to look at, with all the different animals, but overall it was very exciting.
In the classroom, this would be a fun book to start a conversation with students on how they felt for their first day of kindergarten. It could be read on the first day of school to get students ready for the year. Also, it could be used as a writing prompt, as the students could write about how the rest of the day went.
I though this was a cute story, but it was a little boring. There wasn't really an exciting plot to it and I don't think that students would be very engaged with it. The illustrations were fun to look at, with all the different animals, but overall it was very exciting.
In the classroom, this would be a fun book to start a conversation with students on how they felt for their first day of kindergarten. It could be read on the first day of school to get students ready for the year. Also, it could be used as a writing prompt, as the students could write about how the rest of the day went.
October 25, 2018
1. Awards: None
2. Grades: Pre-school - Kindergarten
3. Summary: Miss Bindergarten is getting her classroom all set up to welcome the students on their first day of kindergarten. While Miss Bindergarten is setting up her classroom, we get introduced to her students in alphabetical order. Miss Bindergarten has her classroom ready just in time as the students walk into their first day of school.
4. Review: I loved this book as a child! What a nice book to read to your students on the last day of pre-school or the first day of kindergarten. .
5. In Class Use:
a. This is a great book to review the alphabet with. It does not deliberately state that A is for….., instead it highlights the letters as they appear.
b. This can also be used as prompt to get kids talking or writing about what they do before school.
2. Grades: Pre-school - Kindergarten
3. Summary: Miss Bindergarten is getting her classroom all set up to welcome the students on their first day of kindergarten. While Miss Bindergarten is setting up her classroom, we get introduced to her students in alphabetical order. Miss Bindergarten has her classroom ready just in time as the students walk into their first day of school.
4. Review: I loved this book as a child! What a nice book to read to your students on the last day of pre-school or the first day of kindergarten. .
5. In Class Use:
a. This is a great book to review the alphabet with. It does not deliberately state that A is for….., instead it highlights the letters as they appear.
b. This can also be used as prompt to get kids talking or writing about what they do before school.
February 16, 2018
This book provides the children in your classroom an over-all picture of all that you prepare before they come into your classroom. It allows the children to feel special because everything you've done to prepare for them. This book sheds light on many different topics, such as: transportation, safety, importance of health and hygiene, rhyming words and lastly, diversity in the images of the children coming to school (bear in a wheel chair). I truly enjoyed seeing the different animals which allows the teacher to also point out the differences in the friends that are within Miss Bindergarten's class. Prepares children for kindergarten and what's expected (waking up early, saying bye to their families, packing up).
July 11, 2023
This book is a good book for children preparing for kindergarten. It can be read at home or school. The nicely illustrated rhyming book re-enforces and allows children to practice the alphabet in a cute rhyming way.
The kindergarten teacher, Miss Bindergarten, gets the classroom ready for her new students; the students are getting ready for their first day!
Each student is a breed/type of animal and their first name begins with a letter of the alphabet while their last name rhymes with the ending of the sentence!
Now, a few animals had be befuddled. To my surprise, the last page was formatted like a school year book with the students first name and the type of animal that they were!! Such a cute story!
The kindergarten teacher, Miss Bindergarten, gets the classroom ready for her new students; the students are getting ready for their first day!
Each student is a breed/type of animal and their first name begins with a letter of the alphabet while their last name rhymes with the ending of the sentence!
Now, a few animals had be befuddled. To my surprise, the last page was formatted like a school year book with the students first name and the type of animal that they were!! Such a cute story!
February 22, 2018
This book teaches a variety of language and literacy concepts including the alphabet, rhyming, alliteration, and new vocabulary words. This book is great for preparing children for their first day of school in a new classroom. It also shows how both the students and the teacher must get ready to come to school and what routines they go through to get ready. I like the diversity displayed throughout the story- even though the characters are animals, their names are from a variety of nationalities, and there are even children with special needs included. This story also familiarizes children with various forms of transportation.
April 9, 2018
Miss Bindergarten gets her kindergarten classroom ready while her 26 kindergartners get ready for their first day of school.
Each of the 26 kids in the kindergarten class has a name that starts with a different letter of the alphabet, so this is an alphabet book in rhyme about the first day of school. The teacher in me shudders at the thought of only having hours to get a classroom ready (Miss Bindergarten is a miracle worker!!!) but I also know this isn't aimed at being realistic. After all, all the kids are different kinds of animals. That will make the book even more appealing to kids. A good first day of school read.
Each of the 26 kids in the kindergarten class has a name that starts with a different letter of the alphabet, so this is an alphabet book in rhyme about the first day of school. The teacher in me shudders at the thought of only having hours to get a classroom ready (Miss Bindergarten is a miracle worker!!!) but I also know this isn't aimed at being realistic. After all, all the kids are different kinds of animals. That will make the book even more appealing to kids. A good first day of school read.
August 18, 2017
I have seen this series around for several years. Finally read this one as my stepdaughter gets ready to go to kindergarten. I feel it was rather meh. Nice to have students in the whole class to help go through the alphabet. But the whole book felt a bit too busy to me, and not quite what I was looking for in calming any possible fears, getting one excited but not overly so, and helping a child see what they can expect.
And really--what was up with the teacher's tags? Trying to show how frazzled she is? That doesn't comfort a parent!
And really--what was up with the teacher's tags? Trying to show how frazzled she is? That doesn't comfort a parent!
April 17, 2018
This is a great book to read as a parent and teacher. It has great illustrations and colors to bring out the classroom. Also, gives children an idea of what kindergarten may look like. Teachers are always as excited as the children are on the first day. Miss. Bindergarten isn’t ready for her class. She has to rush to get everything ready for her new kindergarten. This book is full of rhymes and funny pictures. As all the Children get ready, Miss. Bindergarten sets up her classroom. Great to read on first day of school.
September 11, 2018
Summary:
This book is a A-Z rhyming book for kindergarten children. In the book it matches names to rhyming words.
Evaluation:
Honestly, I feel as if some of the rhyming words are not your typical normal rhyming words. They are t words you would hear in kindergarten or 1st grade.
Teaching idea:
I would use everyone’s name and see if I could come up with a rhyming word to match. Then I would have them write it down and say it. Maybe even have a generic song that we could all sing and put out name in.
This book is a A-Z rhyming book for kindergarten children. In the book it matches names to rhyming words.
Evaluation:
Honestly, I feel as if some of the rhyming words are not your typical normal rhyming words. They are t words you would hear in kindergarten or 1st grade.
Teaching idea:
I would use everyone’s name and see if I could come up with a rhyming word to match. Then I would have them write it down and say it. Maybe even have a generic song that we could all sing and put out name in.
September 25, 2019
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
This ABC book is a great book for Kindergarteners especially because of the title of the book. My mom gave this book to me when I was going into my first day of kindergarten, and I know it made me so happy and excited to start elementary school. It is also a fantastic book because not only does it help in teaching kids the alphabet, it shows children rhyming words, which is another kindergarten age concept. The illustrations of the animals in the book are fun cartoons which your students would love.
This ABC book is a great book for Kindergarteners especially because of the title of the book. My mom gave this book to me when I was going into my first day of kindergarten, and I know it made me so happy and excited to start elementary school. It is also a fantastic book because not only does it help in teaching kids the alphabet, it shows children rhyming words, which is another kindergarten age concept. The illustrations of the animals in the book are fun cartoons which your students would love.
June 21, 2022
Not my favorite of the Miss Bindergarten series. I think the last names threw me off. I do like the class list at the end with the type of animal each student is (I believe this list is also in Miss Bindergarten Has a Wild Day in Kindergarten but I wish it was in all the books). The book could be used to show a child what kindergarten may be like (although it's changed quite a bit from when this book was written).
December 6, 2017
This book was a favorite from my childhood and was used by my teacher in Kindergarten to help us form the foundations we needed with the alphabet. It is an easy to read story that goes through the alphabet talking about the different students in her class and how they are getting ready for their very first day of school. This would be a great book to read on the first day of class as we are getting to know our students.
February 28, 2018
The book “Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten” is classified as juvenile fiction; targeting ages preschool and especially those starting kindergarten. The story is a good pick for teaching children about the alphabet, animals and getting ready for the first day of kindergarten from the prospective of the teacher and the children. The story is vocabulary rich with onomatopoeia and lots of repetition and rhyming.
April 19, 2018
This is a great kids book that would serve as a perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten. This book teaches a variety of language and literacy concepts including the alphabet, rhyming, alliteration, and new vocabulary words. I liked the idea of author having 26 students that made the makes the book an alphabet book, or else it might have been only used for rhyming and vocabulary skills.
April 27, 2018
It's the first day of kindergarten in Miss Bindergarten's classroom and she is hard at work to get the classroom ready for her new students. This story uses the alphabet to introduce preschool age children to kindergarten. It is written in a rhyming pattern which I think makes the book even more fun to read. I think children heading to kindergarten would love this book and it would make them really excited.
September 3, 2020
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten is an alphabet book with each child being a different animal representing a letter in the alphabet. The book also describes what the child does to get ready before school. I believe children would enjoy reading this book if they are starting the first day of Kindergarten. Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten is a book that can be used on the first day of Kindergarten.
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