“Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten” by Joseph Slate…
…#PictureBookMonth – Nov 2
November is Picture Book Month – a celebration of great picture books with a daily theme.
Today’s theme is school.
I wrote a post about books for children preparing to start school back in the summer. Hopefully, all those new students (and their parents) are well into the swing of school by now and enjoying it. So, today my book choice has the incredibly long title of “Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten” by Joseph Slate.
OK, so this year’s September starters haven’t been in school for 100 days yet, but this is a fun read on many levels. It won’t be long before they will be having their own 100 day celebrations.
The story starts as Miss Bindergarten tells her students that their homework is to bring
100 of some wonderful, one-hundredful thing.
It then documents what each of the pupils (who have names for every letter of the alphabet) will bring, so one builds a fort with 100 lolly sticks, one makes a 100-link paper-chain, whilst another covers themselves with 100 stickers. At the same time, Miss Bindergarten is getting ready for the celebrations with her class. She devises all sorts of great number games for them to enjoy which reinforces the concept of 100 whilst they are having fun.
The book is told in rhyme and the illustrations have lots of detail for you and your child to talk about. As well as that, there are alphabet and number concepts too.
I think the 100 day celebration is a great idea. Hope you enjoy the book.
Suzie xx
