Our class would appreciate a book on a birthday.
We already have a cooking project every week.
We do not bring food treats for birthdays.
Birthdays
I am trying to make your child’s birthday a meaningful one, while at the same time reducing the endless amounts of sugar that children eat and dealing with food allergies of some classmates. How about letting your child “treat” our class to a Birthday Book. The birthday child may bring a book wrapped in birthday paper that s/he would like to give to the class. This book will become a permanent part of our classroom library, with your child’s photo as a bookplate inside. Please note that you are not obligated to bring a Birthday Book but the concept of the child being a giver instead of a receiver is good for a child's development.
We would like to keep our parties at school simple. Goodie bags and party favors are an added expense and should be saved for smaller home parties. Invitations for home parties must be mailed directly home.
Ideas for birthday books (most can be ordered from Amazon.com)
End of August and September: starting school, apples, animals, rhyming, counting
Ted Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Do You Know the Way to Find an A: A Rhyming ABC Book by Dale Wildman
Berenstain's B Book by Stan Berenstain
The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Jolly Olly Octopus by Tommy MIlton
Who Are We? An Animal Guessing Game by Alexis Barad-Cutler
Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo by Karma Wilson
October: colors, Halloween
Blue Bug's Book of Colors by Virginia Poulet
White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker
EyeLike Colors by PlayBac
Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Story by Emma Dodd
On Halloween Night by Harriet Ziefert
November: voting, Thanksgiving, pilgrims, Native Americans
If I Ran For President by Catherine Stier
If I Were President by Catherine Stier
Today is Election Day by Catherine Stier
A Call for a New Alphabet by Jef Czekaj
Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes
This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story by Laura Krauss Melmed
The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern
Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland
December: Christmas, Jesus
Dewey's Christmas at the Library by Vicki Myron
The Christmas Sweater: A Picture Book by Glenn Beck
What Is Christmas? by Michelle Medlock Adams
Can You Find Jesus? (Search and Learn Book) by Philip D. Gallery
January: months of the year, numbers to 100
The Months: Fun With Friends All Year 'Round by Sara Coleridge
100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler
98, 99, 100! Ready or Not, Here I Come! (Hello Reader! Math, Level 2) by Teddy Slater
February: Valentines. President’s Day, mail
Valentines Are For Saying I Love You by Margaret Sutherland
Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond
Presidents' Day by Anne Rockwell
Inauguration Day (DK READERS) by Laaren Brown
When We are Together by Claire Freedman
March and April: Lent, St. Patrick’s Day, butterflies, Easter
That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting
Oh, the Pets You Can Get!: All About Our Animal Friends (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) by Tish Rabe
Any Cat in the Hat Learning Library series book
The Easter Story by Tracy Harrast
An Easter Hunt: A Hide-And-Seek Story by Sarah Reid Chisholm
May: mothers, short vowels/ long vowels, Dr. Seuss
My Mother Is Mine by Marion Dane Bauer
I Love my Mama by Peter Kavanaugh
Mommy Mine by Tim Warnes
Word Family Tales by various authors for Scholastic
Any Dr. Seuss
June, July, August: summer ( will be celebrated the last week of school )
Summer (Beginner Books(R)) by Alice Low
Carl's Summer Vacation by Alexandra Day
Eloise's Summer Vacation (Ready-to-Read. Level 1) by Kay Thompson
Bellaboo & Colby's Colors Of Summer by Tiffany Ann Laufer
Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes
Hands Off my Honey by Jane Chapman
Favorite authors
Jan Brett
Audrey Wood
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Ashley Wolff
Jan Thomas
I am trying to make your child’s birthday a meaningful one, while at the same time reducing the endless amounts of sugar that children eat and dealing with food allergies of some classmates. How about letting your child “treat” our class to a Birthday Book. The birthday child may bring a book wrapped in birthday paper that s/he would like to give to the class. This book will become a permanent part of our classroom library, with your child’s photo as a bookplate inside. Please note that you are not obligated to bring a Birthday Book but the concept of the child being a giver instead of a receiver is good for a child's development.
We would like to keep our parties at school simple. Goodie bags and party favors are an added expense and should be saved for smaller home parties. Invitations for home parties must be mailed directly home.
Ideas for birthday books (most can be ordered from Amazon.com)
End of August and September: starting school, apples, animals, rhyming, counting
Ted Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Do You Know the Way to Find an A: A Rhyming ABC Book by Dale Wildman
Berenstain's B Book by Stan Berenstain
The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Jolly Olly Octopus by Tommy MIlton
Who Are We? An Animal Guessing Game by Alexis Barad-Cutler
Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo by Karma Wilson
October: colors, Halloween
Blue Bug's Book of Colors by Virginia Poulet
White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker
EyeLike Colors by PlayBac
Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Story by Emma Dodd
On Halloween Night by Harriet Ziefert
November: voting, Thanksgiving, pilgrims, Native Americans
If I Ran For President by Catherine Stier
If I Were President by Catherine Stier
Today is Election Day by Catherine Stier
A Call for a New Alphabet by Jef Czekaj
Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes
This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story by Laura Krauss Melmed
The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern
Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland
December: Christmas, Jesus
Dewey's Christmas at the Library by Vicki Myron
The Christmas Sweater: A Picture Book by Glenn Beck
What Is Christmas? by Michelle Medlock Adams
Can You Find Jesus? (Search and Learn Book) by Philip D. Gallery
January: months of the year, numbers to 100
The Months: Fun With Friends All Year 'Round by Sara Coleridge
100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler
98, 99, 100! Ready or Not, Here I Come! (Hello Reader! Math, Level 2) by Teddy Slater
February: Valentines. President’s Day, mail
Valentines Are For Saying I Love You by Margaret Sutherland
Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond
Presidents' Day by Anne Rockwell
Inauguration Day (DK READERS) by Laaren Brown
When We are Together by Claire Freedman
March and April: Lent, St. Patrick’s Day, butterflies, Easter
That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting
Oh, the Pets You Can Get!: All About Our Animal Friends (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) by Tish Rabe
Any Cat in the Hat Learning Library series book
The Easter Story by Tracy Harrast
An Easter Hunt: A Hide-And-Seek Story by Sarah Reid Chisholm
May: mothers, short vowels/ long vowels, Dr. Seuss
My Mother Is Mine by Marion Dane Bauer
I Love my Mama by Peter Kavanaugh
Mommy Mine by Tim Warnes
Word Family Tales by various authors for Scholastic
Any Dr. Seuss
June, July, August: summer ( will be celebrated the last week of school )
Summer (Beginner Books(R)) by Alice Low
Carl's Summer Vacation by Alexandra Day
Eloise's Summer Vacation (Ready-to-Read. Level 1) by Kay Thompson
Bellaboo & Colby's Colors Of Summer by Tiffany Ann Laufer
Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes
Hands Off my Honey by Jane Chapman
Favorite authors
Jan Brett
Audrey Wood
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Ashley Wolff
Jan Thomas