First Day Kinders - "Read It, Don't Eat It!"

When I hear people say trying to teach new kindergarten children is like trying to herd cats, I completely agree. Tiny, precious littles all over the place crawling, blurting and exploring every moment of every day! 

A book was gifted to me this summer that was meant for the first day of library with little learners. It is called "Read it, Don't Eat It!" by Ian Schoenherr. Before I could explain the procedures and how we treat our books, there was licking, there was picking, there was lots and lots of "ick-ing."  

The book goes about showing the way we treat our books with silly scenarios, bright pictures and fun animals. We finished class with a coloring page and may read this a few more times until we can complete class time without any tongue-to-book contact...