Books

“We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” by Ryan T. Higgins
“The Night Before Kindergarten” by Natasha Wing
“Sounds like School Spirit” Meg Fleming

If You’re Ready for School (tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)

If you’re ready for school clap your hands
If you’re ready for school clap your hands
If you’re ready for school and think it will be cool
If you’re ready for school clap your hands
(repeat with)
… stomp your feet
… jump up and down
… shout hooray

Kindergarten Chant

After “Sounds like School Spirit” you can create your own chants. Come up with some that are specific to your school (such as the school name or teacher’s names) and see what the kids can come up with.

Here are some examples:

Kinder-garten
Miss- teacher’s name
Back-pack

There’s a Dog in School by Stuart Scott & Tom Pease

Pass out egg shakers or scarves for children to dance around with.

Alphabet Song

School Readiness Activity Stations

Set up activity stations with some school readiness activities such as letter tracing, using scissors, color matching & counting.