Chester Goes to School Book

This book was originally available at The Learning Leap website.  It has since gone offline but we have a copy of the book archived here.  Find more activities for The Kissing Hand at Little Giraffes.

The PDF has three pages with two half-page book pages on each, so it prints as a small six-page book. The cover reads “Chester Loves School! by ____,” and the pages say Chester loves his friends, his bookbag, his mommy, his teacher and school. Each page has a black-and-white picture of Chester the raccoon to color.

You can download the PDF here: Chester Goes to School Printable Book

Ways to use it

• Make a book: Cut the pages in half, put them in order and staple them along the side.
• After The Kissing Hand: Read The Kissing Hand, then have children make and color their own Chester book.
• Author name: Have children write their name on the cover line.
• Read it together: Children can read the simple pattern “Chester loves…” with a partner or take it home to read.
• Add a page: Have children draw something they love about school and finish the sentence “I love…”
• First-week center: Keep copies at a center during the first week of school.