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Back to school can bring anxiety for little ones that are new to school. We found the perfect book and free printable dinosaur games to help ease the anxiety and make the back to school transition smooth!
Back To School For Young Kids
Back to school for little ones can be a stressful time full of unknowns and anxiety about being away from their parents all day. Ease that anxiety with this fun and humorous book, “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” which I’ve also paired with a fun dinosaur games idea to help bond with your child and talk about their fears for the first day of school. This is a great way to get kids talking about their fears so you can tackle them and make them seem less scary!
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
The book “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” by Ryan T. Higgins is an adorable and funny tale about Penelope Rex. It’s her first day of school and she can’t wait to meet her classmates. But it’s hard to make human friends when they’re so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . . .
If you have a child starting preschool that is struggling with biting people then this is a great book to tackle that and discuss why it is so important to not bite our friends.
Free Printable Dinosaur Games
Print off these free dinosaur flashcards too which you can use to teach the names of the dinosaurs or print off two pages and use it as a memory game! It’s a two in one dinosaur games activity that is so much fun for little ones.
While playing the dinosaur games be sure to discuss the first day of school worries and put them to rest for your little one. Talking about fears always helps to make them less scary and helps your child know what to expect.
You can purchase the “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” book on Amazon! Don’t forget to print the free dinosaur games too!
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This book looks adorable. I love the creative concept and the fact that there are multiple things to learn incorporated.
LOL!! This actually sounds really funny! I bet my son would enjoy this book too!
This sounds like such a sweet little story! I love the illustrations. The printables should be great for learning those dino names!
What a CUTE BOOK! I’m a huge dinosaur fan, and I’m grooming one of my nieces to fall in love with them too – she would REALLY like this book and those cards!
This is such a cute book! I love that there are resources out there that help kids with back to school anxiety.
I have a five year old and he is obsessed with dinosaurs. This is a cute idea to combine interests in an educational way!
I hope he enjoys them!
That sounds really cute! I wish I had that when I was a Junior Kindergarten teacher. My daughter was in my class and she didn’t like when other kids would sit on my lap for a story . I had to send her to the principal because she bit one of them!
Oh my goodness! She didn’t want to share mom haha
Adorable! My girls love flash cards!!
Dinos are always so popular with the littles! That cute story and flashcards are going to be a great way to embrace a fun interest and provide extra learning.
This looks like a super cute book. I love the title.
This sounds like a really cute book. My son loved dinosaurs when he was young and this would have been perfect for him.
Books are powerful learning tools. Books like this make kids feel good and want to learn more.
I love that we can bring the characters to life with the printables. Thank you so much for making this an option.
The bok cover is so cute, and it’s a good way to make back to school stress-free and fun for kids. The printables are a good addition.
What a cute book! The flash cards are super adorable. I bet my daughter would love to read this book.