First we send this note home: As part of a class project for
tomorrow, we need you to trace and cut out the outline of your
hand. Please send in your hand cut-out Thanks for your
participation, The next day we read and discuss The Kissing
Hand. We do a "book talk," listing our likes and dislikes. Then
the students get out the cut-out of their parent's hand. We talk
about making a "kissing hand" for our parents to hold when they
are missing us. We add a big red heart sticker in the center and
brainstorm ways to make each "kissing hand" special..... color
it the parent's favorite color, draw parent's favorite thing to
do on it, draw lots of hearts on it, etc. Then we attach the
decorated hand to the following note and send it home: We read
the book The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. It is a story about a
little raccoon named Chester who was anxious about leaving home
and going to school. So his mother decided to share a "family
secret" with him- the "kissing hand". She gave him a kiss on his
paw and told him to p