Getting our First Day Jitters Out!

On the first day of 1st grade we read the book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg.  In this book, Sarah is having a hard time excepting that she has her first day of school that morning.  We got to hear about all the things that made her nervous.  In the end, we found out that Sarah wasn't even a student, but the teacher!  The kids loved hearing that even teachers are nervous for the first day!

We talked about all the different things that we were nervous about in 1st grade including trying new things, reading bigger books, doing harder math and making new friends.  We then made our own Jitter Juice to make those scary feelings go away!

Here we are drinking our special concoction (actually white grape juice, blue food coloring and peach sparkling water!)

Not only did it taste delicious, but the magic made us feel much better about starting a new school year!