Good books about starting pre-school or being apart from mom?

SusieQZ2

DS#1 will start pre-school this fall and I'm a little nervous about it.  My mom watched him until he was one and now I stay at home with him so he's never really been away from me.  He is a very quiet and shy child and I want to make his transition to pre-school as easy as possible.  We've been talking about pre-school some but I would like to find some books to read him so he knows what to expect.  One he really likes is Llama Llama Misses Mama.  Any other suggestions that deal with school or being away from mom?  Thanks for the ideas!

HarrietNJMommy

My DD#1 sounds like your son. She had a hard time adjusting to preschool. Took a month of her teachers prying her from my arms. It worked out just fine and she LOVED school (still does). She had 3 years of preschool and will enter K this fall...

The only other book I can think of, besides "Llama Llama Misses Mama", is "The Kissing Hand".

GL! 

cmh06

I love The Kissing Hand.  I would always read it on the first day of school when I taught kindergarten.

cmanmom

Hands down my favorite:

https://www.amazon.com/Oh-My-Baby-Little-One/dp/0152060316/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309213064&sr=1-1

Stacyc625

first thing that came to mind was

Mama Llama Misses Mama

cute book

klm42404

A book I like to read to my class is "DW's Guide to Preschool".  DW  "shows" the kids around preschool and the how the moms/dads ALWAYS come back at the end of the day.  It is cute.

hereonceagain

not exactly what you are asking but we started traditions for our LO when she goes to school.  We got her all excited that when she started "big girl" school, we would take her out for a fruit parfait on fridays.  She is obsessed with it and walks into school with a big smile saying "i'm a big girl and friday I get a fruit parfait".  she is excited every single day over something that is minor to us.  Maybe you can start a fun tradition for after schools too and get your LO all psyched about it in advance.

omurray

My DS liked "Maisy Goes to Preschool"

smitt2619

Llama Llama Misses Mama and the Kissing Hand are my favorites. 

And I just wanted to add that my DS had similar troubles adjusting to preschool last fall.  He can be very shy in new and uncomfortable situations.  I definitely recommend visiting the school prior and really talking about what it will be like for him.  It took my DS a long time to warm up, and many many months to willing pick up his name from the table without my help.  The teacher got him to talk more and more over the year.  Odds are he will surprise you!  

ArcticFox

I just saw a huge display of preschool/school books at Michael's craft store!  GL!

Rink08

We also love Llama Llama Misses Mama and The Kissing Hand. DS1 has severe seperation anxiety and we have added the kissing hand concept into our goodbye routine.