A great way to integrate parent, grandparent, and other volunteers into the classroom is by taking part in story snack. This has been a big hit in my kindergarten classroom. I am attaching the letter that I send home. You are welcome to copy and use in your classroom.
Dear Parents,
Story
snack can be a wonderful experience for you, your child, and our class. The
idea is to read a book and bring in a simple snack that is related to a
character or idea in the story. I invite you, a grandparent, or any family
member to share a story snack with our class this year. You can either choose a
book at home with your child or I can help with a suggestion. I’ve listed
possible book titles and suggested snacks. It is best if the snack is a finger
food that can be simply prepared at home with your child the night before you
are to share with our class. We will, of course, consult when the date is
confirmed. I hope you can share a story snack at some point this year. Please
leave a message for me at school, write me a note, or email me if you are
interested. I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Jodi
Plaisted
Suggested Book Titles and Snacks:
*If You Give a
Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff- muffins
*How to Make an
Apple Pie & See the World by Marjorie Priceman- Apples/Apple Pie
*How Pizza Came to
Queens by Dayal Kaur Khalsa- pizza
*The Popcorn Book
by Tomie dePaola- popcorn
*In the Night
Kitchen by Maurice Sendak- breakfast cake/cinnamon rolls
*Mouse and Mole
and the Year-Round Garden by Doug Cushman- vegetables and dip
*The Baker by Eric
Carle- pretzels
*Cookie’s Week by
Cindy Ward- cookies
*St. Patrick’s Day
book- lucky charms
Please visit my TPT store to download this fall leaves game. It focuses on the season of fall, color words, sorting, counting, and graphing. This is a great hands-on learning activity that implements many subjects across the curriculum. 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jodi-Plaisted for a free download of this fall printable. The students complete the sentence and illustrate a fall picture. We bind the pages and make a class book. I put this book in the reading center for their reading enjoyment. 
Free Fall Clip Art
From Mrs. Plaisted's Class
This is a circle map that we created as class on shapes.
This is a flip chart that I created for the 3-D shapes. It is very interactive and my students love this lesson.
Counting corners is a kindergarten exemplar that I created that uses higher order thinking skills. This is one element that the new common core standards focus on. 
This is the shape monster flip chart that I created that goes along with the emergent reader and construction paper shape monster craft. I use it to hook my students and to help build their fluency skills. They love reading it over and over!
There are some more teaching links that I just love using to integrate shapes into my curriculum. I am posting them below:
This is the interactive chart that I use in my classroom. We recite the chant together as the letters of the alphabet are slid up the tree. The children become confident readers as we chant it chorally as a class. 
This is the number word stamp book that I use during center time. This is a great way to integrate math into the kindergarten curriculum.
This is a partner game that I use during center time that focuses on the letters of the alphabet. The students take turns choosing a card from the pile and circle the matching lowercase letter. If they draw a boom card, they lose a turn. The first player to circle all letters on the tree is the winner. The students have so much fun playing this game!
This is the coconut tree that we make using the letters of the students names. They use brown paint to paint the trunk and I use my big green stamp pad on their hands for the leaves of the tree. They search for the letters in their name and build it down the tree. Then, they trace circles to make the coconuts. This is a fun craft that parents are proud to display!
This is the pocket chart that I use in my classroom that focuses on color words/
