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Children make a paper house that opens to reveal a drawing of their family. Two house-front options offer different door styles, with a personalized label area and directions for coloring, cutting, folding and gluing. Let learners choose the version before assembly and invite them to describe only the details from their drawing they wish to share.
A back-to-school partner interview activity using 20 task cards so students get to know a classmate and then introduce that partner to the class.
A lesson plan and foldable project for students to identify and share personal information (name, age, favorites, interests) with classmates at the start of the school year.
An SEL icebreaker game to help students get to know each other, e.g. at the start of the school year.
A flip-book craft for students to write or draw about the people, places, and things they love, including themselves.
Students draw themselves and complete short prompts about their name, age, birthday, favourites, and what they hope to become. Use the finished pennants for introductions or arrange them as a class display. The Word template lets you adapt the prompts, while a separate font note explains how to match the example’s lettering.
Engaging and Creative! Help students introduce themselves in a fun and memorable way with this All About Me Science Flask Craft. This hands-on back-to-school activity encourages students to share information about themselves while combining writing, creativity, and classroom community building. Students will complete an engaging science…
Getting To Know You Activities Pack The Getting To Know You Activities Pack is a valuable teaching tool designed to foster social integration and empathy in the classroom. It is especially suited for Grade 1-5 students, addressing specifically the needs of special-needs students. Strong ties among classmates contribute to an environment conducive for…
A hands-on 'All About Me' rainbow craft where students share personal facts on colored strips glued to a cloud template, creating a display of shared and individual attributes.
A back-to-school icebreaker craft/writing activity in which students create a 6-panel poster about themselves using construction paper.
Build Classroom Community During the First Week of School Help first grade students feel confident, welcomed, and excited about learning with this engaging Back to School All About Me Craft and Activity Workbook. Designed specifically for the first days and first week of school, this resource combines creativity, writing,…
Students create an introductory rainbow by writing personal facts and preferences on strips beneath a name cloud. The templates include prompts for age, birthday, food, color, siblings and pets, with glue guides for assembly. Read the categories together before children write, color and cut, then join the pieces into a display that shares their chosen details.
Grab this engaging back-to-school Speed Dating/Speed Meeting icebreaker activity! This activity encourages fast-paced conversations where students discuss fun get-to-know-you questions using 30 printable 3-D foldable tent cards. Start the school year by having students make meaningful connections, and relationships. Break the ice…
Activity booklet building self-awareness, healthy-habit awareness, and basic first-aid knowledge through hands-on group activities.
A multi-step name-based icebreaker activity for the first days of school.
A back-to-school 'All About Me' poster/banner activity where students fill in facts and photos to share their interests, hobbies and personality, and where individual name tags are assembled into a classroom banner.
A teacher's personal collection of ten favorite back-to-school ice breaker activities for middle school, designed to help students get comfortable with classmates and the teacher at the start of the year.
Peer buddy-program workbook pairing older and younger elementary students to build social and academic skills together, with teacher rationale and paired worksheets.
A creative-writing activity introducing students to the 'six word story' format as a getting-to-know-you and theme-identification exercise, with a scoring rubric.
A first-day-of-school 'All About Me' backpack craft in which students choose picture cards representing personal details to build a personalized backpack display.
A set of All About Me printable pages for students to share personal details, favorites, and goals to help build classroom community at the start of the year.
A back-to-school getting-to-know-you icebreaker that combines self-reflection questions with math-based color-by-code rules (odd/even, ranges, categories) to produce an Optical Art design.
A digital back-to-school icebreaker game to help students introduce themselves and build classroom community.
A back-to-school poster activity combining basic personal-info fill-in with a short goal-setting writing prompt.