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Start the school year with get-to-know-you activities, classroom routines and creative projects. Add a short skills review when you want to learn more about students’ starting points.
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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…
A beginning-of-year science-themed 'All About Me' activity combining self-expression with simple science-related favorites.
Includes: one-page 'Science Of Me' fill-in-the-blank template (name, birthday, age, gender, favorite planet, favorite animal and habitat, science-learning goal),…
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.
Includes: backpack craft template · birthday month choice cards · grade choice cards
A one-page foldable dice/cube template for a getting-to-know-you game where students share preferences from six categories.
Includes: one-page die/cube net template with 6 category faces: toy, cloth, food, color, fruit, animal · prompt text: 'Roll the die and tell us about your favorite...'
A first-day-of-school rotation activity that walks secondary students through stations covering syllabus review, goal setting, and classroom-rule making, offered in both printable and digital (Google Slides / PowerPoint choice board) formats.
Includes: Lesson plan / read-me-first PDF explaining the 5 stations and timing (60-minute period, ~10 min/station) · Digital choice board (PowerPoint, editable 'Type here' placeholder slides) · Digital Google Slides choice board (external link PDF)
A back-to-school 'all about me' style worksheet themed around science, used as an icebreaker/self-expression activity rather than to teach science content.
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,…
A back-to-school craft activity that helps students practice letter recognition, fine motor skills, and name writing while making a keepsake tree craft.
Includes: 'My name tree photo' page with example ('My name is: Amelia') · 'My name is: ___' fill-in page
a wearable paper-glasses craft for the first day of school, used as an icebreaker/classroom-community activity and coloring page
Includes: instructions page
A back-to-school craft activity where students color and cut out paper crowns to wear and celebrate the first day of school.
Includes: 36-page set of crown templates with varied banners (First Day of Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, First Day of School, School Party, Hello School), in…
A cut-and-paste craft activity for young students to build their own school bus, for back-to-school/first-week-of-school use.
Includes: 'School Bus Photo' page (for personalization) · cut-and-glue school bus craft pieces
A get-to-know-you bingo/memory icebreaker game themed around the first day of school and classroom vocabulary.
Includes: 30 bingo boards (15-page PDF) · 1 blank board · 5-page set of calling cards
Turn the first day of school into a magical celebration with these Back to School Crowns ! Perfect for kindergarten and early elementary students, these printable First Day of School Hats let kids proudly declare, "I rocked my first day!" while adding a touch of playfulness to classroom introductions. With fun designs…
Reading comprehension and social-skills practice through short two-person dialogues about everyday school situations.
Includes: 10 short two-person dialogue scripts, each followed by 5 comprehension/opinion questions · 1 blank 'Create Your Own Classroom Dialogue' writing activity page · answer key page covering all 10 dialogues
A Canva-editable handprint craft template with an accompanying 'My First Day of School' poem, used as a first-day-of-school keepsake craft.
Includes: Canva template access-link PDF · 3-page 'Canva guide for beginners' instructional PDF
Provide a printable craft template for students to make a personalized candy-bar gift wrapper as a back-to-school welcome activity.
Includes: 9 pages of candy-bar wrapper templates with repeated instructional caption ('Design your own candy bar wrappers, then color, cut out, and use them to wrap a…
Celebrate the first day of school with this engaging Back to School Crown Craft ! Perfect for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and early elementary grades, this hands-on activity helps students feel excited, special, and welcomed. Ways to Use: Use on the first day as a fun icebreaker. Pair with “ All About Me ” introductions or circle…
Capture the excitement of the First Day of School with this First Day of School Handprint keepsake! Whether you are a teacher looking for first day of school art activities for kindergarten or a parent wanting a milestone memory this first day of school handprint template transforms a child's painted handprint into a one of a…
Includes: 2 short PDF template title-cards ('First Day of School...2026' and a second 'V2' variant) with minimal text and no further confirmable content · 3-page 'Canva guide for beginners' PDF (setup instructions, not classroom content)
A back-to-school writing and craft activity where students write about the contents of their school bag and then color and assemble a backpack craft template.
Includes: instructions page · writing prompt pages · backpack craft template to color and cut out
A pencil-themed handprint craft template used as a low-prep first-week-of-school icebreaker and keepsake, where a child's painted handprint forms the top of a pencil design.
Includes: Canva editing guide for beginners (3 pages) · Canva Template Link page · multiple template size/variant PDFs (8.5x11 with year 2026, 8.5x11 without name line, 8.5x11 without year, 8.5x11 standard, 8x10, A4) each reading 'First Day…
Pre-writing line-tracing practice pages themed around back-to-school pictures, for pencil control and hand-eye coordination.
No-prep icebreaker/bingo game to help students get to know classmates and make new friends at the start of the school year.
Includes: 'How to Use' instructions (2 pages) · 30 calling cards (3 pages) · bingo marker page
A low-prep 'All About Me' icebreaker booklet/mini-activity for the first week of school.
Includes: Mini info card (name, age, hobbies, favorite subject) · Self-portrait drawing page with affirmations and short-answer prompts (people I enjoy spending time with, things that bring me joy, places I enjoy visiting)
A short getting-to-know-you writing activity for the first day of school.
Includes: Single-page 'Getting to Know You' worksheet with name field and 5 short-answer prompts