Start of the school year activities

Check out this blog post filled with engaging first day of school activities for grades 3-6 to help kick off the school year! Perfect for building relationships, these get to know you activities set a positive classroom tone right from the start. Whether you’re looking for ideas for the first week of school or ways to help students connect, these activities will make the transition back to school fun and memorable. Create a welcoming environment for your students from day 1!

Are you getting ready to plan your first day of school but not sure where to start? Here are 10 free first day activities to help!

Discover 20 fun and engaging first day of school activities for kids in preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 4th grade. Make the first day memorable and exciting with these creative ideas!

Start the school year with energy and excitement using these engaging first-day activities! This guide offers 40 creative ideas to help teachers and students start the year right. From icebreakers like the Beach Ball Question Toss to collaborative projects like crafting a class mission statement, each activity is designed to build community, establish routines, and set a positive tone. Explore practical tips and activities to make your first day memorable and build lasting relationships.

Check out this collection of fun first day of school activities to do with middle school students. Keep your middle schoolers engaged with these back to school ideas. You'll find free back to school lessons along with lesson ideas to help get to know your students, share about your classroom, and build classroom community at the beginning of a new school year.

An engaging back-to-school writing activity. Use Skittles to help students brainstorm things to introduce themselves during back-to-school.

Spark excitement on the first day of school with these fun icebreaker games! Perfect for elementary students, these get-to-know-you activities and team building challenges will make the first week of school unforgettable. Check this list out and follow us for more teacher resources!

The Rainbow in Me is a fun back to school activity for that first day back! It's a great way for your students to get to know one another and makes a beautiful wall or bulletin board display! Students will love revealing their own unique rainbow at the end and seeing all of the other unique rainbows from their classmates! No two will be alike! Not just for Back to School! This is also a great activity for teaching about diversity and embracing differences in your classroom. Pair it with an…

Looking for creative ways to welcome your upper elementary students to a new school year? Check out my 9 favorite back to school activities!

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Lessons and activities to make the start of school memorable for kids. Welcome a new class of students during back to school and during the first week with these gift ideas, classroom management tips, and ways to build community. #backtoschool #b2s #communitybuilding #firstweekofschool #socialemotionallearning #friendshipbuilding #socialskills #classroommanagement #studentgifts

This pack of print-and-go back to school activities will make your first week of school a breeze! Keep your new students engaged from the start with fun printables, Magic Bracelets, Jitter Juice, and a cute getting-to-know-you pencil craft! Included: *When applicable, printables come with primary & secondary lines.* About Me Pencil Craft craft patterns and directions about me booklet (two versions) Magic Bracelets Magic Bracelet Poem (in color and b&w) Magic Bracelet Supplies (p.75) Magic…

Get to know your class with these ideas for back to school activities! Make back to school prep and planning a little easier by gathering get to know you activities from this article by Hello Learning. These first week of school activities are perfect for a 4th grade or 5th grade classroom. Kids will love that you want to get to know your class! Click to get some new ideas for your back to school plans!

One of my favorite things about back to school, is knowing that I get to meet and love on a brand new bunch of kids for the school year. I’m sure you feel the same way, and have your lesson planner packed to the max with different “get-to-know-you activities.” I want to share with you […]

Download our All About Me Preschool activities and themes to help kids explore and describe unique aspects of themselves.

I can’t say I’m a big fan of icebreakers myself, at least the get-to-know-you type. Students may be grouped in a different way from the previous year, and there are always new students to the school, but in my context most of them know each other relatively well (or at least as well as a…

Fun back to school ideas and back to homeschool ideas. Best back to school games for teachers, ice breaker game ideas and homeschooling family games! Educational activities that focus on skills, but ease kids back into a new school year. Great for back to school activities week to help start the year off right and make school fun this year! #backtoschool #firstweekofschool #firstdayofschool #homeschool

The ultimate list of activities on the first day of school to make students feel welcome, excited, and ready to learn! Crafts, games...

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A great back-to-school activity that kids will love! Children can enjoy colouring in their sneakers while filling them with facts all about themselves, another fantastic All About Me activity.