First month of school activities

YOU’RE FINALLY HERE! Written and Illustrated by Mélanie Watt you can find this book in picturebook fiction, E WAT WELCOME! Hooray! You’re finally here! But where were you? At first, this litt…

The First Week Back Activity Pack is stuffed full of activities for your first week of 2nd grade. To make it all make sense, I've included a free PDF of lesson plans for the first week of school that blends the activities from this pack with the routine and procedure lessons you need to teach! Click to download your FREE lesson plans for the first week of school, and have your best first week of school, EVER.

First Days of School Activity

Don't spend all of your time making up your own first day of school activities. I'm sharing my list of first day of school activities that...

These first day of school activities and printables are so much fun! Great for homeschooling or traditional schooling and free to print and use, too!

Get to know your students this back to school season with these ideas and freebies. Start your first day of school with these the perfect ice-breakers and activities. You'll love these… More

Need a fun and easy activity to build relationships with your students? You’ll love this getting to know you first week of school activity!

Get TONS of ideas to use for the first week back to school! Miss DeCarbo shares what her first week of school looks like, how she makes classroom management during that first week engaging and fun, and tips and tricks to make your fabulous first week of b

The first few days of school are such an important time for building community, establishing routines, and setting expectations. Take a peek at how I structure my first week of school and download a complete plan for the first days back to school (totally free!) #backtoschool

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 schoo…

We start school T-O-M-O-R-R-O-W, so we thought we would share a little activity with you that we will be using! We will be having our kiddos draw a picture of themselves in the "Polaroid frame", and write their name underneath on the first day of school! This will be kept in their portfolio. Then, at the end of the year, we will do this again with the second page. It is so awesome to see their handwriting progress throughout the year! We also put the second page in their portfolio too. The…

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I know - it's a scary thought reality!!!! I'm sorry to even say the words......Back to School. But let's be honest. It's not that far away now, and closer for some than for others. So let's start thinking about how we can prepare. I don't know about you, but I have been stalking Target, Hobby Lobby and a few other places all summer long looking for the best deals and the cutest little bins, buckets, and supplies. Why, oh why, do we teachers spend so much dang money on our…

Teaching With a Mountain View: First Day of School Activities for Big Kids

Are you ready for back to school? I am! Actually, we already had our first day of school and we are just about in full swing. It was a great first 3 days of school and I know next week will be even better as we begin to build some routines. Here are a few of my favorite things from the first day. You are "of-fish-ally" in kindergarten! I had a spot ready for every student with a water bottle (super important!), gold fish, coloring page, and this year I added a little pencil box with…

First day activity

Finding the right first day of school activity is hard. This activity is memorable and gives kids a chance to tell their hopes for the year.