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Easy to Assemble All About Me Activities for Back to School

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As we gear up for a new school year, the excitement of meeting a new group of students starts to set in. I love getting to know all of my students and building classroom community from day one. One of my favorite ways to do this is with these all about me activities! This simple-to-assemble all about me backpack craft allows students to work on writing, as well as fine motor skills, including drawing, cutting, and gluing!

Get to know your students while building classroom community with these all about me activities for back to school! This backpack craft for kids is a great way to incorporate writing and fine motor skills. This back to school craft is simple to assemble, making it a great craft for preschool or craft for kindergarten. Use these back to school activities for the first day of school as an adorable back to school bulletin board. Learn more about these first week of school activities!

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All About Me Activities Prep

I like to prep these all about me activities before the school year even begins!

With just a few quick copies, this back to school craft will be prepped and ready to go!

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All About Me Backpack Craft

There are two options for the backpack craft.

You can print the pieces for the craft on a mix of brightly colored construction paper or card stock or you can go with the print and color option.

All About Me Writing Pages

The “All About Me” pages can be printed on regular copy paper. There are twenty-eight different all about me activities to choose from. Select the pages that work best for your students.

Each of the all about me activities have just the right amount of writing for your little learners!

All Are Welcome Read Aloud

Before starting the all about me activities, I like to read “All Are Welcome” by Alexandra Penfold.

In this story, readers journey alongside a group of children as they navigate a typical day at their school, a place that embraces everyone warmly. Here, students from diverse backgrounds not only learn together but also joyfully share and honor each other’s customs and beliefs.

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After reading this story, we discuss how our differences make us special and the importance of accepting others for who they are.

I remind students that this all about me backpack craft is an opportunity for all of us to get to know one another and to celebrate our unique backgrounds.

All About Me Activities Directions

With 28 all about me pages to choose from, customizing this back to school backpack craft to fit the needs of your students is easy! You can complete as many or as few all about me activities as you would like with your students.

I like to work on one to two pages a day and save each page until we are ready to assemble them into a book.

Each time we work on a new page, I have several students share what they plan to write and/or draw on that page.

This is helpful for reluctant writers, especially at the beginning of the school year.

Once, we have completed all of the all about me activities for our backpack craft, it is time to cut them out.

Then, we put the pages off to the side before assembling the backpack craft cover.

If you did the print and color option, you will want to have students color each part before gluing them together.

After the covers are assembled, it is time to put the all about me activities together.

Simply stack the pages in order and then staple them together at the top of the backpack.

Once our all about me backpacks are complete, I have the students share their “All About Me” books with their classmates.

We do this across several days during morning meeting. It is a great way for the students to learn more about their classmates!

Then, we put our all about me craft on display as our back to school bulletin board. Families are also able to enjoy these back to school crafts during curriculum night!

All About Me Activities for Back to School

Grab the all about me activities for back to school, including the backpack craft template and writing pages here!

More Back to School Activities

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Establish classroom rules and classroom management during the first week of school with this David Goes to School craft! This back to school craft is a great way to teach classroom routines and procedures. Use these David Goes to School activities to practice reading comprehension and text-to-self connections. These back to school activities are perfect for your first week of school lesson plans and back to school centers. Plus, this kids craft makes a cute back to school bulletin board!

These fine motor name activities are also great for back to school!

Looking for some fun name activities for your preschool or kindergarten classroom? These fine motor name activities are perfect for word work, fine motor tubs, literacy centers, early finishers or morning work. You can use these back to school activities with your favorite name books for kids. Download the editable name mats for name spelling practice. Students get to build letter recognition and sound recognition, as well as fine motor skills, with these fun name activities for kids!

Don’t forget to check out this Chrysanthemum name craft and activities!

Kick off your name unit with this simple Chrysanthemum name craft for back to school! These Chrysanthemum activities are a great way to celebrate your students’ names. These name activities not only help with name recognition but also make an adorable back to school bulletin board. Name practice activities and name crafts, like this Chrysanthemum craft, are the best back to school activities for the first week of school. Include this back to school craft in your first week of school activities!

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Ashley Sharp

As a dedicated Kindergarten teacher for nearly 20 years, I believe the words “fun, play, and creativity” can sit right alongside the words “developmentally appropriate, engaging, and rigorous.” Learning is meant to be fun and messy!