Learn all about apples during apple week! Pair this apple paper craft with your favorite apple books or apple activities during the month of September. This simple apple craft for kids is perfect for the beginning of the school year. Work on fine motor skills, as your preschool and kindergarten students tear and glue pieces of paper. This fall craft makes a perfect apple bulletin board. You can complete this apple craft after your apple investigation!

Torn Paper Apple Craft for Kids

Apple Week is one of my favorite September themes! This simple torn paper apple craft is perfect for the beginning…

Back to school crafts are a great way to kickoff the new school year! Today, I am sharing some of my favorite back to school crafts for preschool, kindergarten and first grade. You will find a David Goes to School craft, an all about me craft, a first day feelings craft and more. These crafts are great for teaching rules and expectations, as well as building a strong classroom community from day one. You will also find name crafts, including a Chrysanthemum craft and alphabet name soup craft.

Back to School Crafts for Kids

The start of a new school year can be very overwhelming for our young learners. Getting used to a new…

Teaching students about classroom rules & classroom routines and procedures just got a whole lot easier with this ultimate list of back to school books about rules! These read alouds will help with classroom management as you review classroom procedures with your elementary students. You can pair these back to school books for kids with your favorite back to school activities. Students learn how to take care of classroom supplies, kindness, and all about following directions and listening.

Books to Teach Rules for Back to School

Building classroom community and establishing clear routines, expectations and procedures are my main focus during the first few weeks of…

Back to school books are a great way to calm your students first day jitters. Today, I am sharing over 40 back to school read alouds for kids that will help them adjust to their new classroom and get excited about the school year. These back to school books for preschool, kindergarten and first grade pair great with first week lesson plans, back to school crafts and more. Find back to school activities and more in this list of back to school read alouds.

Back to School Books to Calm First Day Fears

Your students are headed back to school, and chances are they are a little nervous! For some of them, it…

Name puzzles are a great way for preschool and kindergarten students to practice spelling, writing and recognizing their name! This name practice activity is perfect for back to school. Plus, creating these picture name puzzles is as easy as 1, 2, 3! Pair this name activity with your favorite picture name books. Rather than using name practice sheets, use these name puzzles to strengthen fine motor skills. This name activity for preschool is perfect for centers, morning work or early finishers!

Editable Picture Name Puzzles for Name Practice

Name activities play a crucial role in the early developent of preschool nd kindergarten students. These name practice activities provide…

Review classroom rules and encourage positive behavior during the first week of back to school with these David Goes to School activities and craft for preschool, kindergarten and first grade! Perfect for a back to school bulletin board display! Plus, practice the alphabet, rhyming, counting, numbers, 2D shapes and more with the eight math and literacy activities and centers! Tackle classroom management, routines and procedures, as you turn those "No, David!" choices into "Yes, David!" choices!

David Goes to School Activities and Craft

Teaching classroom expectations at the beginning of the year is not for the faint of heart, especially if you are…

Discover a full list of name activities, including name puzzles, name crafts, name poems, name graphs and more! Students will practice fine motor skills, as well as tracing their name, with these name practice activities and name tracing mats. Plus, these name crafts make the perfect back to school bulletin boards. Students not only get to practice name writing and building their name, but they also practice math skills. Pair these name activities with any of your favorite name books for kids!

Name Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

As the back to school season approaches, it’s time to start thinking about fun and engaging ways to welcome your…

Looking for some fun and engaging name writing activities for preschool and kindergarten? These back to school name writing practice mats and name building activities are perfect for helping students learn how to write their name. Early elementary students get to practice tracing their name and building their name with magnetic letters. These editable name mats work well for centers, morning work or early finisher activities. Use these name practice mats with your favorite name books for kids!

Editable Name Writing Practice Activities

Teaching preschool and kindergarten students to write their names is an important milestone in their educational journey! Not only does…

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!

Fine Motor Name Activities Practice Mats

Name activities not only help children recognize and spell their own names, but they also foster a sense of identity…

Looking for name books for back to school that you can incorporate into your first week lesson plans? To celebrate our uniqueness, I am sharing 25 name books for kids that are great for getting to know you activities and building classroom community in your early elementary classroom. Use these name books, including Chrysanthemum and The Name Jar, with a variety of name activities for preschool and kindergarten. Add these kids books to your beginning of the year lesson plans!

25 Name Books for Back to School

Back to school season is upon us, and I couldn’t be more excited! I love setting up my classroom, organizing…

These Ten Timid Ghosts math freebies are perfect for building number sense, subitizing and decomposing ten in preschool, Kindergarten or 1st grade! Use these FREE Halloween activities in your morning work tubs, math stations, or whole and small group instruction. Read this Halloween book during your classroom Halloween party, to help keep things spooky and learning-filled!

3 Quick Ten Timid Ghosts Math Activities

Ten Timid Ghosts has always been one of my favorite Halloween stories to read during our math block! It is…

Make room for these Room on the Broom activities, crafts and centers for preschool, kindergarten and first grade! This Room on the Broom sequencing craft helps students retell the events in the story. Plus, this Halloween book lends itself well to identifying character traits, determining cause and effect and recognizing rhyming words. Enjoy a Room on the Broom filled classroom Halloween Party with these Halloween crafts and activities for kids!

22 Room on the Broom Activities, Crafts & Centers

Room on the Broom is the perfect read aloud to help celebrate the changing season and Halloween, without the actual…