Kick off the school year with a school bus craft for The Wheels on the Bus that helps students practice sequencing the letters in their names! Along with this name craft, students will learn an interactive name poem. Use this name song on the first day of school to help students learn each others' names. Add this The Wheels on the Bus craft to your back to school activities, first week of school activities, or name activities! This back to school craft is a cute back to school bulletin board!

Simple School Bus Craft for Back to School

Nothing says “back to school” quite like a bright yellow school bus! Kick off the school year with a fun…

Celebrate back to school, Fire Safety Week, Halloween and Thanksgiving with these 35+ fall crafts for kindergarten! The back to school crafts for kids are great for learning classroom rules, as well as classroom routines and procedures. Use the Halloween crafts at your classroom Halloween party. The Thanksgiving crafts are perfect for math centers or literacy centers, while the fire safety crafts are a fun way to celebrate Fire Safety Week! Discover the full list of kids crafts for fall!

The Best 35+ Fall Crafts for Kindergarten

Fall is a busy season! From back to school, to Halloween, to Thanksgiving, and football games in between, there is…

Strengthen fine motor skills and name recognition with these adorable name crafts for preschool and kindergarten! These name crafts for kids are great for practicing scissor skills, hand-eye coordination and gluing skills. Plus, these name activities are perfect for your back to school activities and back to school bulletin boards. Pair these name practice activities with any books about names. Use these back to school crafts during the first week of school to sequence the letters in your name!

10 Simple Name Crafts for Preschool and Kindergarten

Name crafts provide an excellent avenue for students to identify the letters in their names, as well as sequence the…

Practice scissor cutting skills and strengthen fine motor skills with this simple rainbow mosaic name craft for back to school! This rainbow name craft is the perfect addition to your name practice activities and fine motor activities. Plus, this name activity is low prep and makes a great back to school bulletin board. Use this fine motor name activity for kindergarten centers to practice scissor skills. Include this back to school craft in your name activities and back to school activities!

Simple Rainbow Mosaic Name Craft

Learning how to spell one’s name in sequential order is an important developmental skill! One of my favorite name crafts…

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!

The Best Chrysanthemum Name Craft for Back to School

Chrysanthemum…a name that is likely familiar if you are an early elementary teacher! I personally LOVE to read “Chrysanthemum” during…

Looking for name activities that will allow your students to practice sequencing and comparing the letters in their name? These name train activities are great for building letter recognition. Students will determine the number of letters, consonants, vowels and syllables with these hands-on name activities. Incorporate math and name practice with this name train name activity. These name practice activities are no prep, making them perfect back to school activities for name recognition!

Simple Name Train Name Activity for Kindergarten

Name trains are one of my most favorite name practice activities to help students learn the letters of their name!…

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…

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…

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…