Build classroom community, teach classroom rules & expectations, and have some fun with these first week of school activities, including back to school crafts, centers, back to school books, back to school games, name activities and more! These back to school activities will promote positive behavior, strengthen fine motor skills, and introduce students to important math skills and literacy skills. Students will work on a pencil craft, Chrysanthemum activities, a backpack craft, and more!

30+ Fun First Week of School Activities

The first week of school is an exciting time filled with new faces, routines, and opportunities to set the tone…

Develop self-awareness, confidence and a sense of belonging with these all about me books for preschool and kindergarten! These back to school books include Marvelous Me, I Like me, I Am Enough and more! Pair these all about me read alouds with any all about me activities, all about me crafts, or back to school activities on the first day of school. Plus, see an all about me backpack craft which is one of the best getting to know activities and back to school crafts for the first week of school!

10 Uplifting All About Me Books for Back to School

Building a strong classroom community is essential at the start of the school year! It’s important for students to feel…

Reinforce recess expectations, recess rules, and recess behavior during the first week of school with these engaging The Recess Queen activities and back to school craft! After reading this back to school read aloud, complete a variety of back to school activities to establish recess routines, including The Recess Queen character traits, The Recess Queen anchor charts, and The Recess Queen centers. Your students will love The Recess Queen craft, which makes a cute back to school bulletin board!

20+ The Recess Queen Activities to Easily Establish Recess Routines & Procedures

Recess is an exciting part of the day for little learners, but without clear expectations, it can quickly turn into…

Easily integrate all subjects as you learn all about rabbits with these 22 interactive rabbit activities for kids and adorable bunny craft! These bunny activities for kids are perfect for your spring centers or Easter activities. Learn about rabbits with a nonfiction text filled with nonfiction text features, as well as anchor charts, pocket chart activities, rabbit crafts and more. After the students complete the rabbit themed activities, hang the Easter bunny crafts on a spring bulletin board!

22 Epic All About Rabbit Activities for Kids

Hop into spring as you learn all about rabbits with these twenty-two highly engaging all about rabbit activities for kids…

Explore this ultimate list of Valentine's Day books for kids, celebrating themes of love, friendship, and kindness. This list of Valentines books for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade is perfect for February! Pair any of these books for Valentine's Day with your favorite Valentine's Day centers, Valentine's Day crafts, or Valentine's Day activities! These Valentine books for kids are perfect for your classroom Valentine's Day party! Discover the full list of Valentine's books here!

25 Best-Selling Valentine’s Day Books for Kids

Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to nurture love, friendship, and kindness in the classroom! Reading a variety of Valentine’s…

Countdown to Christmas with these fiction and nonfiction reindeer books for kids! Learn all about reindeer with the list of nonfiction books, or enjoy a whimsical holiday story about reindeer with the fiction reindeer read alouds. This list of reindeer books is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second grade students. Add these books about reindeer to your collection of reindeer activities, reindeer crafts for kids, Christmas crafts, Christmas books and caribou books for kids!

20 Magical Reindeer Books for Kids at Christmas

As the holiday season approaches, I love to swap out our turkey books for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and many more…

Celebrate the diverse holidays and traditions around the world with these must-read holidays around the world books for kids! These holiday books for kids are great for fostering an inclusive classroom around the holiday season. Discover Hanukkah books for kids, Kwanzaa books for kids, Las Posadas books for kids, Diwali books, and St. Lucia's books. Christmas books for kids, Ramadan books and Chinese New Year books can also be found on this ultimate list of holidays around the world activities!

The Best 60 Holidays Around the World Books for Kids

As the holiday season quickly approaches, I am always on the hunt for ways to bring a bit of magic…

Embark on a journey around the world and travel to 16 countries to learn about 9 Christmas Around the World and 8 Holidays Around the World celebrations with these Holidays Around the World activities! Use the Holidays Around the World slides and interactive Christmas activities for kids to teach students about diverse holiday traditions. These holiday activities for kids include Holidays Around the World crafts, a Holidays Around the World passport, airline tickets, nonfiction text, and more!

The Best Holidays Around the World Activities for Kids

Get ready to ignite excitement in your classroom as you take your students on a global adventure to explore the…

Celebrate Halloween with this ultimate list of Halloween activities, Halloween crafts, and Halloween games for kindergarten and first grade! Your elementary students will have a spooktacular time playing the Halloween math games, rotating between the math and literacy Halloween centers, and engaging in the Halloween science experiments. These Halloween activities for kids are great for Halloween centers and your Halloween classroom party! Find Halloween books for kids, Halloween gifts and more!

The Best 20+ Halloween Activities for Kindergarten

Celebrating Halloween isn’t just a one day thing… it’s a holiday that is celebrated the entire month of October! These…

Learn all about spiders as you integrate math, science, literacy, and social studies with these 25 interactive spider activities and spider craft! These spider activities for kindergarten or first grade are a great addition to your Halloween activities and Halloween crafts for kids! Pair these spider activities and spider craft for kids with your favorite spider books for kids. Use the math activities, science activities and literacy activities for whole group or Halloween centers!

25 Fun All About Spider Activities and Spider Craft for Kids

Nothing embodies the spirit of Halloween quite like spiders! While some kids think they are creepy, others think they are…

Learn all about bats as you integrate math, science, literacy, and social studies with these 25 interactive bat activities and bat craft! These bat activities for kindergarten or first grade are a great addition to your Halloween activities and Halloween crafts for kids! Pair these bat activities and bat craft for kids with your favorite bat books for kids. Use the math activities, science activities, social studies activities and literacy activities for whole group or Halloween centers!

25 Amazing All About Bat Activities and Bat Craft for Kids

Ghosts, pumpkins, witches… when our students think about Halloween, these three words typically come to mind first. But let’s not…

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…