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…

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!

Easy to Assemble All About Me Activities for Back to School

As we gear up for a new school year, the excitement of meeting a new group of students starts to…

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…

Help ease those first day of school feelings, while integrating math, with this back to school The Kissing Hand craft for kindergarten! This first day of school craft and back to school read aloud are great for building classroom community and making connections! These back to school The Kissing Hand activities allow students to practice graphing and analyzing data. Plus, practice scissor cutting skills with this back to school craft. Hang the raccoon craft as a back to school bulletin board!

The Kissing Hand Craft for Kindergarten to Graph First Day Feelings

The first day of school is filled with so many emotions for both students and teachers! While many feel excited,…

Establish classroom rules and expectations with these interactive classroom rules craft, classroom rules posters, and classroom rules digital slides for back to school! Easily build classroom community during the first week of school with these 20 classroom rules for kids, featuring "I can" statements and picture cues. These back to school activities and back to school crafts are great for classroom management. Use the glue bottle craft to help make classroom routines and procedures stick!

How to Teach Classroom Rules and Expectations That Stick in 5 Easy Steps

Back to school is all about establishing classroom rules and expectations, but… getting those classroom rules to stick is no…

Establish classroom routines and procedures for how to use school supplies during the first week of school with these school supplies activities and back to school crafts! Preschool and kindergarten students will learn how to use classroom supplies as they complete these back to school activities and interactive digital slides. Plus, practice fine motor skills, including scissor cutting, gluing, tracing and more with these fine motor activities and no prep back to school printables.

5 How to Use School Supplies Activities to Easily Establish Clear Expectations

Back to school season is all about setting clear expectations, rules, routines and procedures! One important expectation to establish during…

Kick off the school year with this simple first day of school pencil craft and self-portrait drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten! This adorable back to school craft is great for practicing fine motor skills, including scissor cutting skills and gluing skills. This first day of school craft features easy to cut lines, making it the perfect craft for back to school. Add these back to school crafts for kids to your first week of school activities and back to school bulletin board!

Super Simple Pencil First Day of School Craft

Back to school season is upon us! The first week of school is all about building classroom community, teaching classroom…

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!

Adorable David Goes to School Craft for Making Good Choices

Introducing classroom rules, routines, and procedures at the start of the school year can be quite the adventure, especially in…

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…

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…