*Pencil Case - purchase a plain coloured pencil case and provide fabric paints and stampers for children to decorate.Crafts
*Snack Sacks - These can be easily sewn out of a sturdy light coloured fabric - sew them like a lunch bag. Add velcro for closing. Let children decorate with fabric paints or markers.
*Shoe Box - cut out apple shapes from white paper and have children colour or paint them.
*Name Labels - Everything needs to be labelled for school so here is a fun way for children to participate in adding some personality to their name labels. Have children design a label either on paper with markers or on the computer. Print the labels off on transfer paper and iron on to clothing tags. Remember to follow transfer paper instructions.
*Zipper Pulls - Purchase lanyard hooks. Using wire (we used telephone wire but you can also use floral wire) and beads, have children design a zipper pull. Attach to the hook and then onto jackets and/or backpacks.
*Add school buses and people to the block area.Block Area
*Set up a classroom with chalkboard, desks, writing paper, etc.Dramatic Play
Circle Time
Songs:
The Wheels on the Bus
Stories:
*The Kissing Hand
*Teddy Goes to School
*Franklin Goes to School
Games:
*Who's Under the Blanket - this is a fun game to get to know your classmates. One child closes their eyes and you pick
someone to go under the blanket. Sing this song...
Who's under the blanket
Nobody knows but me
Who's under the blanket
Nobody knows but me
Who's under the blanket
Take a guess and you shall see.
The child who was hiding their eyes looks around the group and has 3 guesses to figure out who is hiding under the blanket.
Songs
The Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round
'Round and 'round, 'round and 'round
The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round
All the way to school.
The Driver on the bus says "Please sit down
Please sit down, please sit down"
The Driver on the bus says "Please sit down"
All the way to school.
The doors on the bus go open and shut
Open and shut, open and shut
The doors on the bus go open and shut
All the way to school.
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep; beep, beep, beep
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep
All the way to school.
Printouts
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