Back to School

Crafts

*Pencil Case - purchase a plain coloured pencil case and provide fabric paints and stampers for children to decorate.

*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.

Block Area

*Add school buses and people to the block area.

Dramatic Play

*Set up a classroom with chalkboard, desks, writing paper, etc.

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

kissing hand counting game      

Related Sites

Childfun Back to School

Back to School Resources

Pro Teacher Back to School

Primary Games Back to School


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