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Back to School Activities and Resources

As you prepare yourself and your classroom, we wanted to share our favorite back to school activities and resources! This can be such a crazy, but enjoyable, time of the year when you plan.

Sometimes, it seems, that teachers have just as much difficulty as students when it comes to this time of the year!

As you prepare yourself and your classroom for back to school, be sure to take us with you! Here are some of our best back to school activities and resources.

Having some more informal, but still educational, activities and crafts are just one way to get ready for back to school.

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Favorite Back to School Activities and Crafts

I always found giving kids this special little gift, the Back to School Confetti, to open the night before the first day of school helps to ease their minds and hearts for the anticipation of the BIG first day can make a world of a difference. Every single year, I get parents emailing, calling, or telling me in person how this simple little gift made the world of a difference and to me, that makes it all worth it.
Back to School Confetti
If you cannot tell already, I really do like using picture books in the classroom and there is no better way to introduce this to my students than the first few days of school. The first week of school always brings a wide range of emotions for students (and teachers too!). These back to school books will be a perfect way to help students feel more comfortable in the classroom and excited for the wonderful school year that is set to come.
Back to School Books
<b><a href="https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/chester-raccoon-envelope-puppet-craft/">Envelope Puppet Craft</a></b>
Envelope Puppet Craft
One of my favorite activities to do on the first day is to read The Kissing Hand to my students and enjoy a tasty kissing hand cookie to celebrate making it through our first day of school.
Kissing Hand Cookies
<b><a href="https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/simple-shape-pencil-craft/">Shape Pencil Craft</a></b>
Shape Pencil Craft
<b><a href="https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/back-to-school-first-to-20/">Back to School First to 20</a></b>
Back to School First to 20
This School Supplies Sort Printable will be the perfect addition to your back to school lesson plans. Students can practice sorting with this free printable. It is perfect for preschool and kindergarten students. 
School Supply Sort
<b><a href="https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/school-clip-cards-printable/">School Clip Cards</a></b>
School Clip Cards
Are you looking for a fun, hands-on way to encourage your students to consistently make good choices? So was I and then I started implementing these behavior punch cards and suddenly my students were working VERY hard to earn their daily punch.
Behavior Punch Cards

Are you looking for more back to school activities?

Going back to school just isn't about classroom management or organization. It's also about learning the fundamentals for the school year.

For example, alphabet books or number puzzles that help teach important topics.

You may also want to consider color puzzles or shape sort to review more important fundamentals.

Working on fine motor skills is also important through fun activities such as this paper plate apple craft or using 3 ingredient soft playdough.

You can also work on active listening skills with DIY whisper phones. 

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Play Bingo with your elementary age students for a fun back to school themed game! Perfect for large groups in your classroom or small review groups. Add this to your beginning of the year lesson plans with 30 unique Back to School Bingo boards! Teaching cards are also included in this fun game for young children! Black and white options available to save your color ink.
Back to School Bingo
<b><a href="https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/lowercase-alphabet-posters/">Lowercase Alphabet Posters</a></b>
Lowercase Alphabet Posters
Your preschoolers are going to LOVE Alphabet Posters! These posters are a great addition to help your students better learn their letters. Use in your Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade classrooms. This pack includes 26 posters that each contain a letter and several pictures that start with the given letter. There is a color version and black and white version.
Uppercase Alphabet Posters
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Dolch Primer {Brights}
<b><a href="https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/number-posters/">Number Posters</a></b>
Number Posters
Engage your class in an exciting hands-on experience learning all about science! Endless Science Mega {Growing} Bundle is perfect for science in Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classrooms and packed full of inviting science activities. Excite your learners with the study of Life Science, Physical Science, Earth Science, and Animal Studies. These studies are perfect for any time of the year. This is a GROWING SCIENCE BUNDLE that will have your students learning all about: 21 life science topics, 4 physical science topics, 11 earth science topics, and 17 animal science topics. That is a TOTAL OF 53 SCIENCE TOPICS covered in one mega bundle. This pack is great for homeschoolers, kids craft activities, and to add to your unit studies!
Endless Science Mega Bundle
Play Bingo with your elementary age students through the seasons with these a fun season themed game! Seasons Bingo Bundle is perfect for large groups in your classroom or small review groups. Add this to your lesson plans or class party with 30 unique fall, winter, spring, and summer boards! Teaching cards are also included in this fun game for young children! Black and white options available to save your color ink. 
Seasons Bingo Bundle
Engage your class in an exciting hands-on experience learning all about holiday animals! Perfect for science in Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classrooms and packed full of inviting science activities. This bundle is the perfect way to combine science with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Groundhog Day, and Easter. Students will learn all about the following holiday animals: bats (Halloween), spiders (Halloween), turkeys (Thanksgiving), reindeer (Christmas), groundhogs (Groundhog Day), chicks (Easter), and rabbits (Easter). This pack is great for homeschoolers, kids craft activities, and to add to your unit studies!
Animal Studies Holiday Bundle
Engage your class in an exciting hands-on experience learning the five senses! Perfect for science activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classrooms and packed full of inviting science activities. Students will learn five senses science lessons through poems, hands-on senses lessons, and inviting senses printables. This pack is great for homeschoolers, unit studies, and includes science lesson plans!
Five Senses
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I'm Jennifer.... I taught Kindergarten and 1st grade, I have a stash of chocolate in my desk to keep me going, and I spend way too much time stalking the Target dollar bin. At a Dab of Glue Will Do, we help busy teachers and their little learners by creating awesome classroom resources which … read more

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