Back To School Supplies Activities Pack

Description

Kick off the school year with this fun and hands-on Back to School Supplies Activities Pack for Preschool and Kindergarten! Packed with counting, tracing, alphabet hunts, color matching, and playdough fun—it’s perfect for early learners settling into classroom routines.

What’s included in this pack of Back to School Supplies Activities for Kindergarten & Preschool?

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary Words
  Includes color chart that can also be used as vocabulary cards, and printable cut and paste worksheets for vocabulary practice. 
• 3 Part Cards
  Match the word and picture to the whole card for each of the school supplies.
• Opposites
  Picture cards showing common opposites for students to match. Includes printable worksheet.

Alphabet

• Alphabet Hunt
  Identify the target letter then hunt for that letter on the activity mat. Finish by tracing the letter too.

Beginning Sounds

• Beginning Sound Matching
  Identify the letter in the lunch box and the sound it makes, then cover each picture that begins with that sound.
• Sound & Trace
  Say the sound and beginning sound picture, then either trace the letter with a dry erase marker or follow the outline with mini erasers. 

Sight Words

• Sight Word Sensory Bin
  Choose a sight word card from the sensory bin then write it on the recording sheet.

Math

• Number Order
  Use the glue bottle number cards to fill in the missing gaps on each counting strip. 
• Pencil Measurement
  Use informal units to measure each of the pencils such as unifix blocks. Includes printable worksheet where students color the blocks beside each pencil to measure it.
• Count & Trace
  Count and connect the numbers to create each school supply, then trace the vocabulary word.
• Count, Write & Link
  Count the number of students on each of the tens frame buses, write the number in the box, then attach the same number of math links to the card.
• Backpack Number Sense
  Match the different representations of each number of the backpacks to the corresponding bag hook.
• Color by Number
  A set of back to school color by number worksheets.
• Crayon Box Clip Card Activities
  Count the crayons and clip the correct number! Includes three variations of cards and ten accompanying worksheets.

Fine Motor Skills

• Shape Tracing
  Include vocabulary cards, and tracing worksheets. You can also add the cards to a sensory bin for an extra challenge, or print two copies to play a memory matching game.
• Dough Mats
  Use these fun template cards to create each of the school supplies out of playdough.
• First Day of School Haircuts
  Practice cutting skills with these fun crazy haircut templates.

Colors, Patterns & Shapes

• Pom Pom Color Matching
  Use tongs to pick up each colored pom pom and matching it to the corresponding color card.
• Patterns
  Use the supplies cards provided to complete the gaps on each of the picture pattern strips.
• Crayon Colors
  Match the colored crayon puzzle pieces then color each one on the recording sheet.

Craft

• School Bus Craft
  Follow the step by step instructions to create a bus from the template pieces provided.
• Crayon Box Name Craft
  Students write each letter of their name on a crayon and add them to the crayon box to spell their name.

Plus:

Worksheets

Including color the beginning sound, trace the lines, Which doesn’t belong?, school bus numbers, sorting school supplies, pencil measuring, alphabet match, and more!

 

This Back to School Supplies Activities Pack is perfect for the following learning settings:

⭐ As part of your morning work during the first week of school

⭐ As literacy or math center activities during the first month of school

⭐ With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. counting collections of object to 10

How to prepare these Back to School Supplies Activities?

✂️ Simply print and laminate each component, if desired.

✂️ Both color and black and white formats are included where possible to suit your individual printing needs.

Suggested materials:

✏️ Coloring materials

✏️ Scissors

✏️ Glue

✏️ Bingo chips

✏️ Unifix cubes

✏️ Math links

✏️ Poms poms

✏️ Playdough

✏️ Dry erase markers

✏️ Clothespins

Optional:

✏️ Tongs 

✏️ Mini erasers

✏️ Colored rice

✏️ Sensory bin