22+ First Day of School Activities for Toddlers, Preschool & Kinder

Hosting a classroom scavenger hunt is a great way to get younger children used to their new class and if you pair them up, they can make new friends in the process. 

Say goodbye to first day jitters when you grab our free printable ready confetti poem!

Handprint art is a fun way to kick off the new year. There are crafts for preschool and kindergarten included. Art projects like this also make great keepsakes. UPDATED YEARLY!

Interviews are such fun activities for the first and last day of school! Older students can write their own answers, for young children you can ask them their favorite color, favorite food, favorite things, and more! 

It's always fun to take pictures at the beginning of the year and see how much they change by the end of the year. UPDATED YEARLY!

These activities are great for practicing fine motor skills, and an easy way to to knock the edge off of the first day jitters. 

During the first week of school it's so much fun to take photos of the kids. Plus they love craft activities to break up some of the learning. 

Start the new school year off with these fun lacing cards that come in the shape of a school bus, pencil, and backpack. 

Everyone loves a good batch of slime! It's perfect for the school season and a great way to use up broken crayons while offering sensory play. 

These little apples are a great activity for a preschool teacher to offer. 

I love that all you will need is a blank piece of paper and puffy paint! The entire class will making these school buses. 

Grab the free printables for coloring fun during the first days of school. It's an easy activity, but younger students will love it and it's great for a toddler classroom setting. 

I Spy games are a simple way to celebrate the back to school season and fun activity for kids of all ages.

How cute are these little pencil crafts? It's the perfect first day of school activity for a preschool classroom or kindergarten. 

These little crayons are so cute and make a great activity for the first weeks of school. 

​Two and 3 year olds will have a big time wrapping these apples with yarn. It's a great craft when you don't have a lot of time. 

Here are some fun ideas for the first day of school for toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten kids. 

Add your child's name to the zipper on the backpack, along with several other fun activities. 

Who doesn't love a good bingo game! This could be used with older children too. 

Preschool students who are nervous about school being a new experience and a new classroom will love these kissing hand activities.

Here's another fun slime recipe that is school yellow! 

Kids will love making bracelets to celebrate going back to school or if they are new students this year.

This is a great tutorial for making a time capsule and would work for elementary school students.