First Day of School 2026 Activities Teaching Resources for 1st Grade

Hopes and Wishes Jar - Goal Planning Template

Have your students craft a hopes and wishes jar to set goals for the school year.

All About Me Sundae - First Day Activity

Student Interest Survey Pack

Use a Student Interest Survey to get to know your new students at the beginning of the school year.

Free Blank Face Templates

Use these blank face templates to create fun back-to-school art celebrating the individuality and diversity of your new students!

Lettuce Get To Know You Craft Activity

‘Lettuce’ Get to Know You with a fun back-to-school Hamburger All About Me activity.

Good Choice or Bad Choice? Worksheet

Help your students differentiate between good and bad behavior choices with a cut-and-paste worksheet.

Procedures Scoot!

Review classroom procedures and expectations with with this back to school SCOOT activity.

Back to School - Personalized Name Coloring Bookmarks

Inspire your new students to read, read, read with their very own personalized name bookmark to color!

Get to Know Me Collaborative Tessellation Art Activity

Invite your students to get to know each other by creating a collaborative About Me Tessellation Art Project.

Back to School Word Search Worksheets

Warm up your students’ vocabulary skills with this set of Back to School word searches.

Back to School Supply Shopping Task - Primary Grades

Calculate the cost of school supplies and answer questions with this back-to-school math activity.

Playdough STEM Challenge – Task Cards

Use this set of STEM challenge cards to foster critical thinking and problem-solving by building various items with playdough.

All About Me Name Tag Template

Use this All About Me Name Tag Template to have your students design a name tag for their desk on the first day of school.

This Is Me Game - Task Cards

Get to know your students on the first days of a new school year with this fun 'This is Me' game.

Back to School Today! Poem for Kids

Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your students into a love of poetry with a short poem for kids written just for the first day of school!

Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down Expectations Sort

Review appropriate classroom behaviors with this sorting activity.

Funky Apple Craftivity

Have fun on the first day of school with a fun customizable, Funky Apple Craftivity.

Stand Up, Sit Down Game - 'Sit Down If' Icebreaker

Have your students giggling on day 1 with this Stand Up, Sit Down Game as a classroom icebreaker.

Editable All About Me - Getting to Know Me Worksheet

Use this printable Grade Level Getting to Know Me Worksheet to engage your students on the first day of school.

Funky School Bus Craft

Go for a ride on the Funky Bus with a fun Back to School School Bus Craft for Kids!

Get to Know You Bingo - Back to School Game

Start your year off right with an engaging Get to Know You bingo game designed for early elementary students.

This or That? Icebreaker Game

Encourage new friendships in your classroom with an interactive This or That? Icebreaker activity.

It's Me! Puzzle Collage Templates

Create an It’s Me! Puzzle Collage with our printable about me puzzle piece art templates.

First Day of School Signs

Smile big and use our Printable First Day of School Signs to brighten up your first day photo ops!