Back to School Theme Activities and Printables for Preschool and Kindergarten
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Back to School theme centers, activity printables and games to use when planning activities and curriculum for preschool, pre-K and Kindergarten children. Download instantly, in Adobe PDF format.
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Back to school theme large letters, full alphabet flash cards.
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Full page chart of alphabet letters featuring various animals, in both color and b/w.
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A “dictate and draw” activity. Children draw pictures, teacher writes the child’s dictated words.
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S is for SCHOOL trace and color printable
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Alphabet posters 2 to a page. Use as flashcards, wall décor, make games.
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3 school-themed tracing and counting pages. Count the sets, recognize and trace the numbers.
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Large upper case letters with a Turtles theme. Games, recognition, bulletin board etc.
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Back to school theme creative coloring - 3 pgs.
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Back to School theme cut and paste booklet - create sets of colorful school items 1-10.
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32 back to school vocabulary words and pictures
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School bus ordering center 0-20, plus cut and paste follow-up activity.
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Number posters with 10-frames, 0-20. Formatted 2 to a page, can be used as flashcards for small group lesson.
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Back to school welcome poster for Preschool - write child's name in the pencil.
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Back to school welcome poster for PreK - write child's name in the pencil.
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Back to school welcome poster for KIndergarten
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Ways that children can go to school - oral language and room decor. Color and b/w.
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Alphabet matching upper and lower case letters center - play dough chunks to play dough containers.
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Color matching backpacks activity.
12 colors. Match books and teddies to backpacks. |
Sequencing cut and paste - child getting ready to go to school, in color and b/w plus coloring poster.
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Set of 18 different shapes, in flashcard format.
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Back to school bus number cards 0-10 includes number, ten-frame and number word.
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"I See at School" emergent reader. 11 reader pages of school items.
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Back to school number strip puzzle 1-5. Print on cardstock.
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School bus puzzle 6 pieces - print 2 copies, cut up one and match to the other., or mix up pieces of 2 puzzles.
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Backpack puzzle 6 pieces - print 2 copies, cut up one and match to the other, or mix up pieces of 2 puzzles. MEMBERS
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Children at table puzzle 6 pieces - print 2 copies, cut up one and match to the other, or mix up pieces of 2 puzzles. MEMBERS
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"All about me" pennant poster. Name, portrait, family, home, favorite color and food. MEMBERS
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School theme color by number printables - 3 pages.
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Back to School matching, 12 pictures, labeled. MEMBERS
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School bus order by size activity.
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Tracing numbers 0-20 for beginning writers with a school theme. Make a booklet or a center. MEMBERS
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Back to School - 14 large manipulatives for games and vocabulary - MEMBERS
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Back to School discussion photos - use these to provoke discussion and extend vocabulary. 10 photos. MEMBERS
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Back to School theme cut and paste - complete 12 sentences. MEMBERS
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Numbers 0-20 on play dough containers. Match with number words to twenty. Sequencing, recognition. MEMBERS
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Play dough 10-frames 0-20 to match with play dough container numbers 0-20. MEMBERS
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Play dough color words matching - 8 colors. In both color, and b/w. MEMBERS
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Math mats - Create sets of real or paper (included) crayons on classroom background.
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Cutting skills - lines are straight, curved and zigzag. 5 full pgs, 10 cutting activities. MEMBERS
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Back to school theme patterns cut and paste. Members
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Back to school theme - categorizing - sort items found at school/not found. Members
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Back to School word wall. Can post on wall, or make a center by printing 2 or more copies, and children match. 12 words/pictures. MEMBERS
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Booklet to practice counting and number recognition 0-10. Recognize numerals, count sets, trace numbers, and fill in 10-frames by stamping or coloring. MEMBERS
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Back to School room labels - emergent reading. 18 words. Members
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Back to school number strip puzzle 1-10. MEMBERS
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"Things we do at preschool" 16 flashcards. Each of these pictures shows a different activity - talk about it. MEMBERS
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Back to school mobile craftivity for early learners (color and b/w). MEMBERS
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Color name recognition - color the 6 school buses. MEMBERS
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Trace and color the box of crayons. MEMBERS
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Editable graphic organizers and assessment forms for preschool teachers. 55 pgs. MEMBERS
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Set of large cut and paste numbers for a Back to School theme unit, 1-12. MEMBERS
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Back to school theme flip book interactive emergent reader. Instructions to make it are included. MEMBERS
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3 dot marker counting printables, 5-10. MEMBERS
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3 dot marker counting printables, 1-6. MEMBERS
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Set of 15 hands-on number counting and stamping cards. MEMBERS
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P is for preschool poster. MEMBERS
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K is for Kindergarten poster. MEMBERS
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School 10-frames cards 1-10. MEMBERS
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Schools attributes sorting cards by size and color. Small medium big. Sorting mats included. MEMBERS
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Backpacks attributes sorting cards by size and color. 4 pages MEMBERS
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School sentence building cut and paste: I like school. MEMBERS
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School sentence building cut and paste: School is fun. MEMBERS
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School sentence building cut and paste: I see a school. MEMBERS
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School sentence building cut and paste: The school is blue. MEMBERS
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16 2-piece puzzle cards with a school theme. MEMBERS
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Counting pencils cards 0-10. Arrange in order. Print 2 copies for matching games. MEMBERS
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Color matching center - match 66 cards to 11 color mats. MEMBERS
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School theme rhyming center, plus interactive cut and paste emergent reader. MEMBERS
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5 hands-on math centers for the first weeks of school. Great for assessment. MEMBERS
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Alphabet posters, flashcards, game cards and coloring pages. Great for room decor. 108 pages. MEMBERS
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BACK to SCHOOL printables reviewing some different forms that numbers can take. 1-20.
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32 signs for preschool centers 2 different backgrounds, plus Canadian spelling. MEMBERS
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Make a School Time Number Book 1-20, no prep.
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Songs and rhymes for the first week of preschool with activities. MEMBERS
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2 printables with 18 pictures in b/w. Stamp or color the correct beginning sound. MEMBERS
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Categorizing, discussion and drawing - pack lunch for a picnic or school. 12 pages. MEMBERS
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Emergent reader featuring the sequence of a child getting ready to go to school. MEMBERS
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School time cut and paste labels for boy and girl, 3 differentiated levels. MEMBERS
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Creating patterns with a school theme - teaching prop, center and printables. 12 pages MEMBERS
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School Time theme pack for preschool - 127 pages MEMBERS
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"My Book About School" - discuss, color and draw - 15 full pages. MEMBERS
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