School Supplies Activities for Little Learners
Teach students how to use their classroom supplies with these FREE School Supplies Activities for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten. This back-to-school resource gives little learners explicit practice with coloring, cutting, and gluing while helping you introduce classroom procedures and expectations.
Use the included songs and visual posters to model each skill as a class. Then, students can practice using crayons, scissors, and glue with the corresponding activity pages. It is an easy way to teach those little procedures that make a BIG difference once centers and independent work begin.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- Color, Cut, and Glue song/poster
- I Can Color song/poster
- Coloring practice activity
- I Can Cut song/poster
- Straight-line cutting practice activity
- I Can Glue song/poster
- “Just a dot…not a lot!” glue practice activity
- Color word practice for red, yellow, green, blue, orange, brown, purple, black, and pink
HOW TO USE
Introduce one classroom supply at a time during whole group or morning meeting. Sing the corresponding song together to model the procedure, then let students complete the practice page.
Students practice coloring neatly, cutting along straight lines, and using small dots of glue. Keep the posters displayed as visual reminders when students begin using these supplies independently during centers, crafts, and classroom activities.
SKILLS COVERED
- Scissor skills
- Cutting on straight lines
- Coloring skills
- Color recognition and color words
- Appropriate glue use
- Fine motor development
- Following directions
- Classroom procedures
- Independent work habits
WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
- FREE and easy to prep
- Explicitly teaches how to use common school supplies
- Combines songs, visuals, and hands-on practice
- Reinforces classroom procedures at the beginning of the year
- Builds fine motor skills before independent centers begin
- Posters can remain displayed for continued reminders
EXTEND THE LEARNING
Keep building successful classroom routines with the complete Back to School Thematic Unit, featuring back-to-school lessons, literacy centers, math centers, poems, songs, and more.
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