Back to School Theme Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

These back to school theme activities and printables will be a great addition to your plans at the beginning of the school year.

Back to school theme activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Fun back to school printables for kids!

Back to School Theme

These activities are perfect for your back to school theme in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

There are printables and activities that teach the alphabet, numbers, beginning sounds, names, sight words and more - all with a back to school theme!

These activities all have a pencil theme or crayon theme that is perfect for the beginning of a new school year when kids are so excited about the new school supplies they will get to use in the classroom.

Check out all of the back to school activities below!

Check out this Back to School Theme Pack!

These back to school theme math and literacy centers are perfect for preschool, pre-k and kindergarten. 

Back to school theme math and literacy centers for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Skills covered:

  • Letter identification
  • Number identification
  • Beginning letter sounds
  • Pre-writing and fine motor skills
  • Number sense
  • Phonics skills
  • Name writing
  • Patterns
  • Shapes
  • and more!

I have got you covered with these hands-on literacy and math centers!

Keep on scrolling to find more back to school resources!

Back to School Theme Resources

Free printable apple theme word work activity for kids.

Editable Apple Spin & Build Mats

Back to school word work activity for kids.

Free Printable Back to School Spin and Build Word Work Mats

Back to school four in a row game for kids who are learning letters, numbers, sight words, phonics skill and more!

Editable Back to School Four in a Row Printable Game

Fun back to school theme alphabet activity mats for kids.

Free Printable Back to School Alphabet Activity Mats

Free printable back to school theme number sense math activity for kids. A fun math center idea for kindergarten.

Free Printable Back to School Number Tower Mats

Free printable phonics activity for developing phonemic awareness and phonics skills.

Free Printable Back to School Letter Sound Mats

Apple CVC decoding activity.

Apple CVC Matching Clip Cards Printable for Kindergarten

Apple number sense teen numbers game for kindergarten and first grade.

Apple Teen Numbers Bump Game Free Printable

Apple theme number sense math activity.

Apple Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

Apple theme beginning sounds phonics activity.

Apple Tree Find and Cover the Letter Printable Mats

Apple theme number identification and counting activity for learning number sense.

Free Digital Apple Tree Number Sense Find and Cover Activity

Apple theme find and cover sight word game.

Apple Tree Sight Word Find and Cover Printable for Kindergarten

Editable bump game with a fall apple theme.

Editable Apple Bump Game for Word Work in Kindergarten

Apple theme word work activity for fall literacy centers at back to school time.

Digital Apple Feed Me Word Work Activity

Back to school making ten math activity.

Digital Back to School Making 10 Math Activity

Back to school theme count the room math activity.

Back to School Count the Room Free Printable Math Activity

Editable back to school write the room activity for literacy centers.

Editable Back to School Write the Room Free Printable

Back to school theme letter sounds phonemic awareness activity.

Digital Back to School Letter Sounds Matching Activity

Back to school teen numbers math activity for Google Slides and Seesaw.

Digital Back to School Teen Numbers Math Activity

A free printable sight word bump game for back to school season.

Editable Pencil Bump Game for Word Work Printable

A fun apple theme CVC activity.

Digital Apple CVC Matching Activity for Google Slides and Seesaw

Digital Back to School Beginning Sounds Activity

Free printable word building mats for back to school.

Editable Back to School Word Building Mats

A fun back to school theme sight word activity.

Back to School Sight Word Building Mats for Google Slides and Seesaw

This low-prep roll and write your name activity makes learning to write your name a fun, hands-on experience. So skip the name worksheets and try this!

Printable Roll and Write Your Name Activity for Back to School

This no-prep spin and write your name activity makes learning to write your name a fun, hands-on experience. So skip the name worksheets and try this!

Printable Spin and Write Your Name Activity for Back to School

This pencil secret code word puzzle is a fun way to learn sight words, spelling words, names and more! Perfect for literacy centers in kindergarten, first grade and even second grade.

Free Printable Pencil Secret Code Word Puzzles for Word Work

Printable Feed Me Numbers Crayon Activity for Back to School

Feed Me Beginning Sounds Crayon Activity for Back to School

Pencil alphabet puzzles for your back to school theme at the beginning of the school year.

Pencil Alphabet Puzzles Printable for Back to School

This pencil spin and cover game is perfect for back to school math centers. Learn numbers and counting in a fun and hands-on way.

Pencil Spin and Cover Printable Math Game

Name Writing Activities for the Start of the School Year

Lots of fun name writing practice activities and name tracing worksheets for preschool and kindergarten.

Editable Name Writing Practice Activities

These editable name writing practice activities make learning names lots of fun!

They incorporate lots of fun manipulatives to make learning names a hands-on experience, are editable so you can easily change them up year after year, and are low-prep so that you can save lots of time!

In addition, you will be providing fun, engaging name learning activities for the students you teach.

All About Me Activities for Back to School Season

These all about me activities are perfect for your all about me theme in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten. They are low-prep and lots of fun!

All About Me Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

One of the most popular themes for the beginning of a new school year is the all about me theme.

It gives kids a chance to introduce themselves to the teacher and the class and to share what makes them special and unique. I just love it!

So I thought it would be fun to create some no-prep printables or very low-prep printables that you could add to your all about me lesson plans.

These printables are fun, hands-on and super easy to use!

Looking for more back to school activities?

Check out these other wonderful back to school activities for kids!

Beginning of School Activities from PreKinders

Back to School Preschool Theme Activities from Preschool-Plan-It

Back to School Name Recognition Puzzle from Munchkins and Moms

Back to School Photo Frame Craft from I Heart Crafty Things