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All About Me! Simple Writing Prompt for Kids

July 24, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Writing is one of the most wonderful things in the world to me. I love the feeling of writing down my thoughts and gaining a sense of clarity as my pen moves across the paper.

As much as I love writing, though, I do not love writing about myself. It’s just…uncomfortable.

And it’s uncomfortable for a lot of children too.

Which is why I wanted to share this simple All About Me writing prompt for kids. It’s a simple, non-intimidating way to break into writing about self, even for younger students!

Simple All About Me Writing Prompt for Kids

This would be a wonderful activity for the first week of school, but it could also be a great icebreaker anytime a new student joins the class.

Read on to see how to get your copy free! Plus, check out Travel Tales! a simple vacation writing activity for more ways to get students writing!

This easy all about me writing prompt for kids is a perfect back to school icebreaker for your class! Each student can use this activity to introduce themselves during the first week!

All About Me! Simple Writing Prompt for Kids

To use this simple writing prompt for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
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  • Pencils

Back to School All About Me Writing Prompt for Kids

What I love about this simple writing activity is that most of the work is already done for students. They don’t have to figure out what to write about, which is what trips up a LOT of writers.

They can simply fill in the blanks!

Back to School All About Me Writing Activity

As the teacher, be sure to fill one out too! That way, your class can get to know you better.

All About Me Writing Activity for Kids

These could even make an excellent bulletin board display! Hand out different colored pencils and let students complete them on their own.

Then arrange them as an “All About Our Class” display!

Scroll down to get your copy of our All About Me! Simple Writing Prompt for Kids!

Don’t miss these other posts to help students get writing!

Help students write about places they have visited or want to visit with this simple vacation creative writing activity!

Help early writers practice naming colors and writing complete sentences with this donut colors sentence writing activity! Perfect for literacy centers!

And be sure to follow my Fun Language Arts Ideas for Kids board on Pinterest!

This all about me writing prompt for kids is perfect for helping students get to know their classmates! Great for the first week of school or anytime a new student joins the class!

To get your copy of All About Me! Simple Writing Prompt for Kids for free, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers Store!

All About Me Writing Activity for Back to School

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Easy Shape School Bus Craft for Kids

July 23, 2019 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

This fun and easy paper school bus craft is a great way to get kids excited about back to school! Make it with your little ones this year!

I know it’s still technically summer, but school in our area starts next week, so we’re fully in the back to school spirit around here.

And that means school shopping, open house events, and weeknight meal planning – all of which I’ve been frantically doing for the last couple of days.

Our kids are pretty excited about school this year (so far), but if you have little ones who are…less than enthusiastic about going back to school, a fun way to get them in the mood is to make a cute back to school craft.

Which is where this easy shape school bus craft for kids might come in handy!

Fun and Easy School Bus Craft for Kids

This is such a simple way to start getting kids to think about school and learning for the new school year!

Read on to see how to make this for yourself. And for more fun with kids’ crafts, take a look at our easy Ladybug Paper Craft!

Get ready for back to school with this super cute paper school bus craft for kids! So easy to make, even for little ones!

Easy Shape School Bus Craft for Kids

To make this easy shape school bus craft for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • A copy of our printable school bus craft template
  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Ballpoint pen

Making a Paper School Bus Craft

To start, print out the school bus craft template. Since the template already has colored shapes, you can just print and get started without having kids color it in.

Use scissors to cut out all of the shapes on the template. (If your child is cutting the shapes out, be sure to use child-safe scissors.)

Making a Paper School Bus Craft With Kids

To make the school bus, begin adding the blue squares and rectangles to the yellow rectangle.

Simple Paper School Bus Craft

Glue them down. Place the blue rectangular piece second in line to serve as the “door” of the bus.

Simple Paper School Bus Craft to Make With Kids

Next, glue the gray small circles onto the center of the larger black circles. These are the bus’s “tires”. Glue those on the bottom edge of the yellow rectangle.

Simple Paper School Bus Craft for Kids

Add the half circle and triangle shapes to each end of the bus as the vehicle’s lights. Glue those in place.

Easy Paper School Bus Craft for Kids

Finally, use an ink pen to trace the outline of each window and door and you’re done!

Simple School Bus Craft

The blue bus would make a great craft for a transportation unit, because you could talk about public buses and how they serve the community.

Fun School Bus Craft for Kids

And, since all of the bus template pieces are basic shapes, this would be a wonderful craft for a shapes lesson too!

Don’t miss these other easy kids’ crafts!

Share an easy summer craft with the kids and make this easy paper ladybug craft! So fun for little hands!

This simple coffee filter jellyfish craft is a perfect easy summer craft for kids! Make a few with your little ones this summer!

Make this easy paper roll rocket craft with the kids this summer! So fun for a long summer afternoon of crafting!

Be sure to follow my Simple Crafts for Kids board on Pinterest!

This simple paper school bus craft is such a fun back to school craft for kids! All you need is a few supplies and a few minutes to make it!

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Surviving the Back to School Crash

September 22, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

It happens to all of us. We start off in mid-summer with the homeschool planning and around late July, we really kick the back to school stuff into high gear. 🙂

Then by mid-September, we’re feeling the blahs of the daily school routine. (Interestingly, the same thing happened when I sent my kids to public school last year.)

This time around, though, I was a little bit more prepared. So I wrote a post sharing a few tips on surviving the back to school crash!

Today is also another edition of the Laugh and Learn linky – our 51st week! It’s almost been an entire year of sharing great parenting and homeschooling posts with these ladies! See our features from last week below!

Surviving the Back to School Crash

Surviving the Back to School Crash

When does the back to school crash hit you? For me, it’s about a month after the school year begins. And it generally falls on a Tuesday.

The newness of the new year has worn off and my kids are back to complaining about having to “do work” everyday. By then, I’m usually over the newness too and it can be a real struggle to keep my early year enthusiasm going.

Check out the tips I share for surviving the back to school crash over at Thinking Outside the Sandbox! If you have any suggestions too, please feel free to share them in the comments!

Surviving the Back to School Crash – Thinking Outside the Sandbox

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Tina lives abroad in Latin America with her husband and four children. Currently in Mexico, Tina is active in homeschool, travel, and her Bible ministry. She blogs about all of their adventures, and more at Los Gringos Locos.
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Selena
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Selena is a writer and a homeschooling mom to four kids, including three with ADHD/SPD. Selena and her husband, Jay, are committed to teaching their children at home and loving every minute of it! You can read about the family’s homeschooling experiences at Look! We’re Learning, written by Selena!
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Sarah
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Sarah lives in Kentucky, USA, where she and her husband homeschool three children. Sarah writes for and about, families with special needs. She hopes to provide support and encouragement to all special needs parents in the homeschool community. Visit Sarah at Dedicated Homeschooler.
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Haley
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Haley hopes to encourage stay at home moms. She wants to help them learn how to make an extra income, to stretch a budget, to make crafts, and other useful information. Haley always has updates on the kids, and their funny antics. Visit Haley at Haley’s Vintage Finds & Deals.
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Lindsey
Lindsey is a passionate writer eager to touch the hearts and minds of homeschoolers and parents abroad. As a devoted mother to two, happy homeschooler, and scatterbrained housewife, she's on a mission to find love and joy in "the simple life" and invites you to join her! Lindsey is a passionate writer eager to touch the hearts and minds of homeschoolers and parents abroad. As a devoted mother to two, happy homeschooler, and scatterbrained housewife, she's on a mission to find love and joy in "the simple life" and invites you to join her!

Lindsey is a passionate writer eager to touch the hearts and minds of homeschoolers and parents abroad. As a devoted mother to two, happy homeschooler, and scatterbrained housewife, she’s on a mission to find love and joy in “the simple life” and invites you to join her! Visit Lindsey at Nitty Gritty Homeschooling. Find Lindsey at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
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The Winners for the Week of September 22nd:

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Tina’s pick for this week…

HOW TO GET AN OUT OF CONTROL HOMESCHOOL BACK ON TRACK

Note from Tina:

I like how she talks about flow of homeschool and the challenges each part of the year takes on.

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Selena’s pick for this week…

We made homemade cookie maps for our Ancient Egypt studies!

Note from Selena:

We’ve already started Ancient Egypt, but now I want to study it again just so I can make cookie maps!

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Sarah’s pick for this week…

These book report worksheets are great for kindergarten or grade 1 students. There’s large lines for them to easily write in with places to draw and show their creative side as well.

Note from Sarah:

I love these print outs, and have already downloaded mine smile emoticon. I am very excited about using the book report sheets.

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Haley’s pick for this week…

 4 Ways to Know When To Transition to Kindergarten

Note from Haley:

I love how Alecia breaks down four easy ways to know when your child is ready to transition. Her tips would easily work for any grade not just Kindergarten.

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Lindsey’s pick for this week…

Back to School Lunch Hacks

Note from Lindsey:

It will be our first week of the school year tomorrow and though I do not always have time to make elaborate lunches I like to do something special the first week, so this post gave me some great ideas.

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How to Ease Your Kids Back into a School Routine

August 25, 2015 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Have you already started the new school year? If so, you might have found that your kids are struggling to recover from summer break. I wrote a post about how to ease your kids back into a school routine over at Thinking Outside the Sandbox Family that might help. 🙂

Today is also another edition of the Laugh and Learn linky! Check out the posts we’ve featured from last week’s party and read today’s newest homeschooling parenting posts!

 

How to Ease Your Kids Back into a School Routine

How to Ease Your Kids Back into a School Routine

Sending our kids to public school last year was a huge eye-opener for me when it comes to back to school scheduling. Adjusting from getting up at 8 am to getting up at 6:15 am was something they were never really able to do. So I know it definitely takes time to ease kids back into a school routine after a couple of months off.

Stop by Thinking Outside the Sandbox Family to get a look at a post I recently shared called “How to Ease Your Kids Back into a School Routine”!

How to Ease Your Kids Back into a School Routine – Thinking Outside the Sandbox

Time for this week’s linky! 🙂

Come join us every Tuesday for our Laugh and Learn Linkup! You are welcome to share any Parenting or Homeschool link. You will enjoy all the great links! #LaughLearnLinkUp #Homeschool #Parenting #Blog #Mom #Bloggers

Welcome to our 47th week of Laugh and Learn – Homeschool and Parenting Linkup!

Laugh and Learn – Homeschool and Parenting Linkup will be open by 6 am every Tuesday morning.

Each and every week, all of the hosts pick one favorite post to be featured on the next week’s linkup. All of your links will be shared on five blogs.

We are also sharing the top posts on Pinterest: #LaughLearnLinkup {Featured Favorites}. It’s added exposure for your awesome content!

Your Fabulous Hosts 😉

Tina
Me and Sawyerlos-gringos-locos-blog

Tina lives abroad in Latin America with her husband and four children. Currently in Mexico, Tina is active in homeschool, travel, and her Bible ministry. She blogs about all of their adventures, and more at Los Gringos Locos.
Find Tina at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Google +
Linkedin
Tsu

Selena
Selena - head shot Look We're Learning

Selena is a writer and a homeschooling mom to four kids, including three with ADHD/SPD. Selena and her husband, Jay, are committed to teaching their children at home and loving every minute of it! You can read about the family’s homeschooling experiences at Look! We’re Learning, written by Selena!
Find Selena at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
Facebook
Pinterest
Twitter
Google +
Instagram

Sarah
sarah-dedicated-homeschooler Dedicated Homeschooler

Sarah lives in Kentucky, USA, where she and her husband homeschool three children. Sarah writes for and about, families with special needs. She hopes to provide support and encouragement to all special needs parents in the homeschool community. Visit Sarah at Dedicated Homeschooler.
Find Sarah at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
Facebook
Instagram
Pinterest

Haley
Haleys Vintage Finds & DealsHaley's Vintage Finds & Deals

Haley hopes to encourage stay at home moms. She wants to help them learn how to make an extra income, to stretch a budget, to make crafts, and other useful information. Haley always has updates on the kids, and their funny antics. Visit Haley at Haley’s Vintage Finds & Deals.
Find Haley at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
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Pinterest
Instagram
Twitter
Google+
YouTube

Lindsey
Lindsey is a passionate writer eager to touch the hearts and minds of homeschoolers and parents abroad. As a devoted mother to two, happy homeschooler, and scatterbrained housewife, she's on a mission to find love and joy in "the simple life" and invites you to join her! Lindsey is a passionate writer eager to touch the hearts and minds of homeschoolers and parents abroad. As a devoted mother to two, happy homeschooler, and scatterbrained housewife, she's on a mission to find love and joy in "the simple life" and invites you to join her!

Lindsey is a passionate writer eager to touch the hearts and minds of homeschoolers and parents abroad. As a devoted mother to two, happy homeschooler, and scatterbrained housewife, she’s on a mission to find love and joy in “the simple life” and invites you to join her! Visit Lindsey at Nitty Gritty Homeschooling. Find Lindsey at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
Facebook
Google+
Instagram
Pinterest
Twitter
YouTube


The Winners for the Week of August 25th:

Tina’s pick for this week…

Why We Stopped Buying Toys

Why We Stopped Buying Toys


Selena’s pick for this week…

17 Airplane & Hotel Busy Bags to keep your kids entertained.

17 Airplane & Hotel Busy Bags


Sarah’s pick for this week…

Blank World History Timeline +Free Printable

Blank World History Timeline +Free Printable

A note from Sarah: We keep a Book of Centuries too, but I love the way she lays hers out.


Haley’s pick for this week…

Grandma, Make a Skirt!

Grandma, Make a Skirt!

A note from Haley: I love how she up-cycled a thrift store shirt in to cute skirt for her granddaughter. What a great memory for her to have later on.


Lindsey’s pick for this week…

Making Friends: Qualities We Want in Our Friends

Making Friends: Qualities We Want in Our Friends


Thanks to everyone who submitted a post. Please check out the post above by clicking on the image.

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