Activities for buddy classes

Looking to foster relationships among your students during back to school? This blog post is filled with fun Getting to Know You activities for kids! From icebreakers to games, get creative ideas to promote friendship and community in the classroom. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, or 2nd grade, these activities encourage communication through making friendship bracelets. Explore these free back to school activities for exciting ways to build connections.

Engaging Team-Building Activities for the High School Classroom - Engage your students in a fun, new routine: Team-Building Tuesday! Bring your class together and create a positive classroom culture by sharing these activities with your students. I use these team-building activities in my high school journalism and yearbook classes. Classroom Activities | Team Building Activities | Team Building for Teens | Yearbook Activities | Journalism Activities

Buddy classes in school are when two classes from different grade levels, usually a higher and lower grade, are paired together. There are many benefits of buddy classes!

Setting the tone of the school day can be so important, which is why I love the idea of incorporating these wildly fun Minute to Win It Classroom Games.

Wondering about how to go about starting a Reading Buddies program in your classroom? Here are some tips for getting started! There are so many benefits to having learning buddies-both for the younger and older students.

7 Classroom Community Building Activities 7 easy community building activities for the classroom. Get students feeling connected and engaged with closing circles, compliments, community service, lunch bunch and more.

Stuck for ideas for your buddy program? Check out these awesome activity ideas!

Finding great team building activities can be challenging. This friendship wheel is a great way for children to collaborate and learn about each other as they create a beautiful friendship wheel.

These STEAM challenges are so simple and easy to d…

Kids use team work to create this wheel.

A great way to end the year in any class, Positive Plates! Create a positive class culture to end the year on a high note. #EndOfTheYear #SpanishClass

Stem Snowman Teamwork Challenge - Build the tallest snowman before the time runs out. First grade students learn about teamwork after reading a story about building a snowman. #stem #science #firstgrade

Help anxious kids relax with these fun ice breaker games for kids. Build trust, confidence, and relationships while having a blast.

Need a Christmas activity for your students? Coffee and Carpool has this Christmas Kindness Lights Activity that's perfect for kids to learn about kindness. This hands-on activity helps kids learn not only to be kind to others but to recognize kindness in themselves as well. Grab this free Christmas Kindness Activity for your students now!

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Celebrating the holidays at school with this ADORABLE elf glyph activity is beyond cute!

Need partner activities? Read this blog post for ideas for engaging partner activities. #partnerwork #engaginglessons

Looking for some reading buddy or learning buddy activities? These 5 fun ideas will keep kids of all ages, whether it be kindergartens or middle school students, fully engaged during little buddy/ big buddy time. #Reading Buddy Activities #Learning Buddy Activities #Common Core #Book Buddy Activities

Last week we got together with our big buddies to share a StoryWalk and share a math activity. We met in the gym and the StoryWalk ...

With these elementary Christmas activities, students can creating Christmas writing crafts to go with a variety of prompts. You can also find some Christmas classroom newsletter ideas, student post cards and more for your elementary classroom!