1-2-3 Come Do A Social Studies Icebreaker With Me!

"My Home" is a quick and easy "craftivity" perfect for those studying about neighborhoods or families, or use as a sweet icebreaker for the first week of school, as it's a wonderful way to get to know your new students.

You can also do this for an easy activity that parents can work on with their child during your Open House.  Completed projects make a wonderful back to school bulletin board.

If you send a "welcome to school" summer letter out, you could also include the house pattern in that, or send it home the first day of school. Children take home, complete and bring back the next day to share with their new classmates. 

What an interesting and fun way for them to learn about each other, which also gives them practice sharing in front of the class.  So your kiddos get to know a bit about their teacher, make sure to do one for yourself to use as an example.

Here's What To Do:  Students write their family's last name at the top, write the number of members in their family and then draw a picture of them.

Inform children to label their drawing to tell who is represented.  Let them know that they can include pets as well.

Children glue a photgraph of themselves in the window. For the door, students complete the writing prompt "My favoirte room is..." and then explain why.

Some schools still have "knows their address" as a standard, so I've included a window for that as well.

Children color their house the appropriate color and cut it out.  After students share their homes, make a classroom "neighborhood" as a bulletin board.

Click on the link to view/download the My Home  back to school icebreaker activity.  Thanks for visiting.  Feel free to PIN away!  My "Pin It" button is at the top.  I hope you can stop by tomorrow for another home-sweet-home "craftvity" entitled H is for House.

"If you don't risk, you can't grow.  If you don't grow, you can't become the best you, you can be!" -Unknown