First-Day of School Art Project for Kindergarten

First-Day of School Art Project for Kindergarten! Do you need a fun, quick art project to complete with your class on the first day of the School Art Project for Kindergarten? You will love this first-day art project. Each year, my Kindergarten team does the same art project on the first day of school. This freebie 1st-day art project is an easy assessment to learn what our students can do as far as writing their name, coloring, cutting, and gluing. And, of course, teachers need to know if students can follow directions! And don’t overthink this. You can use this as one of the first week of school art ideas if it doesn’t work in with lessons for the first day.

Easy to Use First-Day of School Art Project for Kindergarten

How do you introduce art to kindergarten? Start by printing out this simple freebie first-day-of-school art project sheet for each student. We use this activity on the first day, or close to the first day, in order to give this printable to each student. We use this learning activity to figure out what our students can and can not do. We can never get enough kindergarten art projects!

How to Use

To begin, ask students to write their names on the top. Make a note of who can and can not write their name. Also, take note of what hand each student writes with. It is not a huge deal if students can not write their names, but this is a skill that is good to know.

Next, have students color their school house. I suggest students who are 5 try to use 5 colors and students who are 6 use 6 colors. I like to see who is holding their crayons correctly and who can apply the right amount of pressure.

Then, ask students to cut across the dotted line. You can see who can cut on a straight line. I know this will cut off their name, but the goal of this activity is for students to work on simple skills AND for you to learn what students can and cannot do.

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Grab Your Freebie

The First-Day of School Art Project for Kindergarten can be stressful and fun chaos. Planning ahead with this freebie can be a huge help. This freebie file can be found right here.

How to Display Art Project

Finally, give students a piece of colored construction paper or cardstock. In the last step, students should glue the art to the colored paper and let it dry.

What’s even better is that your walls will instantly be decorated! Look at how easy it is to identify who may need more hand strength practice and who has excellent hand strength. How do you get a quick assessment of your student’s abilities on the first day?

The best news is, you will instantly have some décor for your walls! Look how easy it is to see who may need more hand strength work and who has great hand strength. How do you get a quick assessment of your student’s abilities on the first day?

One More Art Project Use

I am all about working smarter and not harder. At the end of the year, I create student scrapbooks. Every year, I save the first day of school art projects for the cover of these scrapbooks at the end of the year. And of course, I hope you have an awesome first day o school and I am wishing you the best engaging school activities for kindergarten.

Keep in mind that Kindergarten is without a doubt a different world than any other grade. Most other teachers and even some administrators can not wrap their heads around Kindergarten. Find your Kinder people and hold them tight. They will be your support and guiding light this year.