FREE First Day of School Activities, Puzzles, and Games

Browse a wide variety of free printable first day of school activities, logic puzzles, and games that will keep your students engaged!

first day of school activities, puzzles, and games for the classroom - FREE.

First Day of School Logic Puzzles

I love using logic puzzles in my classroom throughout the year, so I like to incorporate a logic puzzle on the first day of school to set the tone for what students will be experiencing in my classroom.

first day of school hidoku logic puzzle printable.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HIDOKU PUZZLES

first day of school logic puzzle printable free.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AREA DIVISION PUZZLES

1-4-5 square challenge hanging on dry erase board

1-4-5 Square CHALLENGE PUZZLE

PETALS AROUND THE ROSE

DIGIT CELLS
PUZZLE

First Day of School Word Puzzles

These word puzzles are specially designed for the beginning of the school year.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HIDDEN WORD PUZZLE

BACK TO SCHOOL WORD SEARCH PUZZLE

Groupwork Activities for the First Day of School

If you will be having students working in groups throughout the school year, the first day of school is a great time to start modeling what you expect of students during groupwork time.

These groupwork activities are specially designed to get students communicating and working together. Plus, I just think they are FUN!

LET’S MAKE SQUARES ACTIVITY

INK STAIN MATCHING ACTIVITY

LONESOME LLAMA ACTIVITY

CUP STACKING CHALLENGE

BUILD IT
ACTIVITY

GUESS MY RULE ACTIVITY

RAINBOW LOGIC ACTIVITY

BROKEN CIRCLES ACTIVITY

31-DERFUL

MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE

SAVE FRED
ACTIVITY

Games for the First Day of School

Another one of my go-to activities for the first day of school is a good game! Some of these are full-class games (Train Game, Thirteen Game, Count to Ten Game) while others are played in partners or small groups.

GAME OF SIM

circle tic tac toe template in dry erase pocket

CIRCLE TIC TAC TOE GAME

ULTIMATE TIC TAC TOE GAME

LEFT CENTER RIGHT DICE GAME

First Day of School Math Activities

As a math teacher, I tell my students that we do math EVERYDAY. And, the first day of school is no exception. Here are some fun ways to sneak in a bit of math on the first day without having to break out the textbooks just yet.