April 16, 2026
Our Class is a Family is a popular pick for back to school read alouds. This book helps set the stage for building a classroom community where students are valued, safe, and loved. Simply Kinder’s NEW Our Class is a Family book companion is full of extension activities that will help foster community in your classroom. Take a peek at what’s inside!
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Grab your copy of Our Class is a Family and enjoy a read aloud with your class. After reading, complete engaging and interactive activities that you choose from the comprehensive book companion set. You can make bracelets, create an inviting bulletin board, make a craft, incorporate math & literacy centers, and more!
Students use a pipe cleaner and colored pony beads to create a personalized bracelet. Each bead represents a trait we want in a classroom family such as respect, kindness, and togetherness. Students can use the included printable as a visual reminder of what it means to be part of a classroom family.
Use directed drawing steps to teach students how to draw a simple self-portrait on picture frame templates. Use these self-portraits to create an inviting bulletin board that can hang in the classroom or hallway. Place a magnet on the back of the self-portraits when removing them from the bulletin board and students now have a keepsake!
Each student contributes a page to a class book that they will enjoy reading all year. Choose from a variety of page templates to meet the needs of your students and their varied writing abilities. Edit the colorful cover page to show your name and the year. Use a bookbinder or staple the completed book together and place in your classroom library.
Incorporate themed literacy and math centers into your day. Students can practice counting & addition with clip wheels and counting cards or work with rhyming words through a spin & cover partner game.
This adorable craft is simple to make and personalized for each child! Program students’ names before printing and give students guided name practice or let them write their names. You can print on white cardstock for students to personalize their color options or print on colored paper for students to cut, glue, and assemble. This craft also makes a fun bulletin board display!
Choose from numerous other no-prep Our Class is a Family book activities. Simply click and print!
Love what you see? There’s so much more included in this 140-page book companion so grab your copy from Simply Kinder HERE or on Simply Kinder + Printable Membership HERE! Students will LOVE building community with their classmates while completing these classroom activities!
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