Can you please share some ideas (games,activities, stories, art work) for my class' first day in school?

S.O.S.! Kindly share some of your ideas with regards to first day of school activities, games, art work and stories; which I will be presenting to kids ages 3-4 and 5-6 (Preschool). I wish to show and teach them something new. Classes start this coming Monday. Thanks.Can you please share some ideas (games,activities, stories, art work) for my class' first day in school?
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www.perpetualpreschool.comCan you please share some ideas (games,activities, stories, art work) for my class' first day in school?
Start with a song "We love, love ,yes we do OR Welcome little children. Use some other song tune if you desire



Name game Anyone whose name begins with the sound ahh. They say I am ah Angela. Do the other letters based on you list



Repeat sound and rhythms



Music instrument play cork, body parts

Listening to music all type

Dance session

Plasticine or clay for molding

Story time; everyday

Acting take on a character eg. the orange, apple tree a character from the story

Dress up box

Hero for a dayCan you please share some ideas (games,activities, stories, art work) for my class' first day in school?
Are these kids who have been there the whole school year and are now staying for summer? If they are newly enrolled, you can read the book "The Kissing Hand" about starting school. I read that in September to my class. Then for a project to go with the book, we made handprints with paint and put a heart sticker in the middle.
there is a social network for ideas, pictures, exchanges and its on: www.preschoolideas.ning.com. You can join, there is no cost and get to see ideas with instructions and recipes, you also get to ask questions and get them answered. Good luck