All About My Selfie An About Me Back to School Writing Activity, all about me writing paper.

After reading the text, we discuss how Leo felt being a “late bloomer” compared to his animal friends. We also talk about how Leo was ok with being himself. From there, I like to lead the conversation back to the students.

After all students have finished writing their rough draft, I introduce the writing rubric to the class. We review the expectations of their writing as outlined on the sheet. Since this is usually our first experience with a writing rubric, we go line by line and discuss what to look for throughout our writing.

Before ever even blinking an eye at starting our writing project, I like to share a story with my kiddos. For this writing activity, any book about excepting yourself and others are PERFECT. But, I like using the book, Leo the Late Bloomer By Robert Kraus. (affiliate link)

The editing process usually only takes a day. For students who have finished the editing process, they can move on to rewriting their finished copy. Of course, they make sure to include any edits they or their partners and teachers may have made. After their final copy is complete, the kiddos glued their writing to a piece of construction paper.

All About My Selfie Brainstorm

Classroom discussion is a huge part of my classroom routine, so I use this time to allow students to process and think about the upcoming learning (or activity). I split the students into groups of 2-3 and had them take 5 minutes to share information about themselves with their group. After time was up, each group shared one interesting fact about each person in their group. Then, it’s time to brainstorm!

This writing activity also comes with a more “grown up” version of the brainstorm that is perfect for older students who don’t need as much structure in their brainstorm.

They also glued their writing rubric to the back of their final copies. This makes for easy teacher grading later!

Use your natural voice, aiming to strike a balance between conversational and professional.

Go for humor rather than trying to be funny. In some ‘About Me’ pages, you’ll see that humor can be effective. However, avoid joke telling, especially if it doesn't come naturally. Don’t feel pressure to sound clever and entertaining. Instead, focus on coming across as approachable, friendly, and engaging.

Include links when possible and relevant. Make sure your email address is a link. If you use the word ‘experience,’ you can link that to your LinkedIn profile. If you mention any specific projects you’ve worked on, add links when you can, whether that’s a link to your portfolio, a positive news article, or even a blog post on your own site that discusses the experience.

Use it to describe your credentials, expertise, and goals. What’s the best way to start? The following exercises can be helpful in figuring all of that out, and will help you determine what to include based on your target audience.

Example of a Published 'About Me' Page

Do you need to write an ‘About Me’ page? It’s one of the most important components of your portfolio, website, or blog. It’s where prospective employers, potential clients, website users, and other professional and personal connections go to learn about who you are and what you do. And it's an ideal resource for promoting your professional brand.

Her hunger for knowledge and determination to turn information into action has contributed to her most recent success at Rockwell Group. There, she led international award-winning campaigns for heavy-hitting brands such as Puma, Gucci, and Rolex.

Her hunger for knowledge and determination to turn information into action has contributed to her most recent success at Rockwell Group, where she led international, award-winning campaigns for heavy-hitting brands, such as Puma, Gucci, and Rolex. Meanwhile, she vastly improved the productivity of her team by implementing strategic project management methods and ensuring a work-life balance for her department.

Use your own voice. Don’t use words plucked from the thesaurus or a business book.

Here’s a list of 20+ All About Me picture books for preschool and kindergarten that will be a great addition to your preschool theme during Circle Time!

Me On the Map is a simple craft that helps kids understand how they fit in with their street, town, state, continent, and even planet. This project is probably better for slightly older kids, but it’s a winner!

Here are 5 easy, low-prep ways to include STEAM into your preschool unit!

One of my favorite preschool themes year after year is All About Me! But I will have to admit that it is kind of a tricky theme to come up with ideas for.

Personality and Differences

Here are some fun and engaging All About Me activities that would be perfect for back to school time with preschoolers..

If you’re in need of a complete All About Me lesson plan, take a peek at this one in our store!

Part of what makes you YOU is your family. This printable book is an exciting way to help children explore this part of themselves!

This Reggio-inspired self-portrait activity is an amazing way to kick off an All About Me theme! It’s perfect for kids of all ages and results in an amazing art keepsake.

For more all about me preschool activities and printables perfect for preschool and kindergarten, click here.

Plus, it’s a super fun science activity! You’ll only need an ink pad, paper, and some excited preschoolers. You can use a fingerprint activity to get them talking too.

There are so many fun handprint crafts perfect for preschool learners! You can find one for every occasion. Kids can use their favorite color fingerpaint to create a treasure to keep for the year.

It’s almost time to begin a new year! Starting the year off with an All About Me Theme can be a great way to get to know your new preschoolers, kindergarten, and first graders. Plus, there are tons of benefits for your children too! I’ve created a fun new learning unit with printables for an all about me theme you can use with your kids. I can’t wait for you to see all the fun activities it includes.

What you’ll get in this All About Me printable pack

Keep reading to see some of the fun activities I’ve included in this printable learning bundle for this theme. Want more activities you can and should include in an All About Me theme with your preschool learners?

Have preschoolers take off their shoes (this part is really exciting for most kids). Then, draw the outline of one foot on the paper. Next, Give each child a handful of Unifix cubes. Have children use non-standard measurements to discover how long their foot is. It’s a great way to get kids talking, comparing, and introduce an important early math concept.

• Favorite Things Page: This fun printable encourages preschoolers to think about their favorite things. It will help you to learn more about your students and get them thinking about their own interests.
• Self-Portraits: A portrait is worth 1,000 words, and self-portraits are worth double! You can learn so much from a drawing like this. It will reveal what your preschooler sees when they look in the mirror and what’s important to them. It’s a great way to see your students from their own perspective.
• Drawing Cube: Roll the cube for a fun drawing activity or to draw yourself.
• All About Me Writing Prompt: Encourage kids to open up and share their strengths and weaknesses with this printable writing prompt page.
• Me in Numbers Activity Page: This fun activity gets kids thinking in math terms by asking them to list one thing about themselves for every number on the page. In the end, it’s a self-portrait of sorts that will reveal a lot about your preschoolers this year.

This activity is a great way to begin teaching your preschool learners how to write their own names. If your kids are ready, you can have them write the letters themselves. Otherwise, tracing the letters in their own names is an excellent way to become familiar with the spelling of their name, the shapes of letters, pencil strokes, and develop strong finger muscles. Plus, it’s an easy way for you to learn everyone’s name too.

Once your child is done writing in their info, they can color some of the worksheet if they like. My boys did a little bit of a rainbow theme. For the photo section, your child can draw themselves or you can add a real photo. We have those little Polaroid cameras at home so I used that. I personally love using a real photo but you can also print one on paper if that’s easier.

• Add an “All About Me” Collage on the back of the worksheet. Go through magazines or print out images of the things your child wrote on the sheet.
• Have your child add drawings on the back of the sheet of the things they wrote down.
• Take photos of your child with the things they wrote down, then add the worksheet to the front of a sturdy card stock and glue the photos to the back.
• Have your child write a story about themselves on the back of the worksheet.

If your child isn’t quite ready to write by themselves, feel free to write it the answers for them. Another option is to let them draw in the spaces or even use stickers.

First step is to print out the All About Me Worksheet and have your child fill it in with their information. My boys are 8 & 10 years old so they did this independently and colored the page all on their own. For smaller kids, feel free to jump in and help like I mention above.

All About Me Worksheet Free Printable for Kids

An All About Me Worksheet is a great yearly kids activity. I used to do one with my students at the beginning of each school year. Kids love talking and writing about themselves so it was always a hit in class. Recently, my boys went through their old school work bin and I didn’t see any of these sheets. I decided to make my own for them to fill out! Read on for your free printable worksheet and some ideas on how to use it.

Click the image below for your FREE Printable All About Me Worksheet .

You can leave the worksheet as is and be done or you can use some of my ideas. Here are other ways to turn this into a longer activity.

Get your kids talking and writing about themselves using this simple template. There is a space for a current photo, name, age, two things they love, favorites and what they want to be when they grow up. I loved watching my boys filling this in with their info. They even asked me what my favorite things are and it was a fun time together.