Back to school after COVID – How to build Strong Classroom Community and reach the heart of your students!

Back to school 2021 – need to build classroom community?! This always starts at the heart of students!

What can you do bringing students back in after COVID for maybe the first time in over a year to build a strong classroom community.

Let’s look at some back to school classroom community ideas for 2021!

How to build classroom community going back to school

First here’s your ultimate guide – packed with so many ideas!

Back to school classroom community especially in 2021 is going to need some prework!

I love these ideas to even do ahead of meeting students that make them feel warm and welcome before they even step foot in your classroom (hello….super awesome to build home family connection too!)

Send Welcome Postcards for Back to School Classroom Community

**bonus** points if instead of a picture you use a QR code and do a video of yourself for your students!

These editable Back to school postcards and great for building student relationships and the home family connection!

Promote connectedness through yard signs!

Put awesome yard signs up for students and families to show school support and begin building that community ahead of the first day!

Use collaborative bulletin boards to build classroom and school community!

This Soar Into a New Year Bulletin Board gives students and other classes a chance to work together and build something which is foundation of relationships in and out of the classroom!

How gorgeous would this be in your hallway? Classroom? inside the main entrance? Multiple prompts are in the wings to help set intentions for your new school year!

Activities to build classroom community (virtually, remotely, online, time, season)

Back to School Classroom Community Activities 2021 – look no further!

This Back to school meeting Bundle has THE most awesome resources to get to know your students right away.

Whether you are looking for a Would you Rather game – to know each other, Virtual Scavenger Hunt to get some movement in, OR

an Emoji Introduction Game perfect for any school setting – virtual or not! Where behind each emoji is a fun get to know you question- fully editable and quick and easy to play to build classroom community from day 1!

Even more Classroom Community ideas for virtual back to school 2021 can be found here.

If you want to build strong classroom community and close student relationships – make sure you know about the Classroom Community Collective….get your teaching joy back with resources sent straight to you to save you time!