Moving to a New School/Home Workbook and Lap Book BUNDLE

Do you have elementary students moving away to new homes and schools? Help them process their feelings about the move and create a tangible keepsake with this engaging workbook and interactive lap book 2-resource bundle!

Reach for the lap book when you find out a student is moving to help process their feelings related to the move and to brainstorm ways to cope with new changes. Print and laminate the interactive, moveable pieces and slide paperclips, binder clips, or clothes pins for the discussion prompts). Print the workbook for your student to work through with you, a caregiver, or alone. See details below for what is included in the bundle:

MOVING TO A NEW PLACE LAP BOOK DETAILS:

“Moving to a New Place” Lap Book is an interactive tool students can use to process their feelings and questions about moving to a new school and new home. This lap book is portable and easy to store and pull out as needed. Students will enjoy moving the interactive tiles around the board to process big feelings about moving away from one place to another.

Your download is a 24-page PDF with directions and photos for assembly to make into a lap book using a manila file folder.

Features

• Cover
• How I felt when I found out
• How I feel about it now
• I'm most excited about
• I'm most worried about
• 4 conversation prompts related to moving
• 8 square feelings cards
• 4 blank square cards; write/draw before laminating or write on them with a dry-erase marker
• This is who lives with me now
• This is who will live in my new home
• 60 rectangular family and pet tiles (9 are blank)

Includes:

• Full-color version (with blue watercolor background)
• Blackline version (black and white)
• Printer-friendly color version (without blue background)
• Directions for assembly with actual photos of assembly

Assembly required: 

You will need: 6 sheets of paper (cardstock recommended), printer (color or black and white), laminator (optional but recommended), scissors, hook and loop (Velcro) dots, tape or glue, and 1 manila file folder. You may also want to include paper clips, binder clips, or clothes pins to slide along the discussion prompts and coping strategies on the sides of the folder.

Non-editable; clipart and fonts have been flattened per the artists’ Terms of Use. Page count includes Cover, Terms of Use, and Credits pages.

MOVING TO A NEW SCHOOL AND NEW HOME WORKBOOK DETAILS:

Help your students explore their feelings and prepare for moving to a new home and/or a new school with this fun, engaging workbook! Simply print and work on it together and send home with your students. They can also fill it in individually, in a small group, or with their caregivers. It includes two pages of helpful parent/caregiver tips for the move, as well as checklists, drawing prompts, address cards, and more! It will be a tangible keepsake students can use to prepare for a new school and home.

Your 29-page workbook (printable PDF, editable PowerPoint, and force copy link to Google Slides™ version) includes:

• Parent/Guardian Handouts (2 pages)
• Workbook Cover Page
• Moving Countdown Calendar (color)
• Moving Countdown Calendar (black/white)
• The Reason(s) I am Moving
• Feelings about Moving
• Changes
• My Moving Checklist
• Who Lives with Me?
• Contact List
• Address Cards for Friends
• Where I am Going (USA)
• Where I am Going (blank)
• Saying Goodbye
• Goodbye Letter Template
• My Next Home
• My Room
• Same/Different
• Excited/Worried About…
• Nervous/Don’t Know…
• I’ll Miss..
• Coping with Change
• How I’m Feeling Now
• Title Page, Table of Contents, Terms of Use, Credits

Please note that the PDF workbook is not editable but is ready to print and go!

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