Free Printable First Day of School Interview – PreK to 12th Grade!

Use these free printable first day of school interview worksheets to create your own school memory boxes for your kids! Just print the free questionnaire and have your kids fill it in as a fun keepsake. Super cute “All about me” first day of school printables!

Kids grow up so fast. It seems like just yesterday I was dropping my oldest daughter off at Kindergarten, and now she’s about to be in 8th grade! And, not to age myself, but these fun “All About Me” first and last day of school interviews weren’t really a thing back when she was in Kindergarten. So I didn’t start this easy back to school tradition until recently… but I totally wish that I had done it earlier so that I had a full and complete school memory box!

So learn from my mistakes.

If you want to start a fun binder of your kids school keepsakes like Honor Roll certificates, important test grades, artwork, and these First Day of School printable interviews, do it now! Just grab a clear plastic filing tote box or even a 3 ring binder and some tab dividers and start this fun keepsake idea with your kids!

*And then check out this post for some free printable first day of school signs next – the signs are perfect for taking your back to school photos, and they match these interview worksheets!

Here are some super cute All About Me first day of school printables to help you! And you can even go ahead and print all of the years, pre-K through 12th grade, so you have them ready to go at the beginning of each school year!

First Day of School Interview Questions to Ask Kids

These free printable first day of school interview worksheets have some awesome questions for kids to answer each year. And the fun part of this back to school idea is that you can go back through each previous year and see how your kids’ answers have changed!

Here’s the information that is included on each First Day of School printable questionnaire:

• Date of the first day of school
• Age
• Teacher
• School name
• Height
• Weight
• Shoe size
• “This is Me” box for you to attach a current picture
• Favorite subject
• Favorite TV show
• Favorite movie
• Favorite book
• Favorite song
• Favorite food
• Favorite activity
• Favorite color
• “My signature” box for your child to write or sign his/her name
• When I grow up I want to be…
• I’m really good at…
• I want to learn…
• Two words to describe me…
• I’m nervous about…
• I’m excited about this grade because…

Ideas for Using First and Last Day of School Interviews

So, how do you get your kids to participate in this fun first day of school interview, even as they get older and they don’t want to participate in anything that you deem “fun”? Here are some awesome ideas for conducting school interviews for kids each year to memorialize their school days:

Create a School Memory Box

Making a school memory box for each of your kids is a great way to keep all of their important and sentimental school papers organized (and to help with all of the paper clutter that comes home from school!).

Simply get a filing box, grab some hanging file folders, and use the folders to separate your kids’ school papers by grade level! Super easy and a great keepsake!

I even have a full set of free printables for making a school memory box or binder here!

Put these cute printable school interviews in the front of each grade level file folder!

Here are some other items that you can include in your school memory boxes, besides of course these super cute free printable school questionnaire worksheets:

• official school photos
• first and last day of school photos that you take of your kids
• Honor Roll certificates or other awards
• programs from school plays or concerts
• artwork
• standardized testing scores
• other keepsakes like Mother’s Day or Father’s Day art they make during school

“Sweeten” the Interview with a Breakfast Date

Sometimes it takes a little coaxing in the form of a donut breakfast date or a morning Starbucks run to get your kids to really open up to you… especially as they get older.

So if your older kids are less than enthusiastic about an annual school interview, then why not turn it into a fun mother-daughter or mother-son tradition on the first day of school? Just grab the school interview PDF and head out for breakfast with your kids. Then, have them answer the questions over a mocha latte or a chocolate cream-filled donut!

Make a School Memories Binder for Each Child

If you don’t have the extra room to store a filing box for each of your kids but you still love the idea of a school memory box, then you can create the same memory keeping system using a 3 ring binder instead!

Just grab a large binder for each child (I would recommend at least a 3″ binder) and some tabbed dividers. Label the tabbed dividers with each grade level. Then, as your kids bring home papers, photos, or artwork that you want to keep, use a hole punch to organize them in the binder.

And you can use start each tabbed yearly section with the First Day of School interview printable and end it with the Last Day of School interview!

Video Your First Day of School Interview

Like the interview idea but more of a digital file person? Then why not record your child answering the interview questions each year instead!

You can use the questions that I have listed above or come up with your own questions to ask. Then, just hit “Record” on your phone’s video camera and you’ve got an instant digital memory! You could even compile the videos into one epic (and probably embarrassing) video to play at your child’s high school graduation party. Talk about a good time!

Free Printable First Day of School Interview Worksheets

Want to grab these free first day of school interview printables (and the last day of school interviews to match)? Just click the link below to download the file. A new window will open in Dropbox (where the file is stored) and you can look for the “Download” or “Print” icon from there… Let me know if you need help! 🙂

Click HERE for the First Day of School Interviews for Kids

I hope you enjoy these free printable first and last day of school interview PDF worksheets! And I hope you and your kids have a great time putting together your school memory box or binder full of their school keepsakes!

And if you LOVED this idea, then be sure to check out some of my other fun back to school ideas for kids:

Make a DIY Teacher Survival Kit – Use these cute printables to make your own teacher survival kit for your kids’ teachers this year! Filled with goodies and packaged with a brightly colored printable, this easy gift will surely be a hit with teachers!

Free Printable First Day of School Signs – These cute first day of school signs match the school interviews… perfect for creating your own school memories keepsake!

And check out Real Simple for 15 Fun Back to School traditions that your kids will love!