Kindergarten Lesson Plans
Friends Are Fun!
Lesson Plan
Friends Are Fun!
In this social skills lesson plan, students will get to practice identifying how to be a friend. Friendship is an important social skill for kindergarten students to master as they begin to form a new community of peers at school.
Kindergarten
Social studies
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Details! Details! Details!
Lesson Plan
Details! Details! Details!
Do your students lack color and details in illustrations? Are you tired of gazing at a blank piece of white paper? Well... no more! Use the following lesson to turn your students into detailed illustrators.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Houses and Homes Around the World
Lesson Plan
Houses and Homes Around the World
Students will learn about the different kinds of houses people live in around the world and how they relate to a culture, environment, and country.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Lesson Plan
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.
Kindergarten
Science
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Exploring Systems with a Classroom Systems Hunt
Lesson Plan
Exploring Systems with a Classroom Systems Hunt
Teach your students to recognize systems in the world around them by identifying systems that exist in their classroom.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Weather Collages
Lesson Plan
Weather Collages
What's the weather like today? Engage your students in learning about different types of weather by making collages. While creating their weather pictures, students will also practice using adjectives to describe their work.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Magnet Magic
Lesson Plan
Magnet Magic
Help your students' reasoning skills grow with this activity that has them make educated guesses on whether or not an item will be attracted to a magnet.
Kindergarten
Science
Lesson Plan
Reading Faces
Lesson Plan
Reading Faces
The first step to helping students develop empathy is teaching them about feelings. In this lesson, students learn what feelings look like by crafting their own emotional faces.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Finding the Details and Asking for Answers
Lesson Plan
Finding the Details and Asking for Answers
ELs will get a chance to practice their listening and reading comprehension skills as they answer questions about the key details in a read-aloud text. Use as a stand-alone or pre-lesson for the Questions for Comprehension lesson plan.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Red, Yellow, Blue, I Love You
Lesson Plan
Red, Yellow, Blue, I Love You
Give early learners a solid foundation for school by introducing colors in this lesson. Learning the names of primary colors, and applying color knowledge to familiar objects is a great way to start building communication readiness skills.
Kindergarten
Fine arts
Lesson Plan
My Body
Lesson Plan
My Body
This simple lesson plan will help your students gain a basic understanding of different body parts.
Kindergarten
Science
Lesson Plan
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details
Lesson Plan
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details
In this lesson, your students will explore reading with technology with "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Students will use a graphic organizer to reflect on this story.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Animal Action Subtraction
Lesson Plan
Animal Action Subtraction
Children love animals! Use this lesson plan to teach your students about subtraction. Show them how the numbers go down as they cross out the animals. Their action makes the numbers reduce!
Kindergarten
Math
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My Family: Writing Practice
Lesson Plan
My Family: Writing Practice
Family first! This lesson encourages students to think about families and how diverse families can be.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Sink or Float
Lesson Plan
Sink or Float
Introduce your students to the scientific concept of sink or float. This hands-on experiment allows them to see which objects sink and which float. The concepts taught will be solidified with the completion of worksheets.
Kindergarten
Science
Lesson Plan
Sprouting Seeds
Lesson Plan
Sprouting Seeds
After this lesson you will have a group of prospective farmers in your class. They plant seeds and learn what seeds need to grow.
Kindergarten
Science
Lesson Plan
I Am an Author
Lesson Plan
I Am an Author
It's time for some storytelling fun. In this creative lesson, students become authors and put together their own mini storybooks.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
What is a Good Citizen?
Lesson Plan
What is a Good Citizen?
Aid your students in becoming the best citizens they can be with this lesson that teaches students how to be, and what makes, a good citizen.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Bugs Away
Lesson Plan
Bugs Away
A colorful and fun way to teach your students about subtraction. Cute creepy crawly bugs will entice your students to learn subtraction action. Added bonus is an opportunity to color bugs at the end of the worksheet.
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
A Rainy Day Experiment
Lesson Plan
A Rainy Day Experiment
In this lesson, your students will have the chance to see how rain falls from clouds by creating their own miniature rainy day! This hands-on lesson gets students excited about science!
Kindergarten
Science
Lesson Plan
Alphabet Tree
Lesson Plan
Alphabet Tree
Help your students with their letter recognition skills with this lesson that has them make their own Autumn Alphabet Tree. This hands-on activity is great even for the most restless students, as they will constantly have something to do.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Color Mixing with Mouse Paint!
Lesson Plan
Color Mixing with Mouse Paint!
A classic story, simple game, and color mixing will help your students learn their primary and secondary colors.
Kindergarten
Fine arts
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Going on a Bear Hunt with Landforms
Lesson Plan
Going on a Bear Hunt with Landforms
Going on a bear hunt...through, over, and across landforms! Your students will learn about landforms as they participate in a story and play a game.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
American Symbols
Lesson Plan
American Symbols
Would you like your students to understand some of the most iconic symbols in American culture? Well, you are in luck! This lesson will allow your students to explore important American symbols and their meanings.
Kindergarten
Social studies
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Name That Noise: Can You Hear?
Lesson Plan
Name That Noise: Can You Hear?
Can you hear me? In this lesson, your students will learn about their sense of hearing. Show them how frustrating it is to not understand sounds by lip-reading a paragraph.
Kindergarten
Science
Lesson Plan
Friends of Ten
Lesson Plan
Friends of Ten
The number ten has lots of friends, and they often come in pairs! Your students will sing a song, enjoy a video, play a game, and work on matching number pairs that make ten!
Kindergarten
Math
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Counting to 20: Get 'Em in Order!
Lesson Plan
Counting to 20: Get 'Em in Order!
Your students will have fun working with numbers to 20 with this exciting and interactive lesson with music, movement, and hands-on experiences!
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
Fruit Salad: Phonemes and Syllables
Lesson Plan
Fruit Salad: Phonemes and Syllables
Stay active and encourage healthy eating with favorite fruits. This lesson emphasizes multiple core learning competencies including phonological awareness and greater than and less than number concepts.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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