Kindergarten Activities
From outdoor activities perfect for a sunny day, to indoor activities for when the rain is falling, we've got math activities, science activities, writing, reading, and more: so get those paints and markers ready! Make a book, go word fishing, or send kids on a shape scavenger hunt. Here are dozens of things to do with your kindergarten child.
Produce a Vegetable Puppet Play!
Want a creative way to get your kids to eat more vegetables? This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about the health benefits of eating vegetables while creating an fun veggie puppet play about nutrition!
Go on a Library Treasure Hunt!
Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters. Have your child hunt for books at the library to find the library treasure hunt prize!
Make a Milk Box Derby!
Young children are great at finding their own ways to "recycle" by using their imagination to turn household objects into toys. Put those budding artists to work by having them create their own toy cars with used milk cartons and then having a Milk Box Derby!
Popsicle Stick Bird House
Help your nature enthusiast connect to her fine feathered friends right in your neighborhood by constructing a bird habitat and feeding station she can watch throughout the summer and fall.
Make a Tie Dye Surprise
In the spirit of recycling and reusing, as well as saving some money on buying new clothes, why not spend an afternoon outdoors creating some of your own designs by learning to tie dye? Here's how.
Games for the Grocery Store
Few places are as dense with words as an ordinary grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid in tow, turn the trip on its head. Make it a reading adventure! Here are five ideas to get you started:
My Backyard Counting Book
To master counting to ten, kindergarteners often count their fingers and toes. Have him apply his natural curiosity about the outdoors to counting practice, and create a counting book for repeated practice!
Create a Color Collage
This hands-on art activity will help your child work on her sorting skills, and make a beautiful addition to the refrigerator gallery, too!
Ice Cream Science
What is a liquid? What is a solid? What better way to experiment, then by turning one of your kid's favorite substances, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!
Blind Trust
Following one- and two-step directions is expected in kindergarten. Having trouble getting your child to follow your words? This blind obstacle course turns the art of listening into an outdoor game. Give it a try, and see who's better at following directions, you or her?
