Kindergarten Lesson Plans

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Art

  • Finger Painted Christmas Trees
    Students will have green finger paint to make Christmas trees. They will also use red finger paint and make decorations on the tree and presents below the...
  • Making Christmas Cards
    In this lesson, students will learn to make Christmas cards for their parents. This lesson plan can also be for elementary students Grades 1 to...
  • Making Santas
    Students will make Santas for this lesson. This lesson can be done in December for...
  • Making Turkeys
    This lesson plan can be used in November for Thanksgiving. Students will make...
  • Turkey Feathers - Counting
    Students will have turkey patterns and feathers. They will place the correct number of feathers on the turkey that is written below each turkey. Then, they can color the turkeys. This lesson...
  • Color Book
    Students will find different pictures that show different colors. For example, they will look for pictures that show red and glue them to the page that has the word red at the top. Each page will...
  • Making Valentine's Day Cards
    Students will make Valentine's Day...
  • Ocean Pictures
    Students will make pictures of the ocean and then glue pictures of different types of animals found in the...
  • Forest Animals
    Students will draw a forest on their white paper and glue pictures of animals that roam in the...
  • Farm Pictures
    Students will paint a farm and glue pictures of farm animals on their pictures. Students will need to let the paint dry first before they can glue on the pictures of farm...
  • I Am Special
    In this lesson, students will be taught that they each have qualities that make them special in their own way....
  • Learning About Leaves
    In this lesson, you will take the students on a trip outside to collect different kinds of leaves. Then, you will return to the classroom and do their art...
  • Dyed Flower Garden
    In this lesson, you will teach students to create a dyed flower garden, discuss how plants grow and read Eric Carle's "Tiny...
  • Play Dough Farm Animals
    Students will make farm animals out of play...
  • Falling Leaves
    In this lesson, students will paint over leaves to create a painting of falling...
  • Hand Painted Turkeys
    Students will have brown finger paint so they can place their right hand in the paint and place it on finger paint paper. Then, they will place their left hand in the paint and on the paper. They...

Health

  • Health Bookmarks
    This lesson plan is learning about health. Students will also make bookmarks that relate to...

History

  • Long, Long, Ago
    Children will learn that the world has not always been as it is today by discovering things they use in every day life that were not available long ago. They’ll use reasoning and imagination to think...
  • Thanksgiving Menu
    This activity allows students to be imaginative and do some creative writing, while learning about history by creating a menu for the first thanksgiving. ...

Language

  • Ending Letters
    Students will have a worksheet where they will circle the words in the list that end with the same...
  • Listening to Directions
    In this lesson, you will hide objects in the room and have students locate them by the directions you give...
  • Learning About Vowels - Part One
    This lesson is on teaching the students vowels. They will have a worksheet where they will circle...
  • Words That Rhyme
    Students will have a worksheet where they will circle the words in each row that...
  • Learning About Vowels - Part Two
    This lesson is on teaching the students about vowels. They will have a worksheet where they will fill in the missing...
  • Sorting Words
    Students will sort out the words that rhyme and group...
  • Alphabetizing Animals
    Students will have animal words that they will put in alphabetical order. The words are for the first seven letters of the alphabet. I have included the worksheet for this...
  • Alphabetizing Animals - Part Two
    Students will have animal words that they will put in alphabetical order. The words are for the letters H through N of the alphabet. I have included the worksheet for this...
  • Alphabetizing Animals - Part Three
    Students will have animal words that they will put in alphabetical order. The words are for the letters O through Z. I have included the worksheet for this...
  • Beginning Letters
    Students will have a worksheet where they will circle the words in the list that start with the same...
  • Beginning Sounds
    In this lesson, students will have a worksheet where they will write down a word from the list that begins with the same sound as the word on the...
  • Learning About Syllables
    This lesson is on syllables. Students will have a worksheet where they will write down how many syllables each word...

Mathematics

  • Learning Numbers
    This lesson plan is on teaching numbers to kindergarten children and helping them to count by ones, fives, and tens. I have suggestions that you can do with the...
  • Open and Closed Shapes
    Students will have a worksheet where they can match the beginning shape with the shape in the same row. They need to look for the shape where the opening is on the same side, or if the shape doesn't...
  • Beginning Math - Addition
    This lesson plan consists of beginning addition problems for kindergarten...
  • Beginning Math - Subtraction
    This lesson plan consists of beginning subtraction problems for kindergarten...
  • Matching Numbers to Words
    This lesson will have a worksheet for students to match numbers to the...
  • Numbers - Before and After
    This worksheet has two parts. Part One - Students will write a number that comes after a given number. Part Two - Students will write a number that comes before a given...
  • Drawing Shapes
    In this lesson, the students will have a worksheet where they will draw the shape beside the...
  • Personalizing Shapes
    This lesson is about shapes and personalizing them so that students can learn the shapes. For example, you can write a sentence or two about each shape. These sentences can be in first person point...
  • Finding the Missing Numbers and Sequencing
    Students will have two worksheets. Worksheet One - Students will put the numbers from 1 to 25 in order. Worksheet Two - Students will find the missing...

Other

  • Sequencing - Days and Months
    In this lesson, students will have two worksheets. The first worksheet - Students will put the days of the weeks in order. The second worksheet - Students will put the months of the year in...
  • Telling Time
    One of the hardest activities for a pre-school student is learning to tell time. This activity allows for students to learn to tell time on a standard clock by letting them use their arms and...
  • I'm Thankful For...
    Students will write down what they are thankful for, and then they will draw a picture of the items they wrote on their list. They can also color their picture. This can also be for first through...
  • Developing Tactile Skills
    This lesson is about developing tactile skills. You will gather items and put them in a sack. You will use these items in the exercise that I have included in this...

Reading & Writing

  • Locating Words
    Students will learn to find words in an article from a word list. They will also write the words that are on the...
  • Learning Letters
    This lesson plan is on teaching kindergarten children the alphabet. I will give different suggestions on how to teach students the...
  • Learning the Alphabet
    Students will write the letter that comes after each given...
  • Finding the Missing Letters and Sequencing
    Students will have two worksheets. Worksheet One - Students will find the missing letters. Worksheet Two - Students will put the letters of the alphabet in order. I have written the letters...
  • Capital Letters and Small Letters
    For this lesson, students will write the small letter that goes with the capital...

Science

  • Learning About Magnets
    In this lesson, students will learn about magnets. ...
  • The Uses of Trees
    In this lesson, you will talk about three different types of trees and there uses. Then you will show the children how to create leaf...

Social Studies

  • Learning About Occupations
    In this lesson, students will paste pictures of people on a mural to put up in the classroom. The people should illustrate different occupations such as doctor, policeman, fireman, nurse, and other...
  • Learning About Firemen
    In this lesson, students will learn about firemen. ...
  • Community Helpers
    Students will learn about the different community...
  • Learning to Share
    This lesson is on teaching students to...
  • The American Flag
    To teach students the what the stars and stripes on the American flag...
  • Learning About Writers
    In this lesson, you can have a published writer visit the classroom and discuss writing. ...

Special Education

  • Rhyming Words
    This lesson is on teaching words that rhyme. By learning words that rhyme, students can say them easier and can also learn to spell them...
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