Kindergarten Lesson Plans
Adding Cards
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Adding Cards
Use a fun card game to practice adding numbers in this fun hands-on addition lesson!
Preschool
Math
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Color It Out
Lesson Plan
Color It Out
Reading simple words can be a lot of work for young learners, but by adding in a cooperative game, everyone wins in this fun filled lesson. Students will be filled with pride as they master how to isolate sounds.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Mystery Numbers
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Mystery Numbers
This mysterious math lesson introduces young learners to teen numbers and math vocabulary.
Kindergarten
Math
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Animal Vowels
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Animal Vowels
Have some fun sorting out short vowels in this animal-filled lesson!
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Read, Read, Read!
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Read, Read, Read!
Get your students ready for reading using this fun phonemic awareness lesson plan focused on the letter M!
Preschool
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Celebrating Black History Month with the Sounds of African-American Music: Jazz and Hip-Hop
Lesson Plan
Celebrating Black History Month with the Sounds of African-American Music: Jazz and Hip-Hop
What do like to groove to? Bebop or hip-hop? In this Black History Month lesson plan, students will listen to and learn about two music genres heavily influenced by African-Americans. Then they will write about which genre they prefer.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Read with Beads
Lesson Plan
Read with Beads
Build words with this fun lesson for emergent readers. Using beads and pipe cleaners, your students will enjoy working with manipulatives to create three- and four-letter words!
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Comparing Numbers: Marshmallow Math
Lesson Plan
Comparing Numbers: Marshmallow Math
Comparing numbers is sweet with this yummy lesson. Students use cereal as a hands on manipulative to compare numbers 0–10. A sweet treat remains for a job well done!
Kindergarten
Math
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Wonderful World of Worms
Lesson Plan
Wonderful World of Worms
Squirm with worms! In this interactive lesson, students will work with live worms to learn about measurement and living things.
Preschool
Math
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Jack and Jill: Letters and Pictures
Lesson Plan
Jack and Jill: Letters and Pictures
Who where those two kids who went up that hill again? This lesson plan includes role playing with a familiar nursery rhyme.
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Categorize It!
Lesson Plan
Categorize It!
By sorting and categorizing different objects, young learners will build important foundational skills. Your students will enjoy playing with different toys and competing some fun worksheets.
Preschool
Math
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Number Jump!
Lesson Plan
Number Jump!
Help your class “jump” into number recognition with confidence! In this lesson, students will write numbers on sticky notes, place them in sequential order, and “jump” on the numbers while counting.
Kindergarten
Math
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Matching Numbers
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Matching Numbers
Teach your class about the relationship between numbers and quantities with this lesson that has students use their counting skills to match a number of objects with their written value.
Preschool
Math
Lesson Plan
Catch Those Fish!
Lesson Plan
Catch Those Fish!
Catch those fish before they get away! In this lesson, students will be challenged to order and count the total number of fish. This lesson focuses on the crucial skills of ordering numbers and recognizing one-to-one correspondence.
Kindergarten
Math
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Act it Out!
Lesson Plan
Act it Out!
Connect addition with real-world problem solving as students analyze and solve story problems.
Kindergarten
Math
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Exploring Emotions
Lesson Plan
Exploring Emotions
Emotions are natural and temporary, just like passing clouds, rain, or the shining sun. In this lesson, students learn how to be mindful of their emotions and discuss how emotions change, just like the weather.
Kindergarten
Social emotional
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Range of Emotions
Lesson Plan
Range of Emotions
In this lesson, students will learn about how emotions change and will understand and discuss different feeling words for different emotions by associating emotions with colors, visuals, and a charades game.
Kindergarten
Social emotional
Lesson Plan
Reading Winners
Lesson Plan
Reading Winners
Who will win the race? Help your class build essential pre-reading skills with a friendly competition. Your students will race to identify the author, illustrator, and understand all the parts of a book in this engaging lesson.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Lesson Plan
Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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How Hungry Is the Caterpillar?
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How Hungry Is the Caterpillar?
Use this classic read-aloud to practice the numbers 1-10 with your students! It can be used as a stand alone lesson or support lesson for the Dalmation Dots lesson plan.
Preschool
Math
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Sight Words
Lesson Plan
Sight Words
Use this fun lesson plan to practice identifying common sight words and rhyming words with your el's. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Math Moves
Lesson Plan
Math Moves
This math lesson is perfect for your energetic kindergarteners! Engage these young learners with a skip counting lesson that incorporates movement and exercise.
Kindergarten
Math
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Growing Kindness In Ourselves and Others
Lesson Plan
Growing Kindness In Ourselves and Others
Circle up! In this lesson, students will use the circle structure to explore how they can grow kindness inside of themselves and in others.
Kindergarten
Social emotional
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Spring Subtraction Equations
Lesson Plan
Spring Subtraction Equations
What comes after winter? Spring! What comes after the equals sign in a subtraction equation? The difference! In this spring lesson plan, students will look at a variety of spring-themed subtraction pictures and write matching equations.
Kindergarten
Math
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Is It the Same?
Lesson Plan
Is It the Same?
Students will enjoy this fast-paced lesson as they incorporate acting, reading, and detective work while learning how to use context clues in fiction.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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All About 3D Shapes
Lesson Plan
All About 3D Shapes
In this hands-on lesson plan, students will learn learn all about 3D shapes in the real world. Can be used as a stand alone lesson or pre-lesson for the Solid Shapes lesson plan.
Kindergarten
Math
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Forgiveness of Others
Lesson Plan
Forgiveness of Others
Forgiveness is an important skill to cultivate. In this lesson, students will hear a story about forgiveness, practice forgiveness through breathing and discussion, and create a craft that includes words of forgiveness.
Kindergarten
Social emotional
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Where Is It?
Lesson Plan
Where Is It?
Use a scavenger hunt, art activity, and stickers to help kindergarteners understand shapes and positional language.
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
Numbers Numbers What Are You?
Lesson Plan
Numbers Numbers What Are You?
In this fun art and math inspired lesson plan, your students will practice learning and identifying the numbers between 1-10!
Kindergarten
Math
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Phonological Awareness
Lesson Plan
Phonological Awareness
Use this helpful phonological awareness lesson to introduce or review the beginning and ending sounds in CVC words with your ELs. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Color it Out lesson plan.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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