Kindergarten Lesson Plans
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.
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
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.
Kindergarten
Math
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
Lesson Plan
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
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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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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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
Lesson Plan
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.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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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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.
Kindergarten
Math
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Adding Cards
Lesson Plan
Adding Cards
Use a fun card game to practice adding numbers in this fun hands-on addition lesson!
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
Read, Read, Read!
Lesson Plan
Read, Read, Read!
Get your students ready for reading using this fun phonemic awareness lesson plan focused on the letter M!
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
Animal Vowels
Lesson Plan
Animal Vowels
Have some fun sorting out short vowels in this animal-filled lesson!
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Mystery Numbers
Lesson Plan
Mystery Numbers
This mysterious math lesson introduces young learners to teen numbers and math vocabulary.
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
Leafy Rhymes
Lesson Plan
Leafy Rhymes
Your students will love to see rhyming trees! They will manipulate letters to form different words that have the same rhyme. This lesson also integrates science and could be used to discuss parts of a plant or a tree.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
We Love Bees!
Lesson Plan
We Love Bees!
Students will be buzzing as they write and illustrate information about bees.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Mixing Colors
Lesson Plan
Mixing Colors
Mixing Colors is a lesson plan that gives students a chance to explore the exciting process of combining primary colors to make secondary colors! This lesson is hands-on and filled with learning opportunities for students.
Kindergarten
Math
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Shapes for Kindergarten!
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Shapes for Kindergarten!
Identifying shapes and colors will come easily to students after listening to songs, playing bingo, and coloring a worksheet!
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
Let's Choose Less
Lesson Plan
Let's Choose Less
More or less? In this hands-on lesson, your students hone important fine motor skills and learn how to compare quantities.
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
Rolling Math
Lesson Plan
Rolling Math
In this lesson, students will roll with numbers and identify what comes before and after a number. They will roll dice, add numbers and practice counting forward and backward from the sum.
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Lesson Plan
Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Caterpillars and the hard C sound come together in this colorful lesson. With help from the ever-popular The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, students will learn about metamorphosis while developing their phonics skills.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Sorting Fun!
Lesson Plan
Sorting Fun!
Introduce your class to the concept of sorting with this interactive lesson that encourages participation from your whole class!
Kindergarten
Math
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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
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Solid Shapes: Identifying 3D Shapes
Lesson Plan
Solid Shapes: Identifying 3D Shapes
Introduce your students to 3D solid geometric shapes and encourage them explore their everyday space for these shapes. In this lesson, they will learn to look at a ball as a sphere!
Kindergarten
Math
Lesson Plan
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.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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