Kindergarten Plant Activities

Kids love to learn about plants, and I mean really, who wouldn't? They're colorful, they grow and so many of them smell... as one of my kids would say "de-LISH-ous!"

Encourage your kindergarten students in a love of all-things-plants with THESE fun, inexpensive and educational plant activities.

Teaching Kindergartners Subtraction

If you're looking for some tips on how to enhance your math lesson to kindergartners read THIS ARTICLE for information on how to bring subtraction to life.
I've written about some fun things such as singing sons, using pizza or pie, using flashcards, doing the opposite and more.

Basketball Skills- Kindergarten Style

So this is part 2 in my love of Lauren (and Basketball) articles, but you'll have to admit I've been silent on the blog lately.... been busy trying to wrap up the end of the homeschool year.

THIS ARTICLE by Lauren gives basic info on how to teach both dribbling and passing skills to kindergarten-age kids. Show them how to do the skills yourself, and then allow them to practice with a partner - and in an enclosed area, unless you like spending a lot of your time chasing errant balls. Consider getting an adjustable basketball hoop for your family so the kids can grow into the hoops and enjoy the toy for years to come.

How to Pass a Basketball- Kindergarten Style

Diane B. here.... although Lauren T. wrote the article we'll be highlight, I couldn't help but write about it. Firstly, I love basketball, and so do my kids. Although I play well enough, I was struggling converting my head-knowledge of the game into words on how explain the concept to the kiddos. No more, thanks to Lauren's ARTICLE HERE. She gives step-by-step instructions on how to explain the skills simple enough for a caveman... or kindergartner to play well. (One of the secrets is to use a basketball appropriately sized for the kids. GREAT tip that I just didn't think of, I thought a bigger ball would be easier to handle, but it turns out the ball is too big — and heavy — for the lightweights.

Kindergarten School Activities

If you're a new teacher, or just a teacher struggling to energize your normal routine, try doing some fun activities with your kindergartners in each subject that lets them get up out of their seat, work with their hands or view things in a new way. Check out THIS ARTICLE for fun ideas for craft, science, math and PE.

Teach Kids About Plants

Kindergarten isn't ALL about playing games and singing songs! Kindergartners CAN (and should) learn just as much as other grade schoolers. Help them better understand about the concepts of plants as living things with fun activities. Check out THIS ARTICLE for info on how to teach kindergartners about the parts of a flower, how to grow beans, how flowers soak up water and why plants need light to grow.

Teaching about Community Helpers

Kindergartners love to see people in uniforms, and love to learn about what these people do. Teach students about community helpers such as police officers, firefighters, medical personnel and postal workers. Follow THIS link for tips on how to teach your classroom about different community helpers.

Letter- Sound Games for Kindergarten

Above all else, Kindergartners learn about the letters and their sounds. Phonics helps teach students the sounds of each letter, and how they relate to eachother.


Teach students about letters with Letter-Sound Games & Activities such as rhyming, guessing what word a letter starts with and memory games.

Holiday Kindergarten Games

Kindergartners enjoy playing games with a theme, so why not integrate holidays into game time? Expand games to other times of the class such as normal PE or activity time, or during your school party.

Follow THIS LINK for an article on Holiday Kindergarden Games. Or check out THIS LINK for a book on Holiday Party Ideas.

Activities to Do With "Hunter's Best Friend at School"

"Hunter's Best Friend at School," written by Laura Malone Elliot, is the story of two raccoon friends.

Read this story to the class, and discuss ways to be a good friend. Complete the associated activities in the article below and discuss the importance of individuality and always trying to do your best.