michele is a mom and aunt that has 15 years experience in children's progamming coordinating daily activities, swim programs, and lesson planning for kids. standards for each grade level to help you identify which skills need to be included in your gym games for kindergarten. the gym teacher and kids will work together to try keeping everyone in this unique game of tag rather than trying to get others out. kids will learn to dribble a basketball with one hand in this basketball activity for kids that resembles musical chairs. students will learn each other's names and how to volley a lightweight object upward in this easy game. you'll need a small ball for each teams, a starting line, a finish line, and five long ropes or a set of five jump ropes for each team. make a standard game of kickball more fun when you play in reverse.

these differentiated kindergarten activities and printables make learning fun and effective. planning differentiated learning activities for your kindergarten students can be a daunting task. that's why i create engaging and effective kindergarten resources that are differentiated, but also easy to prep. these differentiated kindergarten activities and printables make learning fun and effective.

are you on the hunt for fun alphabet worksheets ? once your kid starts recognising the letters and words, test the children ability to recognise letters and words to polish their skills. these alphabet worksheets will help to increase the child interest in learning new words. the kid has to find and match the uppercase letter with its lowercase letter. these alphabet worksheets will help the children in recognising the sounds and phonics. the children need to look at the picture and write the missing letter this will help the children excel in their spelling.

same and different is the start of really recognizing distinctive traits objects can have. a great way to practice this is to send your child on a shape hunt. being able to physically see the difference between a shape with three sides and one with five helps with number sense, a key to all math success. having children draw shapes and working on the lines and angles needed to draw a triangle or rectangle helps them later in life when they are learning to write their letters. )  even with just 4 sides, there are a variety of shapes to work on. it is easier to focus on one shape at a time with toddlers.

the author gives tangible guidance on bringing culture into early childhood education programs including anti-bias themes and lessons across a variety of areas. place four or five colors (choose multi-cultural colors such as in this playdough set) out for the kids to explore. ask children to touch their hair and to look at their hair in the mirror. simply look at images from around the world and ask questions. i found this great pinterest board called “people/faces from around the world” which is a good resource. this book children just like me: a unique celebration of children around the world is excellent too. i have found melissa & doug’s create-a-face pad to be a great basic learning tool in discussing skin color differences. my montessori instructor demonstrated a fabulous lesson to introduce the concept of family to children. the figures are detailed and fairly “real” looking. he is married to bill.