Category: Kindergarten

An alphabet rainbow is used when teaching children the alphabet. It is a good visual aid, and helps children consolidate letter recognition and alphabet order.

Above is a picture of the alphabet rainbow we have in kindergarten classes. At school we say the letters of the alphabet every day.

Press on the link below and print the alphabet arc shown above.  Say the letter sounds while pointing to the letters. This will help reinforce letter recognition and alphabet sequence. Focus on vowels (the letters in red) and consonants (the letters in black).  Spend at least 10 min daily saying the alphabet.

alphabet rainbow

Magazine Letter Hunt and Sort Activity

This letter hunt and sort activity is a perfect activity for your children since it helps them develop scissor skills while consolidating letter recognition.

Choose the letter you will be hunting for, e.g. g.  Encourage your child to find the letter g from old books and magazines. Cut these letters and paste them on a handout.  Sort the higher case letters from the lower case letters

Ms Marita Cachia Kinder 2.3

 

Fishing Game

Things you will need:

 

• Number cards (you can cut them in the shape of a fish) with a paperclip attached to the
• A fishing rod with a magnet attached to it.
• Some water
• A container
• A paint brush

 

This activity should take place outdoors, either in the yard, in the terrace or on the roof.

Place the number cards in a container. Then ask the children to try to catch the cards using the rod. This helps to improve their eye-hand co-ordination. Once they catch the card, they have to say the number written on it.

Then, using the paint brush and water, encourage them to write the numbers on the floor or on the wall. By doing this, the children will enjoy practising pre-writing of numbers.

You can finish the activity by challenging your child and ask him/her why the numbers they have written are vanishing from the floor. Explain the concept of evaporation!

 

Variation:

To make this activity more challenging you can fill in the container with water. In this case the cards should be made of foam sheets or laminated paper.

 

 

Ms.Maria K2.2

 

 

1. Sink or Float

This play-based learning activity combines a science activity and a water activity. This science experiment is the perfect way to explain density to children at this age.

1. Write the words ‘sink’ and ‘float’ on two pieces of paper.
2. Fill in two bowls with water and stick the pieces of paper with words ‘sink’ and ‘float’ on the bowls.
3. Collect different objects from around the house (objects of varying density) such as teaspoons, paper, pens, plastic cups, keys etc.
4. Make sure your child knows the meaning of both the words ‘sink’ and ‘float.’
5. Before adding your objects to the water, ask your children to predict which objects they think will sink and which they think will float.

This video is aimed to help children learn about why things float or sink.

https://youtu.be/c8kszaZGLKE

 

2. Magnet Play

1. Collect some magnetic and non-magnetic objects from around the house and place them in a bin.
2. Invite your child to select an item from the bin. Ask him/her if they think the object is magnetic or not and why do they think so.

(This is a great opportunity for children to learn about making predictions).

3. You can record their predictions on a handout. Sort the objects which they think are magnetic and which not (as seen in the picture).
4. Then encourage your child to take a magnet and see which objects are attracted to the magnet and which not. They can check if the predictions they made were correct.
5. How many items did they pick up? Encourage them to count the items.

Variation:

A fun way to add movement to your science activity is by using a magnetic wand. The child can go around the house and find magnetic objects with the wand.

Science: A magnet will pull anything that is made of iron, nickel, and some other metals.

3. Balloon baking soda science experiment:

1. Blow up a balloon a bit to stretch it out.

2. Using the funnel add two teaspoons of baking soda to the balloon.

3. Pour the vinegar into a plastic bottle, filling it halfway.

4. Carefully attach the balloon to the plastic bottle opening, making sure you fit the balloon properly to have a good seal!

5. Lift-up the balloon and allow the baking soda to fall into the vinegar.

6. Observe the effect of the chemical reaction on the balloon.

Variation:

Before blowing the balloon, the children can use a marker and draw something they like on to it. They will love mixing baking soda and vinegar together inside a bottle to inflate ghosts, monsters or any silly faces they have drawn on balloons.

 

 

 

4. Magic milk experiment:

1. Pour some milk into an aluminium foil dish until the milk covers the bottom.

2. Add some drops of food colouring to the milk.

3. Add a drop of dish soap into the centre of the milk. (you can use a cotton bud dipped with some soap)

4. Watch as the colours dance across the surface of the milk.

 

Enjoy Kids

Ms. Kimberly