Try these fun learning activities and games for kindergarteners. They’re sure to provide your child with hours of entertainment (and learning!).
by: GreatSchools Staff
- Create a personalized placemat
Writing activity: This activity will help your kindergartner build reading and writing skills. - Sorting beans
Math activity: By sorting and categorizing beans, your kindergartner will begin to build math and problem-solving skills. - Amazing bubbles
Science activity: This fun activity engages your child’s curiosity and builds observation skills, which will become important as your child studies science. - Telling tales
Reading activity: By sharing family stories, you will reinforce an understanding of family and how things are similar or different from generation to generation. This provides a building block for studying social studies. - Making hieroglyphics
History activity: By delving into the art of ancient Egypt, you’ll be giving your child a glimpse of art history. - Letters in clay
Writing activity: Forming letters out of clay is a fun and easy art project that gives kids a hands-on feel for learning handwriting. - Create a name book
Reading activity: Using a computer and a camera, your kindergartner can learn basic computer skills by making this name book. Once the book is complete, they can read it over and over, and practice their reading skills. - Make a personalized bookmark
Writing activity: This easy project will help your child begin to learn the letters of the alphabet, and how to spell her name. - Make music in a kitchen Band
Math activity: Banging pots and pans, and beating on an oatmeal tin can teach the basics of finding the musical beat. - Counting coins
Math activity: By counting pennies, nickels and dimes, your child will learn how to count by ones, fives, and 10s. - Make a story map
Reading activity: Have your child make a story map to sequence the beginning, middle and end of a story. - Shape walk
Math activity: Go outside with your child and look for shapes. - The “scents” of smell
Science activity: Have your child explore the sense of smell by having her guess different scents. - Letter collage
Reading activity: In this activity, your child explores letter sounds by making a collage. - Word family flipbook
Reading activity: Have your child create this fun flip book to practice reading. - Make your own wrapping Paper
Art activity: Try printmaking to make your own wrapping paper! - Fruit fractions
Math activity: Here’s a clever and tasty way to review fractions with your child. - Make a storytelling board
Reading activity: In this activity, your child acts out a story with a hand-made storyboard. - Living things and nonliving objects
Science activity: Have your child find living things and nonliving objects. - Name puzzle
Writing activity: In this activity, your child makes a puzzle that helps her spell and recognize her name.
Work Cited“Kindergarten activities and learning games.” GreatSchools, 27 October 2022, https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/kindergarten-learning-games-activities/. Accessed 3 April 2023.