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Kindergarten “Homework” Ideas
Language Arts
READ EVERY DAY
-read different texts: picture book, chapter books, magazines…
-talk about the pictures
-look for familiar letters and words
-point out patterns in text: repetitive or rhyming text
-talk about what is going on in the story
Sing the alphabet
Letter Flashcards
-sort capital and lowercase letters
-sort letters and numbers
-sort words and letters
Play Bingo or Memory Games
Play Board Games
Trace letters
Write letters
-use different writing utensils
-pencils, pens, markers, crayons, chalk, paint, stamps,, soap crayons…
-on different textures
-paper, cardboard, fabric, sidewalk, snow, bathtub
Write Words
-the names of people in your family
-copy words you see
-write a letter to someone special
-write out place cards for the dinner table
-write out real or pretend party invitations
-write stories or journal things you do
Play I Spy guessing games
Go on Letter Scavenger Hunts
-fill a pail with Pp objects or a bag with Bb things
Math
Practice counting to 100
Count objects
-steps you climb, coins in your pocket, fruit snacks in a pouch…
Practice number recognition
Play Chutes and Ladders
Compare more than/less than with different objects
Find shapes around the house
Add and subtract objects
Measure and Weigh
-to help make dinner
-with a rain gauge
-with the bathroom scale
Puzzles
Build with blocks
Sort objects
Play Pick up Sticks
Play with a calculator
Look for numbers in your environment
Make patterns
Large Motor
Run, skip, gallop, do silly animal walks
Bike
Balance on wooden beams, railroad ties…
Jump
-hopscotch, jump rope, leap frog…
Play on park equipment
Dance
Relay Races
Sports
Fine Motor
Play with dough
Create art projects
Color and Draw
Paint
Trace dot-to-dot pictures
Play with rubber stamps
Do lacing cards
String beads
Put on a puppet show
Practice tying shoes