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When you are faced with the daunting task of keeping 20-30 kindergartners focused on a lesson plan, the perfect remedy is a year one activity from Education.com. Science lessons come to life with year one activities like making waves in a bottle. Foundational maths skills are built and brain connections enhanced through memory match games. The indoor and outdoor year one activities below will entertain and educate for hours.

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Make a Cereal Box House

Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

Checkerboard Play

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Blow the House Down with Robotics

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who â€œblows the house down.â€

Play an ABC Balloon Game

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

Try a Cat in the Hat-Inspired Balancing Act

On Read Across America Day, challenge your kindergartener to a balancing act inspired by the mischievous star of "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss.

Summer Community Helpers

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

Make a Puppet Theater

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

How to Make Compost

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Play Beep!: A Context Game

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

Cartography for Kids

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Word Recognition

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

Plant a Fail-Safe Veggie Garden

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Homemade Candy Canes

Homemade candy canes are a sweet gift for your friends and family. Make homemade candy canes with your child this Christmas.

Paper Butterfly Craft

These colorful paper butterflies make cute hanging decorations for your child's room, but they can also be used for active play.

Make Chocolate Covered Pretzels to Give as Gifts!

Do you want your child to remember time spent with loved ones and the satisfaction of giving a gift with real meaning? Try making these tasty treats!

Play This Paper Construction Game!

What IS That Thing? is a game for kids of all ages that uses scrap paper and junk from around the house! A great way to recycle, reduce, and reuse.

Make Stained Glass Crayons

Here's how to use crayon scraps to make beautiful stained glass window hangings.

Make a Soda Bottle Greenhouse

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Take a Picture Walk

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Build Family Mailboxes!

Help your child practise his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Fill in the Blanks Fun

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Sight Words Memory Game

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, she won't even realise she's learning!

Toss and Blend: A Carnival Game

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

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