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40+ Of The Best Spring Activities For Kindergarten

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Are you ready to celebrate the arrival of spring? Here’s 40 + of the best spring worksheets, books, free printables, and crafts for Kinders. We’ve got everything from math to science experiments. Includes art projects and Mother’s Day gifts. Your students will love these fun Spring activities.

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Finally, we’re starting to see the signs of spring. It was a brutally cold winter. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been longing for warmer temperatures, budding trees, and green shoots.

I’ve found that most children love spring. The warmer temperatures and longer days entice kids outside. Spring brings tadpoles, dandelions, and mud puddles to enjoy. What’s not to love?

Why not take advantage of your student’s enthusiasm and bring a little spring joy indoors?  To help you we collected our favorite spring activities. We’ve got spring science, math /literacy worksheets, and other spring resources. All these activities will engage your students and make your lessons fun.

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6 SPRING SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

One of the obvious themes in spring is growth and new life. These lend themselves wonderfully to science activities. Planting and various life cycles are obvious choices for this time of year. We have plenty of those, but we’ve also got a special activity with Easter Peeps candy.

• Plant science unit (Planting seeds and plant life cycle)
• Parts of a Plant 
• Recycled Peel Chia Monsters 
• How Long Can You Stretch a Peep? 
• Butterfly Life Cycle 

13 SPRING MATH AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES

Obviously, you will continue to work on math and literacy as the weather warms up. Why not combine a spring theme with this work at this time of year? We’ve got lots of different ideas and printable worksheets make preparation a snap.

Math Activities

• Free Addition Sheets 
• Number Bonds to 10 Rainbow Craft 
• Subtraction Activities (full of activities with a spring theme)
• Spring Subtraction Art 
• Sunny Day Addition Game
• Spring Snap Block Center 

Literacy Activities

• Free Spring Sight Word Practice Sheets 
• Spring Flowers Writing Activity 
• Spring Short and Long Vowel Puzzles 
• Monthly Writing Journal (use pages for March, April, and May.)
• Free April Printable
• Cut and Glue Sentences – Spring Theme
• Make a Mini Notebook For Spring

BONUS FREE CREATIVE WRITING SHEETS (2 worksheets)

We’ve created a couple of creative writing worksheets just for Simply Kinder readers. All you need to do is download and print the sheets. Here’s what you’ll get

The first page encourages creative writing. Students draw a picture about spring and then write a few sentences. This provides opportunities for students to think about spring. Then put their thoughts into a picture and then write about it.

The second worksheets is a fun spring writing activity. It is an easy way to get your students thinking about a new season. They describe some of their observation about spring and list some of their spring wishes. This worksheet is a great activity for individual or class work. Consider using the finished sheets as part of a Spring display board!

3 EASY ART ACTIVITIES FOR SPRING

Fun arts and crafts with a spring theme.

• Process Art Spring Fans 
• Rain Art Umbrellas 
• Paper Bag Kite Craft

7 MOTHER’S DAY ACTIVITIES

Of course, Mother’s Day falls in spring, so here are some easy Mother’s Day Activities to enjoy with your students.

• Spring Flower Craft 
• Printable Coupons For Mother’s Day 
• Easy Mother’s Day Basket Craft 
• Questionnaires
• Frame and Gift Book
• Card and Gift Bag
• Interactive Book

YOUR TURN

What are your favorite spring activities? How do you celebrate the arrival of spring with your students?

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Spring Activities For Kindergarten

How to Maximize Your Time in the Spring

Spring in the classroom is a super busy time. There’s spring break, Easter, end of year activities, assessments, and so much more going on.

Plus, with the weather warming up and students wanting to get outside, it can be harder than ever to keep their focus during the months of March, April, and May.

However, there are a few tips you can implement to maximize your time in the spring. These tips will ensure your students are still learning all of the necessary skills while having fun and staying active.

Tip #1: Use low and no prep activities.

Not only is your daily schedule jam-packed in the spring, but you also have a lot on your plate as a teacher this time of year.

You may be working on after-school projects, planning school events, going over assessment data, or planning ahead for next school year.

In order to make sure your students have the activities they need while maximizing your lesson planning time, it’s important to keep your prep time down.

To do that, use a variety of low and no prep activities, like these spring no prep bingo dabber activities for math and literacy!

All you have to do is print, add bingo dabbers, and go. Your students will love them and so will your stress-levels!

Tip #2: Implement centers to work on a variety of skills.

Another great way to maximize your time in the spring (and all year long) is to incorporate centers into your daily routine.

Centers allow you to work on a variety of skills during your rotations. This allows your students to practice and spiral review multiple skills within one time block.

Plus, they’ll be staying active with the various hands-on activities and manipulatives.

Practice key skills like CVC words, onset and rime, ten frames, teen numbers, and number bonds with these spring math and literacy centers.

Follow up each hands-on center with a no-prep page for extra practice (without the prep time).

Tip #3: Take advantage of cross-curricular learning opportunities.

Nothing says maximizing your time like teaching multiple subjects and skills at the same time!

As teachers, you are expert multi-taskers, so why not multi-task when it comes to your lesson planning?

There are so many ways to incorporate cross-curricular learning opportunities into your day.

Take a look at your kindergarten pacing guide to see which skills and concepts your students need to learn this spring. Then, you can plan lessons and activities that touch on multiple skills.

For example, you can incorporate spring science and social studies topics such as recycling, Earth Day, and weather into your writing lessons with spring-themed writing prompts.

Students can learn more about recycling, Earth Day, and the weather through an educational video, lesson, or read aloud.

Follow it up with a spring writing prompt, such as:

• I help the Earth when I 
• I can recycle
• My favorite place on Earth
• April showers
• When the weather gets warmer
• When it rains I like to

This is a fun way to maximize your time while using spring activities for kindergarten.

Tip #4: Encourage independent learning.

Doesn’t it seem like yesterday that your students were just coming to you on the first day of school? Think back to all of the guidance and direction they needed in the beginning.

Over the months, you’ve helped mold them into the problem-solvers and independent thinkers they are becoming today!

Celebrate this and maximize your time by giving students the opportunity to work independently more often. This is so helpful when you are busy working with or assessing another student.

It seems like there are so many projects to wrap up in the spring. Build in some time during your day to catch up, finish projects, and work with students while the rest of the class works independently on a spring activity.

If a student finishes an activity or assignment early, allow them to do an educational activity independently. This will keep them on task without creating chaos in your classroom.

Tip #5: Look for learning opportunities in everyday moments.

Your students are craving the outdoors and sunshine. Let’s face it, you are too! Don’t be afraid to take your class outside and create your own learning opportunities out of everyday moments.

When you’re outside at recess, gather your students for a fun outdoor learning game. Take sidewalk chalk outside to practice math and literacy skills.

You can also look for learning opportunities in the everyday moments inside your classroom.

During snack time, have your students practice counting, comparing numbers, sorting, and graphing.

During read alouds, have class discussions about the characters, setting, plot, and other text features. Encourage students to write and draw about the story afterwards to work on those writing skills.

Learning is all around us. Help your students find these real-world opportunities to learn something new while also maximizing your time this spring!

Free Rainbow Match Math Activity

If you’re looking for a spring activity for kindergarten that is low prep, engaging, and focuses on multiple skills, this Rainbow Match math activity is for you!

Did I mention, it’s FREE?!

This activity has all the goodness of spring with bright colors and an adorable rainbow theme.

Students will have a blast practicing teen number recognition, counting, and representing numbers with base ten and ten frames.

This activity comes with a hands-on activity mat, rainbow matching cards, and a recording sheet so your students can show what they know.

There are 3 different ways to use this activity. Hello differentiation and maximizing your time!

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I hope these spring activities for kindergarten have inspired you to try something knew and maximize your time this spring.

Soak up every last moment with your students, because they’ll go by fast! If you need more spring activities and ideas, check out my Spring Centers for Kindergarten blog post!

Historical Information

Kindergarten “Zolotaya Rybka” branch of the fishing collective farm “Zavety Ilyich” opened its doors in 1965. On July 20, 1990, the Kuril branch of the r / collective farm “Zavety Ilyich” in connection with obtaining legal and financial and economic independence was renamed the fishing collective farm “Kurilsky Rybak”. On 04/01/1994, the kindergarten was transferred to the Kuril District, Sakhalin Region. On September 5, 2011, a new modern building of a kindergarten with a total area of ​​1716 sq.m, built under the Federal Target Program for the Socio-Economic Development of the Kuril Islands, was solemnly opened. September 12, 2011 kindergarten “Golden Fish” opened its doors to pupils.

Our kindergarten is located in a new and very beautiful building, which was built in 2011.

There are 3 groups in the kindergarten:

• General education group (from 1.6 – 3 years old)
• General education group (from 3 to 5 years old)
• General education group (from 5 to 7 years old)

Kindergarten working hours – from 7.45 to 18.15 with a 10.5-hour stay for children, with a five-day working week.

The pedagogical environment of MBDOU is professional and stable: 40% of teachers have a higher education, 60% have a specialized secondary education. A sufficient level of professionalism of the staff is also confirmed by the results of their certification: 20% of teachers have qualification categories.

Our preschool is fully staffed.

Kindergarten teachers and pupils take part in various competitions.

District:

• “Kindergarten of the Year” creative concert “Spring is red” – 2nd place
• “Kindergarten of the Year” project activity “Work with parents” – 3rd place,
• Diploma of the first degree “Sport in the family” Kuril Kindergarten Family League, hockey in felt boots – 1st place,
• Diploma of the second degree “Sport in the family” Kuril Kindergarten Family League, mini-football – 2nd place,
• Diploma of the third degree “Sport in the family” Kuril Kindergarten Family League, hockey in felt boots – 3rd place.

All-Russian:

• Diploma of the first degree of the All-Russian competition “Immortal Regiment” nomination of musical and theatrical creativity: musical composition “Cossacks in Berlin”,
• Diploma of the first degree of the All-Russian competition “Immortal Regiment” in the nomination of musical and theatrical creativity: the song “Soldiers Went to War”
• Diploma of the first degree of the All-Russian competition “Music and Children” in the nomination of literary creativity: “What is Victory Day” A. Usachev.

The kindergarten has a good material and technical base, there is the necessary sports and play equipment. In addition, there are the necessary technical teaching aids, musical instruments, methodological and fiction literature, educational and visual aids, and a multimedia installation.
The institution has created conditions for the protection and promotion of children’s health, the implementation of the educational process in all areas of the development of the child, the artistic and aesthetic development of children, the play activities of children.

For the successful solution of the tasks facing the team of teachers, and taking into account the areas of work in the kindergarten, the following are equipped: a sports hall, a winter garden.

The groups have sports corners to meet the needs of children in physical activity, development centers: speech, mathematics, environmental, fine arts, theater and music, as well as play corners and creative laboratories.

Kindergarten interacts and strengthens ties with educational institutions and public organizations:

• MBOU secondary school with. Reidovo;
• library;
• Rural House of Culture;
• Outpatient clinic.

Kindergarten is equipped with the necessary audio and video equipment for successful direct educational activities of children, for the use of innovative technologies in the educational process.

What do preschool children eat and what foods should be on the kindergarten menu

According to Krymskaya Gazeta,

Vegetarian borscht, buckwheat porridge with vegetables, bread and compote – this is a list of dishes that were served for lunch in one of the kindergartens in Simferopol. For breakfast and afternoon tea – milk porridge, bread and butter, curd soufflé with sour cream and a coffee drink with milk. There was no meat or fish products on the Monday menu. Is this acceptable and what should preschool children be fed?

Food by age

Great attention is paid to the issue of baby food for a reason. It is the very external factor that determines the normal development of the child. The organization of nutrition for children in a preschool institution is carried out in accordance with the requirements of SanPiN – it should be as balanced as possible.

– When formulating a diet, it is necessary to take into account the age of children, their level of physical development, health status and physiological need for basic nutrients and energy, – says Elena Minina, former head chef of a kindergarten in Evpatoria. – If we are talking about the nutrition of children from one to three years old and children from three to seven years old, then it will differ in daily volume, the amount of basic substances and even culinary processing.

As noted by Elena Minina, nutrition in preschool institutions should be as varied as possible, and the daily diet should include all the main food groups: meat, fish, milk and dairy products, eggs, vegetables, fruits, bread, cereals, pasta and etc.

Kiselnye shores

A variety of meals, juices or fermented milk drinks between breakfast and lunch, the inclusion of fruits and vegetables in the diet – all this is considered good form when compiling a menu for preschool children. This age is characterized by increased activity, hence the need to provide the child not only with a sufficient amount of drinking water, but also with plant and animal food. Nutrition should be saturated with fiber, rich in proteins, fats and carbohydrates, vitamins, micro and macro elements.

Nutritionist, certified Hatha yoga teacher, trainer, master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics Vera Kim emphasizes that children simply need meat and a variety of protein products.

– In children, as well as in adults, food should be well absorbed, so the compatibility of products in one meal is important. And, of course, it is necessary to monitor the diversity of the diet in general. Protein foods are very important for growth, the specialist notes. – By the way, milk does not go well with cottage cheese, but few people know about this, and even more so they rarely take care of it in kindergarten.

After the soup

First of all, the administration and medical staff of the preschool institution should control the quality of food, its variety and vitamin composition.

Natalia Stavitskaya, head of the Saki Kindergarten No. 13 “Firefly”, says:

– Each kindergarten has an approved two-week menu. Depending on the season – summer, winter, spring or autumn – calories are calculated (the energy value of food. – Ed.). Nutritional norms are also calculated based on the amount that we must enter in terms of cost.

According to the director, she does not practice vegetarian lunches at her preschool.

– Even if the first one is a vegetarian soup, then for the second one we always give either meat or fish, – emphasizes Natalia Stavitskaya.