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For a fun and engaging STEM activity for preschoolers, try a sink or float experiment using everyday objects in a bowl of water, encouraging predictions and observations about which items float and which sink.

Planting Seeds: Let preschoolers plant seeds in small pots and observe their growth over time, teaching them about the life cycle of plants.

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my class loves to take rocks and sticks and make a village

they love to use their senses and math

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We have talked a lot about caring for the environment, how we can be heros as we help. We've excitedly counted how many pieces of trash we have found on our walks, and most recently weighed the amount we have found.

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Collect diferent types of small brunches and use them as brushes to paint.

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Our playground has live oaks on it. We have an abundance of natural items for children to choose from. We use them for fun activities. Lately we have been raking leaves (it's April).

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We utilize loose parts and real items in every center. Promotes problem solving and individual development.

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Barefoot Grounding activities for emotional regulation!

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Children collect nature items they find. We use this things to make a nature collage, we create them into painting utensils, measuring of them, compare and contrast (size, weight, colors and shapes), etc.

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I usually let each of my student share what activities they do during the weekend, asked them the weather and what they ate and they all excited to share it.

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When we play with kinetic sand I let the kids kids roll it in there hands and let it fall through there fingers

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Children are given a baggie to collect any items that they can grab items outside to bring into the classroom to make a nature tray!l or a sensory bag.!

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Bringing in outdoor items to put in the discovery table in the classroom

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Go outside and collect like things/items. Make a collection out of them and identify the items. You can collect according to color, object, or size.  

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Go outside and collect like things/items. Make a collection out of them and identify the items. You can collect according to color, object, or size.  

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I allow students to explore and observe the bugs that we have outside.

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Investigating bugs around the playground!

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Investigating bugs around the playground!

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(Also learning how to be respectful to the bugs)

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Student picks a card and does the movement associated. Example yoga

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Students place hula hoops on the ground and create their own games such as color tag or their own version of hop scotch.

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We have games outside that turn into more kids joining. Tag is a popular game and hide and seek as long as teachers are paying attention

On good weather days we love having picnics

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Nature bracelet use wide clear tape go on a walk and kids can stick things on it. Place another pice of tape on top

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When it’s the week of garden days we go on a walk and give the kids an opportunity to plant some seeds as water the garden

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We play stop and go and whoever the winner is gets to be king of the mountain and we hold them high and and let the kids yell yay

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Children are given a baggie to collect any items that they can grab items outside to bring into the classroom to make a nature tray!

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Collecting rocks, acorns and object found outside can create an amazing art project. We used these items to make musical rain sticks, nature collages or windchimes

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We go for a nature walk around our school and find items that begin with the letter of the week.

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Outdoor kitchen to incorporate our garden in our school environment. 

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Outdoor kitchen to incorporate our garden in our school environment. 

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Lie down outside and look at the clouds!

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Play duck-duck goose! We ‘race’ and play red light green light

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I have a variety of colors of crayons to reflect the different skin tones of my students in every center.

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Giving time to my students to express and talk about important topics, events, emotions as a whole classroom community.

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We have painted using skin color tones, allowing them to paint their hands and treat it like foundation. We have various books about diversity, dolls of different ethnicities, clothes and foods from our different cultures.

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Provide extra and back up materials to create their master piece 🫶🏽

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I try to really get to know each student and their families so I can understand who each child is and where they come from

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I try to really get to know each student and their families so I can understand who each child is and where they come from

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Bringing in things of the children’s interest or experiences they going through in a great way to help them understand emotions and problem solving skills.

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We post family posters in our classrooms from infants to preschool.

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I’m an art teacher so I enjoy the practice of having students work together and a good way to make them work together is table buddies. This is where we have 2-4 people at a table and they are “table buddies” it is up to each table to clean and maintain their space and get points for the most clean table. And at the end of the 6 weeks or whatever, whichever buddies group gets the most points they get a surprise!! This make sure the children properly clean and maintain their space and will enjoy doing it!

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nature walks, everybody has to collect a “piece of nature” and bring it to the classroom. we then make nature collages.

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Mnemonics are a fun way to play with words which rhyme in order to help with memorization for tests!

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Reading buddies! Stuffed animals or characters that children can hold on to while reading to a group or class, to give them more confidence and help them not feel alone while doing the activity.

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Fraction game where you have fractions eqivilent to each other on popsicle sticks and the students have to find each other

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Having students share their ideas, but pass something around to be able to share. Whatever it may be can be related to the subject material. Ex. In science you can have the, talking fossil, and the students are able to share their ideas when they have possession of the fossil.

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Vocab match ups to get the students up and active with vocabulary and hands up pair up about the essential questions!

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Vocab match ups to get the students up and active with vocabulary and hands up pair up about the essential questions!

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I play with puppets with students and have seen puppets used to teach social skills interactions

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Freeze dance is a lot of fun for children of all ages. There are premade videos or the teacher can pause and play the music!

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Sunshine’s and clouds

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incorporate art and/or music

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Kids act out their favorite character and have other people guess who it is

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Incorporate more movement into lessons with students of all ages

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If a kid asks to be called a silly name, I call them that name the entire day. (Ex. Naked Mole Rat)

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I want to bring nature journaling into my classroom and make sure my children get outside and enter act with nature around them!

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Use props to bring a story to life. Be animated and make the characters come to life.

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Creating art with students

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We have a school mascot (dog) named Mr. Weenie who comes to school and pops in and out of the classes for the teachers and children to make sure everyone is having a good day and feel good.

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Reading more rhymes and allegation with my toddler children.

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Reading more rhymes and allegation with my toddler children.

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Puppets, that go along with the stories. A class puppet too.

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Puppets, that go along with the stories. A class puppet too.

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What was I scared of?

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The pigeon books by mo willems is great for over exaggerating, child participation, and it is very funny for kids. Has topics like going to school, going to sleep, taking a bath etc

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We have a loam pit instead of sand pit. It feels so much better than sand and gets everywhere, but loam is good for the grass so it’s all good.

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We have a shoe monster....that steal the kids shoes at naptime every so often. They are often found in really odd places...hanging from a tree, in the freezer, on the fence posts, etc.

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We have a shoe monster....that steal the kids shoes at naptime every so often. They are often found in really odd places...hanging from a tree, in the freezer, on the fence posts, etc.

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Sometimes I’m Bombaloo - great book for Social Emotional Learning

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Get sand from the beach. Take the kids outside and build sand castles, or they can simply write letters in the sand.

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Allowing messy play …. And exploration outdoors in the small nature area we have.
Ex: Mud day,

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find nature objects that may look like a letter in the alphabet

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I send a list home with recyclable items and odds-and-ends for parents to collect and send to me throughout the year. I often have so much I can share with others.

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Our kids love creating and experimenting with different items to put in our wind tunnel!

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As children are engaged in play I’ll ask them what else they might need for their structure or they’re pretend play.

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Use of Magnatiles for different units (i.e. build a farm, build houses, etc.)
Nature Walks for about 10 minutes to do your morning meeting and discuss the weather.

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Encourage students to talk to each other during STEM activities- team work at its finest!

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I introduce the materials to children and allow time for exploration.

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I introduce the materials to children and allow time for exploration.

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We learn a version of code alphabet and teach the older children, then they write notes to friends or families.

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Have your teachers take their class outside with their nap mats to watch the clouds and think through what shapes or figures they see

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Kids LOVE these and they spark curiosity and conversations about things in nature! It can lead to nature exploration.