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Explore our interactive games for kindergarteners where little ones thrive on playful learning! In math, kids can learn number tracing, counting, addition, subtraction, and shapes. ELA games make learning letters, tracing, the alphabet, and sounds exciting. We also have fun games on birds, animals, and food t ... Read more o spark kids' curiosity and general awareness. There's more! Find creative games on coloring, stories, and music, fun puzzles, and motor skill activities like balloon pops! Get started now!

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• Number Sense (176)
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• Compare Numbers (17)
• Compare Objects (6)
• Order Numbers (1)
• Place Value (2)
• Teen Numbers (2)
• Addition (122)
• Add With Pictures (33)
• Addition Strategies (76)
• Compose And Decompose Numbers (47)
• Number Bonds (9)
• Count All To Add (9)
• Subtraction (66)
• Subtract With Pictures (27)
• Subtraction Strategies (23)
• Geometry (43)
• Positional Words (5)
• Shapes (38)
• 2D Shapes (32)
• Attributes Of 2D Shapes (13)
• 3D Shapes (5)
• Data Handling (9)
• Sorting Objects (7)
• Measurement (13)
• Comparing Lengths (5)
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• Matching Lowercase And Uppercase Letters (45)
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• Blending (358)
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• Consonant Digraphs (8)
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• Musical Instruments (30)
• Art & Creativity (235)
• Coloring (181)
• Animals (32)
• Rhymes (25)
• Stories (10)
• Logic & Thinking (11)
• Motor Skills (15)

Number Sense Skills

Count back and Complete the Sequence

Practice the superpower of number sense by learning how to count back and complete the sequence.

Dive deep into the world of counting with our fun 'Count to 5' game.

Trace the Number One

Sharpen your number skills by tracing the number one.

Counting Sequence from 1 to 5

Help your little one practice the counting sequence from 1 to 5.

Addition Skills

Match the Correct Sum

Apply your knowledge of addition to match the correct sum.

Compose Numbers to make 10

Begin the exciting journey of becoming a math wizard by learning how to compose numbers to make 10.

Model to Add Numbers

Dive deep into the world of math by modeling to add numbers.

Build the Model to Add Numbers

Enjoy the marvel of mathematics by exploring how to build the model to add numbers.

Subtraction Skills

Find Missing Numbers in Subtraction Sentences

Find out the missing numbers in the given subtraction sentences.

Complete the Related Subtraction Facts

Unearth the wisdom of mathematics by learning how to complete related subtraction facts.

Remove and Match the Number

Enjoy the marvel of math-multiverse by exploring how to remove and match the number.

Take Away to Match the Number

Apply your knowledge of subtraction to take away to match the number.

Geometry Skills

Identify Objects Above and Below

Learn to solve problems by identifying objects 'above' and 'below'.

Counting Objects Above and Below

Begin the exciting journey of becoming a math wizard by counting objects 'above' and 'below'.

Sort Flat and Solid Shapes

Learn to solve math problems by sorting flat and solid shapes.

Sort Real-World Shapes

Add more arrows to your child’s math quiver by sorting real-world shapes.

Data Handling Skills

Sort Objects by Color

Dive deep into the world of measurement by sorting objects by color.

Sort Objects by their Name

Have your own math-themed party by learning how to sort objects by their name.

Identify Objects by Color

Sharpen your skills by identifying objects by their colors.

Identify Objects by their Name

Take a deep dive into the world of math by identifying objects by their names.

Measurement Skills

Select the Right Unit

Learn to solve math problems by selecting the right unit.

Identify the Object with Shorter Length

Use your measurement skills to identify the object with the shorter length.

Identify the Object with Shorter Height

Shine bright in the math world by learning how to identify the object with the shorter height.

Compare Weights of Objects

Enjoy the marvel of mathematics by exploring how to compare weights of objects.

Word Problems Skills

Take Away Scenario

Use your subtraction skills to solve 'Take Away' scenarios.

Adding One by Making a Model

Treat yourself to an immersive learning experience with our 'Adding One by Making a Model' game.

Adding Within 5 by Making a Model

Add more arrows to your child’s math quiver by adding within 5 by making a model.

Subtraction Scenario

Take a look at subtraction scenarios with this game.

Reading Skills

Find the Letters A, B, C & D

Put your language skills to the test by finding the letters A, B, C & D.

Can You Find the Lowercase Letter a?

To play this game, find the lowercase letter a.

Can You Find the Uppercase Letter A?

To play this game, find the uppercase letter A.

Match Big and Small A

Put your language skills to the test by learning to match big and small A.

Writing Skills

Tracing Big Letters With Sleeping & Slanting Lines - A, V, W, X, Y & Z

Practice tracing big letters with sleeping & slanting lines - A, V, W, X, Y & Z.

Tracing Small Letters With Standing & Curvy Lines - a, d & q

Practice tracing small letters with standing and curvy lines - a, d and q.

Learn to Trace the Letter A

Introduce your child to writing by learning to trace the letter A.

Tracing Big Letters With Standing & Curvy Lines - B, D, & P

Practice tracing big letters with standing & curvy lines - B, D, & P.

Food Skills

Cookie: Chef Yum Yum

Step into the kitchen and bake mouthwatering cookies.

Banana: Tropical Coloring Adventure

Dive into a fruity adventure and paint vibrant bananas.

Vibrant Bell Pepper Coloring Adventure

Explore the world of fruits and vegetables and paint colorful bell peppers in this interactive coloring game.

Cheese-Themed Coloring Fun

Paint delicious blocks of cheese with vibrant colors.

Animals Skills

Allosaurus: Dinosaur Coloring Adventure

Travel back in time and paint fierce allosaurs with vibrant colors.

Dive into the Turtle Picture

Embrace your artistic side and create a beautiful picture of an adorable turtle in this engaging game.

Iguana: Picture Perfect

Dive into the world of reptiles and paint picture-perfect iguanas in this engaging game.

Dive into Clownfish Coloring

Dive into an underwater adventure and paint vibrant clownfish swimming amidst coral reefs in this game.

Seasonal Skills

Bat Coloring Adventure

Paint enchanting bats with a burst of colors in this coloring adventure game.

Ringing Bells Coloring Adventure

Jingle all the way with colorful bells in this exciting coloring adventure game.

Mysterious Black Cat Coloring Adventure

Bring mischievous black cats to life with vibrant colors.

Christmas Pudding Coloring Magic

Celebrate the holidays with a burst of colors in this coloring adventure game.

Kitchen Skills

Shiny Glass Coloring Adventure

Unleash your creativity and paint intricate glass objects in this immersive coloring adventure game.

Knife Coloring Adventure

Discover the art of illustration and paint detailed depictions of knives in this engaging coloring adventure game.

Kitchenware Coloring: The Fork

Explore the beauty of everyday objects and paint detailed illustrations of forks in this coloring adventure game.

Donut: Chef Yum Yum

Step into the kitchen and create mouthwatering donuts.

Musical Instruments Skills

Maracas Shake Up Your Coloring Skills

Paint vibrant maracas and bring the rhythm to life in this coloring adventure game.

Groovy Guitar Coloring Adventure

Strum your artistic skills and paint rocking guitars in this coloring adventure game.

Drum Beat Coloring Fun

Let your creativity beat to the rhythm and paint vibrant drums.

Musical Flute Coloring Fun

Paint melodious flutes with a burst of colors in this coloring adventure game.

Birds Skills

Eagle: Picture Perfect

Spread your wings and paint majestic eagles in this picture perfect game.

Chicken: Picture Perfect

Paint charming chickens in this picture perfect game.

Dive into Colors with Ducks

Dive into a pond of colors with ducks in this picture perfect game.

Albatross: Picture Perfect

Soar through the skies with vibrant albatrosses in this picture perfect game.

Space Skills

Space Hunt: Peek A Boo

Embark on a space-themed adventure and search for hidden objects in this interactive game.

Balloon Pop - Unknown Flying Object:UFO: Toss Up

Test your tossing skills and pop balloons to reveal unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in this exciting game.

Coloring Skills

Ape: Jungle Coloring Adventure

Embark on a coloring adventure with playful apes.

Cupcake Coloring Fun

Decorate delightful cupcakes with a splash of colors.

Airplane: Sky-high Coloring Adventure

Embark on an artistic journey and paint dynamic airplanes taking flight in this coloring adventure game.

4th of July: Creative Coloring Adventure

Paint a festive scene filled with red, white, and blue to commemorate the 4th of July in this coloring adventure game.

Music Skills

Experience Down They Go Juke Box

Sing along and perform the catchy song "Down They Go" in this interactive game.

Play Baba Black Sheep Band Jam

Join the band and play the popular song "Baba Baba Black Sheep" in this interactive game.

Enjoy the All of Me Juke Box

Show off your singing skills and perform the popular song "All of Me" in this interactive game.

Dive into Mulberry Bush Band Jam

Join the band and play the classic song "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush" in this interactive game.

Stories Skills

Dive into Busy Body Sleep Solution Juke Box

Listen to calming tunes and relax your body for a peaceful sleep in this interactive game.

Enjoy Dream Vacation Juke Box

Take a musical journey to your dream vacation destination in this immersive game.

Enjoy Going Batty Juke Box

Sing and groove to the catchy tune of "Going Batty" in this interactive jukebox game.

Explore Little Turtle's Dream Juke Box

Join Little Turtle on a musical adventure and explore his dream world in this interactive game.

Quickly Tell the Number of Things up to 10

Have your own math-themed party by learning how to quickly tell the number of things up to 10.

Identify the Addition Sentence

Enjoy the marvel of math-multiverse by identifying the addition sentence.

Solve Subtraction Sentences

Enjoy the marvel of math-multiverse by exploring how to solve subtraction sentences.

Read the Data

Begin the exciting journey of becoming a math wizard by learning how to read data.

Pizza: Chef Yum Yum

Become a master pizza chef and create delicious pizzas.

Buffalo: Picture Perfect

Explore the world of buffalos in this picture perfect game.

Kettle: Steaming Coloring Fun

Paint charming kettles with a burst of colors in this coloring adventure game.

Alien: Space Coloring Adventure

Let your imagination run wild and paint unique and colorful aliens in this adventure-packed coloring game.

Buzzing Bee Coloring Adventure

Buzz with creativity and paint adorable bees with a palette of colors.

Autumn Fall: Seasonal Coloring Adventure

Paint a picturesque autumn scene and immerse yourself in the beauty of fall in this coloring adventure game.

Astronaut: Space Coloring Adventure

Embark on a cosmic coloring adventure and paint a vibrant astronaut in this game.

Experience Colosseum Coloring

Travel back in time and color the magnificent Colosseum with vibrant hues.

Ball: Bouncy Coloring Adventure

Paint bouncy balls with a burst of colors and bring them to life.

Delightful Daisy Coloring

Paint vibrant daisies and bring the beauty of flowers to life.

Bakery: Delicious Coloring

Step into a sweet world and color delicious treats in this coloring adventure game.

Blue: Sneaky Shapes

Sharpen your observation skills and spot hidden blue shapes in this engaging game.

Balloon Pop: Toss Up

Enjoy popping balloons in this exciting toss up game.

Cooking Adventure

Get ready for a cooking adventure and satisfy hungry customers.

Challenge your accuracy and toss objects to hit various targets.

Magic Canvas Color Your Imagination

Let your imagination soar and create enchanting art on a magical canvas.

Discover The Dancing Jungle

Shake, groove, and dance with the animals in the vibrant jungle.

Dive into The Origami Aquarium

Dive into the world of origami with this aquarium game.

Picture Perfect

Paint, draw, and express your artistic skills in this picture perfect game.

Number Ninja: Fun Math Arcade

Become a number ninja and slice through math challenges.

Peek-a-boo! Have fun and uncover surprises in this engaging game.

Challenge the City Stacker

Build a magnificent city by stacking colorful buildings.

Ball Dunk: Toss Up

Test your skills and dunk balls in this toss up game.

Identify Embedded Numbers

Help your child take flight by learning how to identify embedded numbers.

Identify the Expression

Unearth the wisdom of mathematics by learning how to identify the expression.

Choose the Correct Expression

Have your own math-themed party by learning how to choose the correct expression.

Compare the Data

Take the first step towards building your math castle by practicing how to compare data.

Smoothie: Chef Yum Yum

Mix and match ingredients to create tasty smoothies.

Cat: Picture Perfect

Bring cats to life with colors in this picture perfect game.

Birthday Party Coloring Adventure

Use your artistic skills to paint a vibrant birthday party scene and join the fun in this coloring adventure game.

Explore Coloring Fun in the Toaster

Create a toasty masterpiece by painting colorful toasters.

Online Games for Kindergarten Kids

Effective teaching for kindergarteners involves engaging methods to capture their limited attention spans. Interactive online games make learning enjoyable, covering alphabet adventures and number skills, nurturing essential abilities. SplashLearn's Kindergarten games offer diverse activities fostering math, reading, and critical thinking, fostering an exciting learning journey.

These interactive online games enhance academic growth, not just entertaining but making numbers captivating. As kids progress, they grasp number recognition, counting, and comprehension. The math topics they explore span number sense, addition, subtraction, geometry, and word problems.

Similarly, educational games aid in ELA development. Through activities like tracing, sight words, and rhyming, classroom games introduce letters and sounds. Reading, writing, phonics, and letter tracing games infuse ELA learning with excitement, contributing to a holistic learning experience.

Types of Kindergarten Educational Games

Let’s take an overview of types of games for Kindergarten kids based on the kindergarten curriculum.

Kindergarten Math Games  

Kindergarten ELA Games  

Kindergarten General Knowledge Games  

Kindergarten Art and Creativity Games  

Kindergarten Logic and Thinking Games

Kindergarten Logic and Thinking Games have a variety of fun word puzzles, number challenges, memory games, etc. which will promote critical thinking and problem solving skills. These games not only entertain but also foster their cognitive development.

Kindergarten Motor Skills Games

Discover Kindergarten Motor Skill Games , designed to enhance coordination, balance, and dexterity while ensuring maximum fun. These games help kids develop physical abilities through enjoyable activities, setting the stage for healthy growth and active learning.

Features of Kindergarten Games

• Play on multiple devices : You can play games with kindergarteners online on multiple devices.
• Engaging and rewarding games : Children can purchase assets for their characters and more through the coins they win through practice.
• Easy Connect for Parents : Parents can be instantly notified about their child’s progress in kindergarten games online.
• Offline access : Kindergarten online games can also be played offline through apps for an interruption-free experience.

Benefits of Online Games for Kindergarten Learning

• Enhanced Learning and Skill Development : Online learning games for kindergarten students offer more than conceptual knowledge, fostering fine motor, creative, critical thinking, and emotional skills.
• Decision Making and Problem-Solving : Kindergarten online games encourage decision-making and a problem-solving attitude, refining abilities through repeated practice, resulting in increased speed and clarity.
• Early Computer Literacy : Kindergarten online learning games foster computer literacy from a young age, providing positive digital interaction and fluency in today's digital era. 

What Are the 5 Best Kindergarten Games and Activities?

SplashLearn offers a variety of interactive games for kindergarten. Here are a few fun and interactive online kindergarten games by SplashLearn:

• Identify Objects Above and Below Game
• Subtraction Symbol Game
• Christmas Coloring Extravaganza Game
• Beautiful Butterfly Coloring Adventure Game
• Ice Cream Chef Yum Yum Game

How do you help kids practice Kindergarten learning?

• Offer printable Kindergarten Math worksheets and ELA worksheets to kids for structured and hands-on practice.
• Engage kids in effective online kindergarten games for engaging learning experience.
• Practice math and ELA skills seamlessly through daily tasks like counting toys, reading labels during grocery shopping, and drawing in a journal. Turn routine moments into valuable learning opportunities!

Are there any free trial options to test out these Kindergarten learning games?

SplashLearn online Kindergarten learning games are totally free for teachers. Parents can sign up for a 7-day trial period to try SplashLearn’s Kindergarten learning resources .

How can parents integrate these educational games for kindergarteners into their children’s daily routine?

• Learning Breaks : Use game breaks between daily activities to reinforce concepts without overwhelming the child.
• Storytime Play : Combine ELA games with bedtime stories, making language learning interactive and enjoyable.
• Weekend Enrichment : Dedicate weekend time to longer game sessions, fostering deeper engagement and learning exploration.

Which age group are these Kindergarten games suitable for?

These fun learning games for kindergarteners are designed for children typically around 4 to 6 years old, the age group that typically attends kindergarten.

How do you make teaching Kindergarten fun?

• Interactive Activities : Use online games, worksheets , crafts, stories, and group activities to keep learning lively and interactive.
• Visual Learning : Align lessons with themes, pictures, and visual aids that excite kids, making learning relatable and enjoyable.

Your one stop solution for all grade learning needs.

40+ Free Distance-Learning Online Games and Activities for Kindergarten (and How to Use Them)

Let’s skip the search and go straight for the most helpful free online games for kindergarten.

If you’re in the midst of planning for distance learning or staring down a possible future of eLearning lesson plans , then use these free games and activities online to help you keep your lesson plans engaging for students.

Let’s look at my favorite games and activities online for kindergarten and then talk about how to actually use them for eLearning with more ideas from other teachers about how to stay connected to your class and plan lessons when you can’t be in the classroom .

Online sites for kindergarten

These sites I’m listing require no logins, no passwords and are free to use. And I’ve used them with kindergarten, so they are teacher-approved. Some sites may require minimal help with navigation or directions (if there is no audio-support) but the content is all right-on for kindergarten.

You’re probably familiar with these already, but I’m also going to include some specific games below too.

• Coolkindergarten.com has both language arts and math games for kindergarten plus a small selection of read-alouds and math videos. All items match kindergarten standards.
• Starfall.com is a classic beginning learner website. Use both the alphabet and learn to read page for the maximum benefit and a couple of the kindergarten math activities are good too.
• Turtlediary.com has both reading and math games. You might find it helpful to explore their list of games.
• Brightly storytime is a quality set of read-alouds hosted on youtube.
• Storyline online has recently added some new videos and the quality of these videos is great.
• Freckle.com is a differentiation platform with built-in activities for ELA, math, social studies and science.

Now let’s look at some specific games that are free to use.

Online games specific to kindergarten standards

Some of these specific games come from the websites above, but there are extra ones too.

I hope having them listed out by skill is helpful when you’re making your lesson plans.

Reading games & activities

All of these reading games are my favorites on these reading sub-skills for the second semester.

Blending cvc words

• Short a machine
• Chicken blast
• CVC blitz (expand to fullscreen)
• Bird hop and panda pop (choose CVC)
• CVC word scramble
• Odd and Bob
• Buried treasure
• Dragon’s den
• Viking words

Short vowels

• Short a song / Short a story
• Short e song / Short e story
• Short i song / Short i story
• Short o song / Short o story
• Short u song / Short u story
• Phonics pop (set 1, 2, 3 or 4 have short vowels included)
• Vowels save the day song

Sight words

• Sight word memory
• Spooky spellings (year 1, books 1 and/or 2)
• Submarine spelling (pre-primer)
• Bird hop and panda pop (choose sight words or sight words 2)
• Tricky words
• Guess word shapes
• Snowball fight
• Sight word smash
• Sight word safari
• Chunk that word song
• Th digraph mini-lesson
• Sh digraph mini-lesson
• Ch digraph mini-lesson
• Dinosaur eggs (select sh, th, ch and ee)
• Shark sounds (select ch, sh, th and oo)
• Bird hop and panda pop (choose wh, ch, sh, th)
• Phonics pop

Long vowels

• Silent e video
• Long vowel memory
• Long a word building / long a picture hunt / long a story
• Long i word building / long i story
• Long o word building / long o picture hunt / long o story
• Long u word building / long u story
• Lonely long vowels song
• Magic e mix and match
• Bird hop and panda pop (choose magic e)

Math games & activities

All of these math games are my favorites on these math sub-skills for the second semester.

Making numbers

• Subitizing ten frame race
• Fuzzbugs (choose 5 or 10)

Composing and decomposing 11-19+

• Candy machine
• Base ten bingo (select tens)
• Shark numbers (up to 29, 59 or 99)
• Base ten snakes (choose count and write – either ones or tens)
• Whack a mole (set a goal of 45)

2D and 3D shapes

• Highlight 2D shapes
• Shape invasion line-up
• Superhero solve with shapes
• Shapes shoot

Addition and subtraction

• Subtraction balloon pop
• Monster memory

Science games & activities

• turtle wax (simple machines: slides)
• desert dive teeter-totter (simple machines: lever)

Clever online activities

Here is a list of new or temporary activities that have become available. These can help you round out your lesson plans.

Guided drawing

Keep your guided drawing activities alive with Mo Willems drawing lessons .

These lessons are taught by the author of the Pigeon books and you could ask your students to write a simple sentence to go with their completed picture. Use this “Don’t Let the Pigeon” writing activity as an example.

At-home safari or scavenger hunts

Let your students take a daily home safari . Encourage them to draw a picture of their favorite thing they learned while watching or to draw what the featured animal eats.

Send your students on daily scavenger hunts . Post a picture each day with their list – get kids moving, away from their screens and get them outdoors.

Free curriculum

You can sign your class up for freckle.com , which is free. Ask students to work for 15-20 minutes a day.

You may also want to check out links or activity ideas in this kindergarten online free curriculum .

How to make online lesson plans

Okay, so now that we have these fantastic links, what do we do with them?

Well, it depends on what you have to work with.

For some teachers, this means that you are putting out work for your students using Seesaw, ClassDojo, Google Classroom or something your school already has in place for eLearning.

In general, you can pick the sites or specific games you want by copying the site (or game) URL and pasting it in your favorite method of sharing work.

Here are a few of the current favorite ways teachers are using these tools right now.

Google Classroom

I made a free eLearning template just for you to use in kindergarten! Check out how to make an easy-to-navigate eLearning lesson plan using a Google Slide presentation.

Heidi, a kindergarten teacher, said:

“You can post PDFS, links to websites, video or voice recordings of yourself. Kids can type, draw, write, voice or video record responses. They have many safety settings for keeping things private or public with in your classroom. There is a database of assignments teachers have shared that you can use as well. It was simple to learn and implement for teachers, students and now parents!! Today, since routines have finally settled – I am able to video personal messages to kids about their work.”

Amber has these recommendations for teachers using Seesaw for the first time:

“Use the caption on the bottom of each Seesaw page to record your instructions and put your YouTube videos into Slides and link those instead of just linking a YouTube video. It will be easier for your kids to navigate. Make sure you make your Slides share setting to ‘Anyone with link can view’ or it’ll prompt them to sign in to Google.”

Click here to set yourself up on Seesaw and invite your classroom families to use it.

For an eLearning situation, be sure to have parents download the class app too (in addition to the families app).

Here is an example from a fellow kindergarten teacher Robin on how she is currently using ClassDojo for eLearning.

Robin, a kindergarten teacher, said:

“I am using ClassDojo. I read a story to my students each morning using the video feature. Then I upload videos from youTube, link some worksheets to do and then give them a daily challenge to do or a scavenger hunt. Anything that gets them moving!

Many parents say my students love hearing me read to them. The book I read relates to their challenge or activity.

For example, today I read, “Animal Strike at the Zoo… It’s True.” I challenged my students to find things that have strips, spots or were orange/yellow. I also asked to hear for rhyming words in the story and then in their activity, I then gave them words that they would have come up with the rhyme for. I also encouraged them to go to the Cincinnati Zoo today at 3 pm for a live Facebook field trip on an animal in the cat family (hence the look for strips, spots orange/yellow challenge).

Everything in my room is cross-curricula in someway… Why stop just because we aren’t in school. Welcome to eLearning!”

When asked – how do you share worksheets and do put the videos in class story ?

Robin shared:

“I share worksheets by having them as a PDF and linking them. Videos are from youtube that we have done in class and students are familiar with (no new content). I copy the link and share them on the class story.

Sharing on class story, you can see who has viewed it and such. It is a way to get it out to all your parents at once. Sending messages would allow for more individualized videos or activities for students.”

Kathy also shared:

“Student accounts are needed for Portfolios, where students show their work. There are teacher instructions under Teacher Resources.

You can open a post on either your phone or laptop and a “Record” icon will be in the window. Click and start recording yourself.

You can suspend your phone over a paper for a mini-lesson, like a document camera. It works great. I used a rack from under my sink, but I’ve seen pics where teachers have placed their phone within a stack of full cans of food. “

Click here to set yourself up on ClassDojo and invite your classroom families to use it.

How to connect with students while out of the classroom

Are you looking for more ideas on what to assign to your students or ways to create eLearning lesson plans?

Here are some fantastic ideas from teachers who are actually in the midst of figuring this out themselves.

Use photo and video activities

Have students post photos or videos to share their completed assignments.

Elizabeth said, “I use ClassDojo. It’s fun to see their video and photos. I posted assignments like find 17 objects and share them or count to 75. For photos, I asked them to post drawings about stories.”

Create a routine

Develop a routine to make lesson planning easier. This will also greatly help families know what to expect and be able to execute the plans over the long haul.

Debra, a kindergarten teacher said, “My team and I created lesson plans for a week and release the activities for the day. We post a link to a story and tell them to draw or write what it was about, some math problems, a sight word activity, a CVC word activity, an activity to complete on Mobymax, etc.”

Remember the familiar things

Your classroom experience is unique. Don’t let your kiddos miss out on that with these little things they’ve become so used to.

Record yourself doing your sight word chant, alphabet chart or reading books aloud. Pick some things that are routine and familiar and do them just the way you would in class.

Take a picture of your alphabet chart or your digraphs charts – upload them and ask students to practice them aloud.

In conclusion

It may feel like a scramble to get started with distance learning, but – you’ve got this!

I wanted to thank the teachers featured here who’ve already jumped in head first to eLearning and shared their knowledge with the rest of us.

I hope this list can help you keep your lesson plans engaging for students and makes planning for distance learning easier.

Just like anything new, there is going to be a learning curve, but you can adjust and keep your students learning.

Just remember to be thoughtful about the workload for parents who have a new learning curve too.

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Leslie is the teacher behind KindergartenWorks . She believes in teaching kinders how to be pretty incredible along with teaching them to read, write and think for themselves. She enjoys drinking hot tea, making mud pies with her four kids and sharing what she's learned with teachers.

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I cannot access any of your games and resources because they require adobe flash player. I would love to see them, but I cannot unless you have another way for me to access them?

Yes, unfortunately, Google has done away with so many of my favorite games by making this move! They are currently marked with an asterisk, so you could focus on the games that don’t have one – but I’ll be removing those links from this list soon. – Leslie

Thank you for being selfless in sharing your knowledge and encouraging words to teachers like myself.

Thank you so much for creating all of this for us in a time that is new with so much to take in. I hope that you and your family are well.

You are always a lifeline, but even more so at this time of educational upheaval. Thank you for all the work you’ve done that makes it easier.

Thank you Susan – I appreciate your kind words! – Leslie

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