Teaching kindergarten can be fun. But as any good kindergarten teacher would tell you, it is a very active experience. You need to get fully involved and involve children with lots of interesting kindergarten activities, kindergarten worksheets and exercises to hold their attention and make it an enjoyable experience for them.

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There are two important points to keep in mind here.

• The learning should be fun. It should feel like play, not work. Else children will quickly get bored. Hence it would be good to use a lot of interesting activities, games, colouring sheets, illustrated kindergarten worksheets etc. You should be well prepared with these teaching aids, which can be made very easily.

• The learning should be real-worldly. You should use every opportunity to teach and regularly re-inforce basic concepts taught, in real-life. For example, during snack-time, if a child is eating a biscuit, you can say – ‘B’ for ‘biscuit’. While waiting for a school van, you can say – ‘V’ for ‘Van’ and so on.

Well designed kindergarten worksheets can be very interesting for children to do and can be very useful in re-inforcing basic concepts. Completing the activity can give children an immense sense of accomplishment. See the worksheet shown below for example.

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                          Printable Kindergarten Worksheets

These worksheets cover the following content:

Mathematics: Identification of numbers (1-20), Missing numbers (1-20), Counting(1 - 20), Identification of numbers (21 - 100), Missing numbers (21-100), Counting (21-100), Numbers and number names, Before-after-between, More & less, Comparison of numbers & Identification of common shapes

General Knowledge: Animals, Birds, Fruits & Vegetables, Parts of the body, Vehicles, Things we eat, Days of the week, People at work & Things we do

Colouring: Colouring pages

The advantage of using this set of printable worksheets over a printed workbook is that you can print out the sheets as many times as you need. If you wish to use a worksheet several times you can just print it out that many times.

Identification of the letters of the alphabet

Here are a few suggestions you may consider in teaching children to identify the letters of the alphabet:

• The alphabet song: Perhaps the most basic, but very useful. Sing it slowly/distinctly and sing it often. Have a large alphabet chart and point out to each letter while you sing. If you can give all children letter cards in order (alphabet flashcards) they can even hold up each letter as it is sung.

• Write a letter on the board and have children say it out in chorus. Write it out slowly each time it is said.

• Bring models of the letter (you can make cut-outs of the letter in card-board) and pass around to all children. If you can make sufficient numbers you can give one to each child. They can slowly build up a collection of the entire alphabet.

• Keep models of various letters on the table and ask children to pick up the correct letter.

• Write several letters on the board and ask children to choose the right letter. Initially do not write letters with very similar shapes that may confuse children at an early stage. Later, when they are more accomplished they will be better equipped to avoid confusion.

• Bring objects or models of things that start with that letter. For example: for B you can bring a ball, bat, banana etc. Pass around these for all to see.

• Have different objects on the table. Ask children to pick out objects that start with the given letter.

• Call on a child whose name starts with that letter. He or she can say, for instance, Hello, I am Arun. ‘A’ for ‘Arun’ and so on. He can be the leader for that day.

• Show a magazine or picture book to children. Ask them to identify all instances of the given letter in any page.

• Play ‘Hunt For The Letter’. Ask children to look around the room and pick up all objects that start with the letter.

• Use colouring pages often. Most children love to colour. The colouring pages should have letter in large size to colour. They may also have objects that begin with the letter.

• Hand out letter cards to all children. Call out a letter. The child with that card has to come in front of the class and display the letter.

• The above activity can also be done with picture cards. In this case the child with the picture that starts with the letter called may come and show the picture. Then the class can say in chorus, for ex: ‘B’ for ‘Ball’

• Divide the class into two groups. Give one group letter cards. Give other group various objects. The first group will hold up a letter. The second group should hold up an object that starts with that letter.

• Kindergarten Worksheets: Use worksheets to help children re-inforce basic concepts in a fun and interesting way.

You can download some printable worksheets here:

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