Early Childhood Education
Below you will find early childhood lessons that are labeled with a grade level. However, each lesson can be used across multiple grades, so explore lessons for nearby grades.
Early Childhood Education (PreK-3) VOLSS Mini Lessons
Kindergarten/First Grade
Create a board game story to help children conceptualize how values can be added or taken away.
Grades K-3
Read the story If You Give a Pig a Pancake and then make your own pancakes.
PreK-3
Learn how to create a calming jar, a fun activity and a great tool to regulate emotions
Kindergarten/First Grade
Practice noticing the onset sounds in words by going on an alphabet scavenger hunt.
PreK-3
Develop language and fine motor skills, and learn about math and science concepts as you bake homemade chocolate chip cookies.
PreK-3
Engage in hands-on learning about tornadoes and experiment with what motions make a tornado appear.
PreK-3
Build a personalized robot using recyclable materials, and then measure the length of your robot.
Any age
Try some yoga stretches to help think, focus, manage your emotions and and build strength and flexibility.
PreK-3
Learn how to send a letter and why it is an important skill to know how to do.
Any age
Practice mindfulness, by sitting outside and listening to nature. Record new sounds your hear.
K-3
Play a game to practice recognizing sight words! After a sight word is called out, children swat the word when they find it.
PreK-5
Learn how to create your own colorful paint. Then use your new paint to paint as many different shape as you can.
2nd/3rd
Take a book you do not use anymore and create an art piece using materials around your house.
PreK-3
Create homemade playough while also learning math concepts and working on fine motor skills.
K-3
During the activity, children will learn the three basic ways to build a proper campfire, the tools needed, and how to start a mini campfire.
All ages
This activity is about exploring your own backyard and looking for different things in nature.
PreK-3
Complete an experiment using skittles and think about how the objects used in the experiment change.
All ages
Let's make some ice cream, and at the same time, develop fine motor, math, and science skills.