Start with hands-on kindergarten history activities if you want your child to love history. Also, grab my other tips, ideas, and crafts for kindergarten on my page Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum.
Too, use topics that your children love (like kings, queens, and knights) to introduce a gentle mix of history, geography, and social studies.
For example, some important aspects of history are:
People and Places- Learn about awesome historical figures like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Explore significant historical places such as Mount Rushmore, the White House, and the Statue of Liberty.
Events-Discover major historical events like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the moon landing.
Transportation-Explore different ways people have traveled throughout history, from walking and riding horses to sailing ships and flying airplanes.
Inventions- Learn about important inventions in transportation like the wheel, the car, and the airplane.
Technology-See how technology has evolved over time, from simple tools to computers and smartphones.
Discover important inventions that have changed our world, like the printing press, the light bulb, and the internet.
Art and Culture-Explore different art forms and styles from various cultures, including painting, sculpture, music, and dance.
Additionally, meet important artists and musicians from history like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Beethoven, and Mozart.
KINDERGARTEN HISTORY CURRICULUM
Also, look at some of these fun resources for teaching your child about history.
Besides, history at this age should be hands-on.
12 History Curriculum for Kindergarten
You can get as much help as you need or as little with these resources. Sometimes we want lesson plans laid out and other times we want just a framework.
Available in paperback, this four-volume narrative world history tells the story of the entire globe, from the earliest nomadic humans all the way to the Persian Gulf war at the end of the twentieth century. It now includes the Revised Edition of Volume 4. Told in an entertaining, engaging style, The Story of the World uses the stories of women and men, countries and empires, rebels and rulers, peasants and presidents, to walk young readers through a continuous, chronological account of human events.
This is America! And this is its glowing, epic story, from the days of the Viking expeditions to the birth of the Atomic age. Here are the explorers, the Indians, the settlers and fur trappers, the soldiers, the statesmen, the men and women who have shaped our country and its destiny. It is a continuous take of adventure, of wars, of industry and invention, of hardship and growth; it is an unparalleled tale of courage, high ideals, hard work--and a precious thing called Freedom.
Sure to ignite curiosity about our nation's history, this Early American History Through Literature study will take you and your K-3 homeschooling students through the first Indigenous people of the Americas, the Vikings discovery of America, the exploration, colonization, settlement, and establishment of the United States
A simple and fun introduction to American history.
Each Lap-Pak contains projects on a topic for one complete lap book, as well as a text booklet, making this a complete topic study.
Bring history alive as students explore the fascinating past by making the interactive projects in History Pockets. Students store the projects in easy-to-make construction paper pockets
that are wonderful portfolios for assessment and display!
What's Inside History Pockets-Native Americans, Grades 1–3, contains nine memorable discovery pockets. The introduction pocket gives an overview of the tribes in North America that are featured. The other pockets focus on food, clothing, shelter, and family life of eight Native American tribes.
Explore short biographies of historical figures so you can read aloud or if your child is already a fluent reader, he will short these engaging storeis about people and events.
On April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Agreement between France and the United States was formally signed. President Thomas Jefferson paid the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte approximately 18 cents per square mile for a vast wilderness territory (more than 825,000 square miles) stretching from New Orleans to the Canadian border and west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The Purchase effectively doubled the size of the young United States.
Supplement your social studies curriculum with 180 days of daily practice! This essential classroom resource provides teachers with weekly social studies units that build students' content-area iteracy, and are easy to incorporate into the classroom. Students will analyze primary sources, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their grade-level social studies knowledge.
This is a unique kindergarten social studies course, introducing you to family and culture, what it is to be a good citizen, basic geography, and basic economics.
History Quest Study Guide contains everything you need for a full year’s history curriculum for elementary-age children. Each weekly unit takes a chapter of History Quest: Early Times, the narrative history series, and turns it into a robust unit study with a week’s worth of engaging activities. Your student will gain a broad and deep understanding of early civilizations through readings, geography activities, discussions, writing assignments, coloring pages, crafts, and more. Also included throughout the curriculum are four weeks of warm and cozy ancient literature study, where parents and students snuggle up together to enjoy time-honored tales from four ancient civilizations across the world.
9 FASCINATING IDEAS FOR KINDERGARTEN HISTORY ACTIVITIES
- Ancient Egypt: Check out those amazing pyramids, royal pharaohs, and creepy mummies! Learn all about Egyptian Architecture For Kids.
- Dinosaurs: Discover different kinds of dinosaurs, hunt for fossils, and learn why they’re not around anymore. Create a hands-on activity with this Awesome Preschool Dinosaur Unit Study With Kids Who Love Dinosaurs.
- Native Americans: Meet various tribes, explore their unique cultures, and discover their awesome traditions. Geronimo Stilton makes a great read aloud and this Geronimo Stilton Field Trip to Niagara Falls Summary And Fun Corn Craft is a great simple project.
- Folk Tales and Frontier Heroes- Tell larger than life stories about real figures in history and those fictional ones who came to represent the way of life like American Frontier Legends and Hero Paul Bunyan Blue Ox Craft.
- Neil Armstrong: Imagine being the first person to walk on the moon! That’s exactly what Neil Armstrong did.
- The American Revolution: It’s like a thrilling adventure where brave people fought for freedom from Great Britain.
- The Wright Brothers: These two brothers made history by being the first to fly an airplane.Take a closer look at airplanes, aviation, and of course find Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on a map for geography. Check out my Wright Brothers And Amazing Airplanes And Other Things That Fly
- The Gold Rush/Westward Expansion: The gold rush was an exciting time, filled with adventure and dreams of striking it rich. Even children played an important role in the Gold Rush.. They helped their families by panning for gold, cooking meals, taking care of the animals, and fun exploring the new land and making friends from different places. Read more about it in the story Pedro’s Pan.
- Middle Ages: Knights, Kings, Castles and all things royalty make a very interesting topic for imaginative learners. For this of course I have today’s Royal Peg Doll Craft to share with you. I like to include lots of rich books full of information.
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Finally, look at how to make this adorable set of royal peg dolls
HOW TO CREATE ROYAL PEG DOLLS
The hardest part of this craft is allowing it to dry in between.
You will need:
- Unfinished peg dolls
- Craft paint
- Small paint brushes
- Paint pens
- Hot glue gun/glue sticks
First, you can either leave your peg dolls unfinished or paint the head portion in any flesh tone that you like.
Start by choosing the colors for each of your peg dolls that you wish to make and paint a base layer of clothing on the body portion.
Set aside and allow to dry, you can speed it along a bit by using a blow dryer on low for a few minutes.
Now you can paint on the next layer of clothing, this will be things like cloaks/robes, skirts, etc…
Let the next layer dry and use very fine paint brushes or paint pens to add hair, for the knight you can just cover his entire head in silver leaving a face opening to create a helm (helmet).
For your final details use the smallest brushes or paint pens to add eyes, belts, patterns to clothing, flowers, royal crowns, and of course a sword and shield for your brave night to carry.
Once all the paint has dried your royal family and protective knight are ready to play in sensory bins, along with blocks, or take them outside for a new adventure.
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