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Hello, 

I am currently teaching Kindergarten. Children at this age love hands-on activities but also enjoy learning about things that they are interested on. I would encourage you to teach what the students seek questions about. For example, right now I am teaching about animals since the topic about hibernation came up after reading the book, Bears Snores On. We talked about what is hibernation and why animals go into hibernation. This lead into other animals and what other animals do during the winter, 'Migrate or adapt.' Other topics that are taught in Kindergarten include the life cycle of insects, parts of a plant, life cycle of a plant, living and non-living things, sink and float, magnets, just to name a few. For sink and float, we created a chart with a list of items and ask each student whether they thought it would sink or float. For parts of a plant, we explored an actual plant and pointed out the parts of the plant. Then they drew a plant and labeled the parts. For living and non-living we explored our environment and looked for living/non-living things. 

Wishing you the Best of Luck! 

Hi there! I am a transitional kindergarten teacher and science is such an important subject that truly allows students to explore and become critical thinkers. I recently completed a unit on winter animals where my students explored the topic of hibernation. Students learned songs and read books about hibernation. They also built their own caves out of materials that they found out on the play yard and a few things that I brought from home. Because they were able to build it themselves, they understood what animals do when they hibernate.  They loved it!