Kindergarten students practice with this verb opposites worksheet by matching action words like push and pull, then circling opposites. An answer key is included to make checking quick.
Materials available in this Opposites Lesson Plan include Opposites Flash Cards, and Opposites Worksheets. You will also find Antonyms Worksheets,
An opposites drawings worksheet where kindergarten students look at a picture, read its word, and draw the antonym in a big open box. Fun, low-prep vocabulary practice that every child can finish.
Play the Left and Right Simon Says Opposites Activity with preschool to 1st grade: move picture cards to the correct side of the mat. Practice page and answer key included.
This top and bottom toys edition opposites activity board game helps preschool to 1st grade students use top, middle and bottom with a toy shelf, spinner and cards. Answer key included.
Hot and cold, big and small
Kindergarteners learn that some words are opposites, like hot / cold, up / down and happy / sad. Many classes call them opposites first, then introduce the word antonym. Kids sort pictures into opposite pairs and use opposite words to describe things in stories and around the room. Action words have opposites too: open and close, push and pull. The click is when kids start spotting opposites on their own and yelling them out!
Opposites are perfect for acting out. These moves keep kindergarteners moving and talking.
Start with a short lesson using real objects: a big ball and a small ball, a full cup and an empty cup. Name each pair and have kids repeat it. Seeing both at once makes the idea crystal clear.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withOpposites Lesson PlanLesson PlansOpen it →"Simon says raise your left hand! Now your right!" Then do up and down, fast and slow. Kids learn opposites with their whole body, and it's a great brain break.
Why it works: playful practice with a clear goal keeps kids practicing longer, and simple learning games have been shown to build real skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withLeft and Right Simon Says Opposites ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Kids see one picture, like a tall tree, and draw its opposite next to it. Drawing makes them think about what the opposite really looks like.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withOpposites Drawings WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Games and actions that turn opposites into giggles.
ActivitiesA board game where kids place toys on top or on the bottom and say the opposite.
Open Top and Bottom Toys Edition Opposites Activity Board Game →
WorksheetsKids act out action words and their opposites, like open and close, push and pull.
Open Verb Opposites Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Verb Opposites Worksheet, Opposites Lesson Plan and Opposites Drawings Worksheet.
Antonyms are words that mean the opposite, like big and small or hot and cold. Kindergarteners learn them as opposites and practice with pictures and actions.
Start with up and down, big and small, hot and cold, happy and sad, open and close, and fast and slow. Kids can see or act out every one.
Use both! Start with opposites because it's a word kids know, then add "another word for opposites is antonyms."
Point them out during the day: the light is on, now it's off. Ask your child to find the opposite of things they see on a walk.
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