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Kindergarten Earth Science Resources

15 kindergarten Earth Science resources: 7 worksheets, 4 songs, 3 videos and more. How teachers use these

Kindergarten Earth Science Resources

15 kindergarten Earth Science resources: 7 worksheets, 4 songs, 3 videos and more. How teachers use these

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenWeather Names Worksheet

This Weather Names Worksheet gives kindergarten kids nine weather pictures to label using a simple word bank. A complete answer key is included — an easy, no-prep way to build science vocabulary and early writing skills.

Video
VideoKindergartenSeasons Song

The Seasons Song by Have Fun Teaching is perfect for teaching and learning all about the seasons of the year. This is a fun way for kids to learn the seasons. With this seasons song, your kids can learn about Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. While listening to the Seasons…

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenRecycle Worksheet

This recycle worksheet asks kindergarten students to circle each object that belongs in the recycling bin. Nine familiar pictures, no reading required, and an answer key is included so checking takes seconds.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenWeather Word Wall

This Weather Word Wall gives Kindergarten classrooms six big picture cards — sun, cloud, rain, snow, wind and rainbow — ready to print, cut and post so young writers always have the weather words within reach.

Video
VideoKindergartenCreation Song

While watching the Creation Song, students learn about the days of Creation perfect for Sunday school, kid's church, and Bible lessons for kids. Bring joy and understanding into your kid's church, Sunday school, and classroom with this song about the days of Creation. Your kids will love a new way…

Activity
ActivityKindergartenGo Green Recycle Activity

This go green recycle activity helps preschool to 3rd grade students sort everyday items into paper, plastic, metal, and glass, with a practice page and answer key included.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenWeather Wear Worksheet

This weather wear worksheet asks kindergarten students to look at sunny, rainy, snowy and windy weather and circle the clothing that fits. An answer key is included, so checking is quick and easy.

Song
SongKindergartenMoon Song (MP3)

Using thisMoon Song (MP3), students learn about the phases of the moon through catchy, interesting lyrics.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenSolar System Sequencing Planets Activity

In this solar system sequencing planets activity, kindergarten to 5th grade students put the eight planets in order from the Sun and match their names. Answer key included.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenWeather Matching Pictures Worksheet

This weather matching pictures worksheet has kindergarten students match sun, rain, snow, and wind to the right picture, then trace each word. An answer key is included, so weather vocabulary practice takes no prep at all.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenSpace Flash Cards

Space flash cards with bright pictures of the sun, moon, planets and more help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn space words and facts. An answer key is included.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenWeather Words Matching Worksheet

The Weather Words Matching Worksheet has 1st grade students match cloud, rain, snow, sun and wind to short clues, then write each word in a sentence. An answer key is included.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenWeather Activity

This weather activity helps Kindergarten to 2nd grade students match weather pictures to weather words, spin a weather wheel and graph a week of weather. Answer key included for quick checking.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenDetails about Digging Up Dinosaurs Worksheet

This Details about Digging Up Dinosaurs Worksheet helps students identify the main idea and key details while reading a passage about dinosaurs.

From our teachers' playbook

Weather, seasons and taking care of Earth

What do kindergartners learn in earth science?

Kindergarten earth science is all about the world right outside the window. Kids observe and name weather (sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, snowy) and notice patterns across the four seasons. They talk about how weather changes what we wear and do, look up at the sun and moon in the sky, and learn simple ways to care for Earth, like recycling. Much of it is daily observation and talk. The click moment is when a child looks outside and says, "It's cloudy and windy, so I need my jacket."

Our favorite ways to teach earth science

Little scientists learn by looking, naming and talking. These moves make it part of every day.

Sing the seasons

Play the seasons song at morning meeting and point to pictures of each season as it comes up. Ask, "What season is it now? How do you know?" A song plus a real look outside builds the pattern.

Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).

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A weather word wall

Post weather words with pictures and let a daily weather helper pick today's card. Kids read the word, show it to the class and add a tally to a weather chart. By spring you have real data to count!

Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).

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Sort it, recycle it

Bring in clean paper, plastic and cans and let kids sort them into bins. Then talk about why recycling helps Earth. Hands-on sorting makes a big idea feel like a job kindergartners can actually do.

Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.

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Earth science questions parents and teachers ask

What is earth science in kindergarten?

It covers weather, the seasons, the sky (sun, moon and stars) and caring for the Earth. Kids observe, describe and look for patterns in the world around them.

How do you teach weather to kindergartners?

Make it daily. Look outside each morning, name the weather, and record it on a chart. After a few weeks, count which weather happened most and talk about it.

What should kindergartners know about the seasons?

They should name the four seasons, describe the weather in each, and notice how people, plants and animals change with the seasons. Clothing and activities are easy examples.

How can I teach earth science at home?

Take a weather walk and talk about what you see and feel. Recycle together and let your child sort. Look at the moon at night and draw its shape.