Circus Activities for Kindergarten
Teaching young children about the circus allows teachers to cover topics such as types of animals, clowns, numbers and letters. Using the circus in the classroom to keep kindergarten pupils engaged allows teachers to focus on ideas that are sure to capture the children's imagination while still allowing them to learn.
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Circus Numbers
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Create cards with numbers on them. Have items from the circus grouped on the cards and help the kindergartner with whom you are working to count them. For example, the number 1 could have one tent, and the number 2 could have two monkeys. The child can name each item on the card and count how many there are.
Circus Train
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Gather five to eight shoe boxes to use as the train. Paint the outside of the shoe boxes with various colors so that the boxes look like train cars. Let the kindergartners color the outside of the boxes with markers and crayons. Apply glitter as an additional way to decorate the boxes. Cut out windows with scissors. Use string to tie the boxes together. Put little plastic animals inside the boxes or cut out pictures of animals to put inside the boxes.
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Clown Outline
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Lay out large rolls of white paper and measure a piece of paper so that it is the same height as the child with whom you are working. Have the child lie on the paper and trace his body. The child can then decorate the outline like a clown's outfit and write down the names of body parts. Examples can include hands, feet, head, hair and eyes.
Lion Paper Plate
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Paint a paper plate yellow and brown to represent a lion. Add eyes and a mouth. Cut out ears from construction paper and glue them to the top of the plate on either side of the lion's head. The plate can become a mask if you cut out the eyes and the mouth and allow the kindergartner to place the plate over her face.
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