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Social Studies Activities For Preschoolers

Introduce preschoolers to families, community helpers, friendship and the wider world. Find pretend-play themes, simple geography, picture-based activities and teacher-led stories, with nearby kindergarten resources for extending a lesson.

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My Family Craft – All About Me Project teaching resource preview
Family, friendship & citizenship

My Family Craft – All About Me Project

Children make a paper house that opens to reveal a drawing of their family. Two house-front options offer different door styles, with a personalized label area and directions for coloring, cutting, folding and gluing. Let learners choose the version before assembly and invite them to describe only the details from their drawing they wish to share.

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Where in the World am I? teaching resource preview
Places, maps & cultures

Where in the World am I?

An early-learning geography activity where a child fills in a series of nested circles representing planet, continent, country, state, city, street address, and their own name to build understanding of geographic location.

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Pre-K–2
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Post Office: A Complete Theme Unit Including Learning Centers teaching resource preview
Community helpers & pretend play

Post Office: A Complete Theme Unit Including Learning Centers

A complete post-office-themed classroom unit that teaches how to design and run integrated learning centers (language, math, science, social studies, art, dramatic play, construction) built around a post office theme, including a field trip and culminating assessment.

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Pre-K–2
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cultures around the world Coloring Pages Worksheet Activity teaching resource preview
Places, maps & cultures

cultures around the world Coloring Pages Worksheet Activity

cultures around the world Coloring pages Worksheet Activities For Morning Work / Digital Resources / Cute cultures around the world Coloring Pages / cultures around the world Coloring Sheets: ⭐ Make the most of the diversity of the world by using our "Cultures Around the World Coloring Pages Worksheet Activity ." These painstakingly…

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Social Studies (First Grade C–I) 30 books teaching resource preview
Early-learning theme units

Social Studies (First Grade C–I) 30 books

A collection of 30 leveled early-reading passages (Levels C-I) that pair beginning-reader phonics/sight-word practice with short social studies topics (US civics, history figures, holidays, geography terms).

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Pre-K, 1–2
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Printable Passport teaching resource preview
Places, maps & cultures

Printable Passport

A bilingual (English/Spanish) mock 'passport' booklet for tracking classroom geography/world-culture lessons as simulated country visits.

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Pre-K, 1–6
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Recycling | Citizenship Video Lesson teaching resource preview
Family, friendship & citizenship

Recycling | Citizenship Video Lesson

This citizenship video lesson is all about recycling. Students will love this engaging and interactive video. This video serves as a great introduction or review video for your learners. This is a 6-minute video lesson.

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No prep geography landforms bingo game earth science nature activities teaching resource preview
Places, maps & cultures

No prep geography landforms bingo game earth science nature activities

No Prep Geography Landforms Bingo Game is a fun and engaging way to help students learn about Earth's natural landforms and geographic features. Since bingo is a familiar game, it's easy to set up and encourages children to build geography and earth science vocabulary through interactive play. I like using this activity during geography…

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School | Citizenship Video Lesson teaching resource preview
Family, friendship & citizenship

School | Citizenship Video Lesson

This citizenship video lesson is all about school. Students will love this engaging and interactive video. This video serves as a great introduction or review video for your learners. This is a 7-minute video lesson.

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Being Respectful | Citizenship Video Lesson teaching resource preview
Family, friendship & citizenship

Being Respectful | Citizenship Video Lesson

This citizenship video lesson is all about being respectful. Students will love this engaging and interactive video. This video serves as a great introduction or review video for your learners. This is a 5-minute video lesson.

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African Animals Coloring Pages teaching resource preview
Places, maps & cultures

African Animals Coloring Pages

Introduce African animals and geography through coloring practice, suitable for a Africa study unit or art center

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Pre-K–1
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Suitcase Homework Kit teaching resource preview
Early-learning theme units

Suitcase Homework Kit

A take-home 'suitcase' homework kit for kindergarten built around three picture books plus supporting printable materials (world map, country flags, a US-states graph, packing list, postcard, and boarding pass) to practice geography, graphing, and patterning skills at home with parent involvement.

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Geography: Train Directions Activity teaching resource preview
Places, maps & cultures

Geography: Train Directions Activity

A directional-writing activity where young students describe a train's path through a track diagram using directional/positional language.

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Pre-K, 1–3
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Fables and Folktales Activity teaching resource preview
Early-learning theme units

Fables and Folktales Activity

Help young students retell fables and folktales from diverse cultures and identify each story's central message, lesson, or moral.

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Pre-K, 1–3
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Kids Yoga Stories: What is Yoga? eBook and Coloring Book teaching resource preview
Places, maps & cultures

Kids Yoga Stories: What is Yoga? eBook and Coloring Book

An illustrated coloring-book eBook that introduces children to the history and philosophy of yoga (its Indian origins, Patanjali, meditation, breathing, English/Sanskrit pose names) through discussion prompts and coloring pages, ending with a guided mini practice and a closing 'yogi promise'.

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1–3
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Then and Now Outlines Colouring Book teaching resource preview
Early-learning theme units

Then and Now Outlines Colouring Book

Explore how the past continues to influence the present with the Then and Now Outlines Colouring Book. This 36-page printable workbook allows students to compare and contrast elements of culture, landmarks, technology, and more over time through coloring activities.

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1–3
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