Creative homework ideas for kindergarten

With so much emphasis put on class work, common core curriculum, and even homework, creative thinking can get pushed to the bottom of the barrel for kids, even kindergarteners. The days of playing and coloring all day in kindergarten seem to be long gone. They’ve been replaced with activities that were long reserved for kids in other grades.

Homework in Kindergarten: is it a good idea and how you should do it to make it valuable to your students and their families? Take a look at this monthly homework for kindergarten printable and editable calendars. Giving homework in kindergarten can be hard.

Build a tree house Students go to the forest and build their own tree house. First, students have to come up with a plan of a treehouse. Then, they can start measuring, sawing, and building. Let them decorate the tree house with objects out of the forest.

This is definitely one of the most creative homework assignments. Let your students come up with an idea for a board game about the lesson content. They have to make cards, pawns, draw, write, cut and paste. They have to use their imagination and inventive ideas to create a coherent board game.