Make learning an adventure with this Camping Science Unit for Kindergarten! This interactive unit helps students explore what it’s like to go camping outdoors while learning about forest animals, animal tracks, and how to prepare for a trip. Packed with hands-on science activities and integrated literacy components, it includes camping-themed vocabulary, writing prompts, and an emergent reader.
Whether you’re planning a summer-themed week or tying in a nature-based lesson, this camping unit is a fun and educational way to build science and reading skills in the early childhood classroom.
With this resource, your learners will:
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Build background knowledge about camping, forest animals, and animal tracks through real-world connections
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Strengthen vocabulary and writing skills using themed word work, writing prompts, and an emergent reader
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Engage in hands-on exploration with activities like a flashlight scavenger hunt and pretend camping prep that make science fun and meaningful
Here is what you’ll get:
-A Read Aloud suggestion list
-Daily welcome slide to provide morning instructions
-Slides to guide whole group activities
-Slides for directed drawing
–Literacy Integration–
–Shared Reading poem
–Shared writing through directive drawing
–Emergent reader that describes what we pack for a camping trip
–Writing center with thematic words and writing practice sheets
–Interactive poem about what we take on a camping trip
–Science Integration–
-Detailed thematic lesson guide
-Brochure printable to use during the week
–Camping List : learn what people need to survive on a camping trip
–In the Woods: learn about forest animals
–Forest Tracks: learn to identify certain animal tracks
–A Day of Camping: sequence activity about camping
–Camping Nights: a flashlight scavenger hunt
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