25 Resources, Ideas, and Projects for Learning Together in March

Inside: Looking for ideas for your March kindergarten plans? Here are 25 ideas to help you create a more meaningful month with kids.

Our March Kindergarten Plans

When March arrives, I want to “melt” all the snowmen and snowflakes hanging in our room, send the kids’ snowpants home, and paint everything green!

And while here in NY, things are still pretty grey and blustery outside our window, we can at least do some green and growing things inside to make it feel more like spring has arrived.

Listed below you’ll find a few of my favorite March experiences in kindergarten.

But first, here are a few special March dates that you might use as a springboard for some fun learning opportunities in your own classroom.

March 1: National Pancake Day

March 2: Read Across America Day

March 3: National Wildlife Day

March 12: Plant a Flower Day

March 16: National Panda Day

March 17: St. Patrick’s Day

March 20: Spring Begins

March 22: World Water Day

March 23: National Puppy Day

March 31: National Crayon Day

25 Ideas for Creating a Meaningful March

Try something new this month by adding one or more of these ideas to your March kindergarten plans!

Involve kids in a data collection project where they track the number of Lion and Lamb Days this month. Then look at your “data” and see if the old saying, “In like a lion, out like a lamb,” was true for you this year.

Celebrate reading and the love of books by choosing one or two ideas from this list of 10 Ways to Celebrate Read Across America Week. My favorite is Battle of the Books.

Learn how maple syrup is made and bring some in for a taste test.

Take a Wind Walk to look for the presence of wind and have kids record the things it moves.

Compare a pinwheel and a windmill to see how they are the same and different.

Create a wind garden by inviting children to bring in pinwheels, flags, and wind chimes to “plant” outside your classroom window. Use the “garden” to observe and measure the wind each day.

Explore color mixing with The Green Project, where kids explore different shades of green in nature, as well as make a connection to what it means to “go green.”

Create a sketch tray of green objects for children to observe and draw.

Go on a digital Leprechaun Hunt where you help the principal find the Leprechaun on the Loose. Discover his pranks and follow his footsteps around the school while doing fun St. Paddy’s Day activities.

Begin an engineer design project where kids design and build their own Leprechaun Traps using a tissue box as the base.

Invite the kids to hunt for gold and shiny things with the 100 Grid Treasure Hunt.

Round up some pennies and do some Pot of Gold Math and Science Investigations to explore counting, measurement, sink/float, and probability.

Introduce children to the Greedy and Naughty Leprechaun, who will help them see the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Follow these 5 easy steps to introduce number bonds and the part/whole relationship to your kiddos in a hands-on way.

Welcome spring by planting bean seeds and keeping a Bean Plant Journal.

Create bean seed pictures using Spring Mosaic Mats.

Make Jack and the Beanstalk Story Maps and practice retelling the story.

Take a Spring Wonder Walk and look for signs of the new season.

Create a spring mural to show the things you saw on your walk.

If you live in a climate where birds migrate, begin to look for robins to return to your area. Tell children they can make a wish on the first robin they see.

Bring in some spring blooms such as tulips, daffodils, forsythia, or crocus’ and invite children to sketch or paint them. Once they begin to wilt, place them in the take-apart tub for exploration.

Change up your transition rhymes with this free set that includes a March line-up song, hands-in-your-lap rhyme, class cheer, and attention signal.

If you started watching the Decorah Eagle WebCam in February, celebrate Hatch Day with the kids, which is usually late March or early April. Then, let kids write an All About Eagles Informational Book to show their learning.

Learn how birds build nests and then set out an invitation for children to build one.

Do some research with kids on how birds use their beaks. Then, set up a Creature Feature station where kids search for and draw animals who share this feature.

Bring in some worms or snails for kids to observe and research. Then, let kids them write an All About Worms or All About Snails Informational book to share their learning with others.

March can be a long month as the lion and the lamb play tug of war with winter and spring weather. The good news is the lamb always wins in the end and spring is eventually here to stay!

I hope you found some new experiences to try out out in your classroom during this in-between month.

Wishing you a marvelous March and spring!