1. Kangaroo Hop Relay Race
Divide your preschoolers into two teams and set up a simple relay race that involves hopping like kangaroos.
2. Make Kangaroo Ears Headbands
Provide construction paper and let the students create their kangaroo ears headbands to wear during playtime.
3. Kangaroo-themed Storytime
Read aloud a children’s book featuring kangaroos, such as “Katy No-Pocket” or “Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?”
4. Footprint Art
Have the kids create kangaroo footprint art using washable paint on paper or large sheets of butcher paper.
5. Kangaroo Paper Bag Puppet
Create adorable kangaroo paper bag puppets with brown paper bags, markers, glue, and craft supplies.
6. Sing-A-Long: K-I-S-S-I-N-G song
Teach the children the popular song featuring a couple in a tree and replacing the original animals with kangaroos.
7. Kangaroo Math Counting Activity
Using toy kangaroos or images, have students count and perform simple addition and subtraction exercises.
8. Create a Kangaroo Habitat
Create a miniature model of the Australian Outback using arts and crafts materials to showcase kangaroos’ natural habitat.
9. Kangaroo Yoga Pose
Teach your preschoolers how to do the “kangaroo” yoga pose, which involves balancing on one foot while making hopping motions with their arms.
10. Pouch Race
Give each child a pillowcase as their makeshift pouch and have them race each other while hopping along!
11. Draw Your Own Joey
Encourage students to draw their own baby kangaroos (joeys) using crayons, markers, or colored pencils.
12. Kangaroo Tag Game
Modify the classic game of tag by requiring each participant to hop like a kangaroo while chasing and evading others.
13. Kangaroo Sound Game
Teach the students the sounds that kangaroos make, and then have them imitate those noises in a fun guessing game.
14. Write a Kangaroo Limerick
Introduce your preschoolers to the world of poetry by writing a simple limerick about kangaroos together.
15. Make Kangaroo Food Pouches
Help children create their own food pouches from paper bags, then fill them with kangaroo-themed snacks like jump rope-pretzel sticks.
16. Australian Animal Matching Game
Use images of various Australian animals, including kangaroos, and have the preschoolers try to match up each picture with their corresponding name.
17. Kangaroo Jump Rope
Teach your preschoolers how to jump rope while mimicking the movements of a hopping kangaroo.
18. Puppet Show: The Adventures of Joey the Kangaroo
Put on a little puppet show featuring Joey, a young kangaroo exploring his environment, to teach preschoolers about life in the Outback.
19. Joeys in Pouches Obstacle Course
Create an obstacle course for children to navigate while carrying stuffed “joeys” (baby kangaroos) in their pouches (pillowcases).
20. Kangaroo-themed Movie Day
Watch an animated movie or episode featuring kangaroos, such as “Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too” or an episode of “Wild Kratts.”
21. Australian Outback Collage
Using magazines and printouts, have the children create their collage featuring kangaroos and other elements of the Australian Outback landscape.
