Early math learning is fun and easy with our special animal guests! Watch the recorded program to explore patterns and colors with Lita the cheetah and Rainbow the chameleon. Then play with shapes and colors with activities from the National Air and Space Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and more!

Content:

Early Math Concepts

Standards:

ELOF P-SCI-1; P-SCI-2; P-SCI-3

Classroom Activities

A close-up of a flamingo with bright pink feathers resting its head on its body

Flamingo Color Mixing

This playful experiment brings color mixing to life as children learn how flamingos get their pink feathers!

Flamingo Scientists!
¡Expertos en Flamencos!
A collage of different shapes of different colors of paper

Inside a Diamond

Explore shapes with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Learn how to look at an artwork with young children, then create a mosaic using cut-out shapes.

Inside a Diamond
Dentro de un Diamante
Colorful rocket made out of construction paper shapes

Rocket Shapes

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a rectangle and a triangle! The National Air and Space Museum shows us how to find all our favorite shapes within a rocket! Then create your own colorful rocket out of cut-paper shapes.

Rocket Shapes
Pinky Jackalope and Nick the Music Man with Magnifying Glass

Pre-Math Music Playlist

Put on your dancing shoes! It's time to explore pre-math concepts like shapes, colors, and patterns with Nick the Music Man. Nick and our friends at the National Head Start Association put together a playlist of songs inspired by Pre-Math with Cheetahs! 

Pre-Math Playlist

Explore More Programs

A northern red salamander climbing over rocks
May 8, 2024 at 2 pm ET

Discovering Amphibians

Join us as we celebrate Amphibian Week. Learn about amphibians, get an up-close look of some of them and chat with an amphibian expert.

Grades:

K-5

Standards:

Supports NGSS K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1, 1-LS1-2, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-3, 4-LS1-1

Topics:

amphibians, adaptations, habitats, life cycles

Cost:

Free

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A pink jackalope puppet stands in the center surrounded by a black and white cow and a reddish-brown pig on their left. On their right is a white alpaca and a brown and black goat.
May 16, 2024 at 2 pm ET

Happy Birthday, Head Start!

Happy birthday, Head Start! How do animals keep their bodies healthy year-round? Join the Smithsonian's National Zoo to learn about animals at our Kids' Farm with special resources from the National Portrait Gallery and other Smithsonian museums.

Content Unit:

Our Bodies and the Five Senses

Standards:

Supports Head Start ELOF Goals P-SCI-1; P-SCI-2; P-SCI-3

Cost:

Free

Languages:

English, Spanish (simulcast)

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A gray catbird in a researchers hand. It has colored bands around its ankles.
May 22, 2024 at 12 pm ET

Exploring Neighborhood Birds

Birds are everywhere! Learn about some of our neighborhood birds and the techniques used to study them from a migratory bird scientist.

Grades:

2-6

Standards:

Supports NGSS 2-PS1-2, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS1-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-3, 4-LS1-1

Topics:

birds, migration, observation, tracking, bird banding

Cost:

Free

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