Low-Prep 5 Regions of the United States: Activities

regions of the united states for kids post

This post is full of low-prep U.S. regions activities for kids, as they learn about geography in your classroom. These 5 regions of the united states worksheets and activity ideas will help you plan your lessons.

Regions of the United States for Kids: Exploring Maps

When teaching elementary students about U.S. regions, it’s important to review map skills and how to read a map using its features.

regions of the united states for kids activities

Use simple maps to show students where the different regions are. Have them circle and label the different regions then, discuss what they know about the states/land there.

Break it Up

Teaching students about the regions can be a little overwhelming. There is a lot of information out there. My biggest advice is to spend at least one day on each region.

Breaking up each region will help students focus on the unique characteristics of each place. I like to have students use these facts cards to collect notes about each region while we are studying the unit.

Make Personal Connections

One engaging way to teach regions of the united states for kids is to have students talk about their own experiences and possible vacations they have taken there.

I love to have students draw pictures to explain what the area was like. Some possible questions you can have students answer are:

What was the weather like?
What did you do there?
Did you play outside or inside more?
Did you see any famous landmarks?
What time of the year did you visit?

Building Regions of the United States for Kids with Play-Doh Mats

A popular activity with kids at any age is play-doh. At least in my class. One Low-Prep activity I like to have my class do is build regions onto maps using play-doh. Students can take it a little further by using tooth-picks to trace out the different shapes or carve fun landforms and landmarks into the doh.

Lets go Paperless

For a virtual spin on teaching regions of the united states for kids, I love to add some fun Google Slides activities to a social studies center.

Digital Activities for regions of the united states for kids picture

Giving students the option to work on technology during their free time is a great way to get the curriculum into their hands in a fun way. Students love working on Google Slides projects independently or with a friend. It also makes a great option to see how students are comprehending the material. You can use Google slides to take an informal assessment to see what misconceptions they may have.

Grab a FREE Social Studies Curriculum Pacing Guide HERE:

Free social studies pacing guide picture

More Regions of the United States Resources

I hope you have found some ideas you can use as you plan for teaching the 5 regions of the united states for kids. All of the activities in this post, plus the digital versions, are part of my U.S. Regions Activities and Worksheets unit and my U.S. Regions Digital Activities.

Click HERE for the printable unit and HERE for the digital version. OR save money by purchasing the paper and digital bundle HERE.

Be sure to save this post by pinning this to your Pinterest account. That way, you can easily save these ideas to help you when you start teaching US regions.