It is important for kindergartners to learn about opposites, such as "fast" and "slow," and this game is a fun way to help them practice this skill. Chant together with students first very slowly, and then very quickly: "Clap, clap, clap your hands as slooooowly as you can" and "Clap, clap, clap your hands as quickly as you can!" while students try to follow your direction. Repeat with other directives, such as "stamp your feet" or "wave your hands."
In kindergarten, students are very interested in the world around them. Call up one student to be your "meteorologist" and ask the student to describe what the weather is like outside. Introduce weather words at the beginning of the year so that students will be able to use them. Words like "sunny," "rainy," "cloudy," "cold," "warm," and "snowy" are important for kindergartners to understand and use. The meteorologist can then put a picture of a sun, cloud, or other weather-related objects onto a weather board. (Both the pictures and the board should have velcro on them.)
Rhyming games are popular with kindergartners as well. Say a word out loud and challenge kindergartners to call out other words that rhyme with that one. You can also play a game similar to "I Spy" in which you give hints (including a rhyming word) that students can use to guess an object you're thinking of. For example, you might say, "I'm thinking of something on a playground. It goes back and forth, and sometimes people push you on it. It rhymes with 'ring.'"
Syllabication is another prereading skill that kindergartners can learn and practice. During circle time, you can count the syllables in each student's name by clapping them out. Alternatively, challenge students to see how many objects they can think of with three syllables. For more advanced students, you may want to give them a full sentence and see if they can clap out the number of syllables in it.