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The study aimed at identifying the effectiveness of a program based on integrated activities in health and environmental skills acquisition for the kindergarten child at AlKaraka governorate. The study sample consisted of (60) 5-6-year-old male and female children from kg2 in Al-Karaka governorate. Aqua’s-experimental design with pretest and posttest was used for the two groups; an experimental and a control one. The following tools were used: The integrated activities program and the health and environmental skills test. The results of the study showed an existence of differences in the average scores of the children of the experimental group and the control group in regard to the health and environmental skills in favor of the group experimental group. The results also showed no differences between the scores of both males and females on their health and environmental skills. The results also showed no impact of the interaction between gender and group in health and environmental skills acquisition. In addition, there were no differences in the average scores of the experimental group between the two applications the traceable and dimensional regarding the health and environmental skills. (Published abstract)