Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about animals that live in the rainforest. Find more Wild Animal Activities for Pre-K Books Check here for a complete list of Rainforest Books Rainforest Large Motor Games Baby Python Dance After reading the book, Verdi, we dance with Baby Pythons (a piece of yellow yarn). We use […]
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Forest Theme
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about forest animals, trees, and leaves. Find more Forest Activities for Pre-K What we learn about trees: Books Click here for a complete list of Books about Forest Animals Forest & Leaf Fine Motor Bird Beaks Fine Motor Activity Cut pipe cleaners into smaller pieces and shape them to […]
Pets Theme
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about pets Find more Pet Activities for Pre-K Books Click here for a complete list of books about Pets! Pets Large Motor Games Obedience School Game Children pretend to be dogs. As a few dog commands are called out (fetch, sit, lie down, roll over, bark, beg, come, […]
Pre-K Farm Theme Activities and Ideas
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about farms, farm animals, and crops. Find more Farm Activities for Pre-K Books Click here for a complete list of Farm Books Farm Large Motor Games Horses Stop & Go The children crawl around the carpet pretending to be horses as the teacher calls out “stop” and “go”. […]
Beginning of School Activities
Pre-K & Preschool activities for the first days of school. Find more Beginning of School Activities for Pre-K In the beginning of the year, we spend a lot of time talking about rules and practicing rules. Our lessons and activities are centered around learning the rules and procedures of the classroom, but the children are […]
Shape Sorting
Here are a variety of ideas for sorting by shape. I have arranged these in order of the way I think they should be taught. Although usually real objects should come before pictures, I used photos of real objects first so that we could do the activity at Large Group time. Next, I have children […]