• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

PreKinders

Ideas for Pre-K & Preschool Teachers

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use
  • Help
    • Printing Help
  • Shop
  • Learning Areas
    • Literacy
    • Math
    • Science
    • Art
    • Music
    • Fine Motor
    • Christian Activities
  • Themes
  • Teaching Ideas
    • Centers
    • Teaching Tips
    • Assessment
    • Back to School
    • End of Year
  • Printables
    • Literacy Printables
    • Math Printables
    • Science Printables
    • Music Printables
    • Visual Discrimination Printables
    • Classroom Management Printables

Preschool End of Year Activities

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure | Filed Under: End of Year Activities and Ideas

Here are some preschool end of year activities to enjoy and celebrate a great year with your little students.

preschool end of year activities

At the preschool age, I think it’s in the children’s best interest to keep things as normal as possible to reduce anxiety about the end of school. Try to keep your usual schedule and routine, if possible.

There are always so many things happening at the end of the year, that our routines may get a little messed up, but we can try to make it a smooth transition for such young children. We can also ease their anxiety by doing some fun activities!

Find more preschool End of Year Activities here!

Preschool end of year activities

Bubble Day

Let them have fun with some bubble solution and a variety of bubble wands. Make bubble wands in different shapes with pipe cleaners. Use a small plastic pool and a hula hoop to make giant bubbles. Add a bubble machine. You can buy bubbles inexpensively or better yet, have children make their own bubble solution.

preschool end of year activities: bubbles

Dance Party Day

Have each child request a favorite song from the year, add a few extras to your list, and have a dance party! Try these Brain Break Songs for Kids.

Write a Letter to the Next Class

Ask children to think of things they need to tell the next group of preschool children who are coming the following school year. Write their “letter” on chart paper. You can even have them make a video!

Field Trip to their Next School or Class

If your preschool students are going to a new school the next year, try to arrange a field trip to that school so they can see where they will go next year. If your students will return to the same school next year, arrange a visit with one of the Kindergarten classrooms.

Visit a Neighbor Class

Just for fun, arrange a visit with a neighboring class in your school! Plan a story time, or a few games, or a dance party.

Popsicle Day

Go outside to enjoy a popsicle treat! You might also want to give this Popsicle End of Year Gift for the children to take home.

preschool end of year activities: popsicles

Water Day

This takes some advance planning, but it’s fun to have a water day. It doesn’t have to be fancy. You can get some water squirters at the dollar store. Ask parents to help by bringing small plastic pools, sprinklers, bubble machines. A tarp and sprinkler can be used as a slip and slide.

Bring a Stuffed Animal

Bringing a stuffed animal to school has always been a class favorite. It’s a good idea to tell parents that the stuffed animal needs to be small enough to fit into a back pack. You can do lots of activities with the stuffed animals: sorting and graphing, dance with your stuffed animal, play a bean bag song and use the animal in place of the bean bag.

Nature Walk

Children love to go on a nature walk if you have a safe place to go for a walk.

Picnic

Take lunch or snack outside for a picnic.

Sidewalk Chalk

Find a spot outside to have fun with sidewalk chalk. It’s also a lot of fun to make your own sidewalk chalk. Find a sidewalk chalk recipe on this page.

preschool end of year activities: sidewalk chalk

Science Day

On this day, do any fun science experiments you might have missed during the school year, or revisit some the class enjoyed.

Joke Day

Send home a note and have families help their child come up with a joke to tell the class the next day at school.

Magic Trick Day

Find some fun, simple magic tricks to teach the class. A simple one that preschoolers enjoy is the crayon color trick. Sit in a chair and hold your hands behind your back. Have a student place a crayon in your hands. Scratch a tiny piece of the wax with your fingernail, and have the student take the crayon out of your hands and hide it. Place your hands in your lap and pretend you’re thinking of the color while you look at the color on your fingernail. The kids are always amazed when you get it right every time! After amazing them a few times, you can teach them how to do the trick themselves!

Favorite Color Day

Have students wear their favorite color.

Favorite Book Day

Choose some of the books that you know were your students’ favorites this year, and revisit some of these best books. You might want to read some of their favorites from the beginning of the year.

Glitter Art Day

Plan a fun glitter art project. Your school janitor might be ready to fire you for making a big glitter mess šŸ˜†, so you can use glitter paint or glitter glue for less mess.

Lego Construction Day

Send home a ziplock bag with a note and ask parents to donate any unwanted Lego bricks. Have fun constructing all kinds of things.

Outside Day

Take the class outside for story time, an activity, circle time, and snack time. If you’re brave enough, you could even do rest time outside.

Talent Show

Give the children the opportunity to showcase their talents. They can sing, dance, tell a joke, do a magic trick, recite a rhyme or verse, show their artwork.

Paper Airplane Day

It seems like there’s always a substitute teacher who will teach the class how to make paper airplanes. Then it’s paper airplanes hitting my head for days until they have to be banned. So, on paper airplane day, kids have permission to make them. (Maybe go outside to fly them.)

Treasure Hunt

Set up a treasure hunt around the classroom. The treasure could be a special treat or gift.

Choose a Topic to Learn About

Assign each child a day and have them choose a topic they want to learn about on their day. They might choose a dinosaur day or a mermaid day or a make-a-kite day. This one might depend on how many children are in your class, but it can be really fun.

Other Ideas

A few more ideas: Hat Day, Sunglasses Day, Pajama Day, Silly Sock Day


I hope your class enjoys some of these fun activities! What other end of year activities do you have? Tell us in the comments below!

More Preschool End of Year Activities:

  • End of Year Certificates & Celebration
  • End of Year Clean Up Ideas
  • Pre-K Summer Packet

From Other Sites:

  • Tips and Activities – from Fun a Day
  • 24 Ways to Celebrate – from Pre-K Pages
  • Preschool Memory Book – from Early Learning Ideas
Get FREE updates!
Join here to get weekly emails with free printables and activities for Pre-K!
We collect, use, and process your data according to our Privacy Policy.
Don't worry - we never sell or share email addresses!

About Karen Cox

Karen is the founder of PreKinders.com. She also works as a full-time Pre-K teacher in Georgia. Read more...

Primary Sidebar

Visit My Shop!Ā 

Welcome!

Glad you're here! You'll find hands-on learning activities, themes, and printables for Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten kids. I'm Karen Cox, a Pre-K teacher in Georgia. I have taught 4-5 year olds for 20+ years! Read More…

Before Footer

WE BELIEVE IN HANDS-ON, ACTIVE, & PLAYFUL LEARNINGĀ TO INSPIRE YOUNG MINDS

Serving Pre-K teachers, parents, & kids worldwide since 2000

Get Our Free Weekly Newsletter

  • Contact
  • Free Updates
  • Terms of Use
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 Ā· PreKinders.com

Get FREE weekly updates!
Join here to get weekly emails with free printables and activities for Pre-K!
We collect, use, and process your data according to our Privacy Policy.
Don't worry - we never sell or share email addresses!
Get FREE updates!
Join here to get weekly emails with free printables and activities for Pre-K!
We collect, use, and process your data according to our Privacy Policy.
Don't worry - we never sell or share email addresses!