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Pre-K Summer Packet

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

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Summer Packet

Send home this Summer Packet at the end of the year for parents and students to work on during the summer, if they choose.

Many parents aren’t sure what to do with young children to promote learning in the summer, and tend to resort to worksheets and flashcards. Hopefully this packet provides them with fun, hands-on learning activities. Find more End of Year Activities.

There is a Spanish version of this Summer Packet also — scroll down!

Pre-K Summer Packet (Preschool Kids Going to Kindergarten): free printable pack

Updated 5/1/17.

PERMISSION FOR USING THE PRE-K SUMMER PACKET
In a nutshell: You may copy and send a paper copy home to parents. You MAY NOT republish this and claim it as your own work. You MAY NOT sell this summer packet to parents. You may not distribute this electronically.
Click here to download the full terms.


Download the Complete Pre-K Summer Packet

You can download and print the complete Summer Packet here or scroll down to get the individual pieces. There is also an editable parent letter file that you can download if you need it (under the “Parent Letter” section).

Download: Complete Pre-K Summer Packet

Get the Spanish Version here!


Get the Individual Pieces of the Summer Packet

Parent Letter

Send home a parent note explaining the purpose of a summer packet, and a list of the materials enclosed. Here is a downloadable copy of the parent letter that you can print to send home to parents. There is a PDF file as well as editable Word and PowerPoint (PPT) files. With the PPT file, you can easily drag and drop the clipart of your choice onto the page.

Parent Letter for the Summer Packet
Parent Letter: PDF File
Parent Letter: Editable PPT
Parent Letter: Editable Word

Activity Booklet

Send home a booklet with several activities parents can do at home with their children. I also include a book list and website list.

Pre-K Summer Activities Packet

Download: Summer Activities Pack

Rhyming Cards

Include a set of rhyming cards are in the packet for children to practice matching rhyming words. You can have kids cut out and glue these to die cut shapes, then send them in the Summer Packet. Or, to save time, just add the sheet to the packet.

Rhyming Cards

Download: Rhyming Cards

Summer Book Bingo

Parents can randomly choose a book activity on this chart to do with their child during the summer. After they have read the book/completed the activity, the child can either color that square or stick a sticker over the square. They get bingo when the whole bingo chart is full.

Summer Book Bingo

Download: Summer Book Bingo

Ocean Animal Race (Counting Game)

This is a printable dice game children can play for counting and numeral recognition practice. To play, children roll a dotted game die. The child counts the dots on the die, and circles the number they rolled. They continue rolling and circling the number until one of the ocean animals wins. Directions are printed on the game for parents.

Ocean Animal Race Counting Game

Download: Ocean Race Game

Grid Game

Print and copy the grid game onto card stock paper for each child and add stickers for decoration. I use stickers of popular characters to spark their interest in the game (Barbie, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc). Last year, when a child mentioned gifts in class, I had another child thank me for the Scooby Doo game, even though that wasn’t the end-of-year gift I had given them. You can either include dice (the Dollar Tree sells packs of them) or a home-made spinner. To play a Grid Game, children roll the die or spin the spinner and count out the correct amount of pieces to place in each grid. Play continues until the grid is full. Children practice one-to-one correspondence, numeral identification, and counting. If you prefer, you can print out ready-made grid games here and more grid games here.

Grid Game / Counting Game for Pre-K Summer Packet

Download: Grid Game

Nursery Rhyme Parent Handout

This is a sample of nursery rhymes that parents can recite with their child. At the top, it tells parents (very simply) that nursery rhymes are important for increasing reading ability.

Nursery Rhyme Parent Handout

Download: Nursery Rhyme Handout

Roll and Write Games

Include one or more Roll and Write Games. This is a fun way to encourage kids to write. If possible, include a letter dice, which you can make with a wooden cube or foam cube. In the past, I’ve found foam cubes at the Dollar Tree. I have lots of blackline printable Roll and Write Games here, and there are many themes available.

For more writing, you could even include some of these Writing Printables.

Pipe Cleaners

The pipe cleaners are included for letter and numeral formation. This is also explained in the parent letter.

Emergent Reader Books

Include one or two printable emergent reader books. You can find some for free on The Measured Mom here.

Lima Beans

Spray-paint lima beans so that they have a different color on each side. Children use them for counting, patterning, grid games, etc. They can use them in a toss game by tossing the beans on the table and counting how many of each color. They can also be used for comparing more/less/same.

Extra Weekly Readers

If you have any leftover Weekly Readers, add these to the packet.


Spanish Pre-K Summer Packet

The Spanish edition of the Pre-K Summer Packet is now available, and it’s free! Just click the button to download.

Download: Spanish Pre-K Summer Packet

Spanish Summer Packet Pre-K

Home Learning Packet for Coronavirus Closings

Download the Home Learning Packet

SPECIAL PERMISSIONS FOR SCHOOL CLOSINGS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS — Updated 3/13/20:

If you are using this packet for home learning during school closings, and your school requires you to email or upload home learning activities for parents:
You may email this packet to parents or upload it to a private online space that only your students’ parents can access. Otherwise, please provide a link to this webpage rather than upload this packet in a public online space.

The Home Learning Packet for school closings is basically the same as the Summer Packet that I have zipped together into one file so that you can share it with parents. Since this is an emergency situation for many schools, and this was something I already had available, it made sense to repurpose the summer packet. If I create additional materials, I will send a notification through my email newsletter — sign up here!

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60 Comments Tagged With: Summer Activities for Pre-K

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

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  1. TAMMY DAVIS says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    I love this idea and will be using it! Thanks

    Reply
  2. Dana says

    March 29, 2014 at 9:50 am

    I absolutely love this as well and will be using it! I don’t know how you do it, but I want to be as a good Pre-K teacher as you some day. Thanks for sharing such great ideas!!!

    Reply
  3. Amanda says

    May 12, 2014 at 8:13 am

    Thank you for the great ideas! I will be using these creative summer activities!

    Reply
  4. kayla says

    May 12, 2014 at 4:05 pm

    love this idea! I always feel bad to leave the children over the summer knowing that they will likely regress in all the subjects we spent so much time learning and practicing over the year.

    thanx for a great idea and btw I love this site… 🙂

    Reply
  5. kayla says

    May 12, 2014 at 4:06 pm

    Any ideas for practicing writing for children that are not yet fluent in English and hav ehard time with ABCs?

    Reply
  6. Ellen says

    May 17, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    Thank you! I love the wonderful summer activity ideas. You have created a plethora of ideas and activities for students going into kindergarten! Love it 🙂

    Reply
  7. Jen says

    May 18, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    I love your activities! They are exactly what we have been teaching the kids all year and I will definitely use some of these as take-home activities for my students to do over the summer. Thanks! 🙂

    Reply
  8. Emily says

    May 19, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    Thanks- I love the book Bingo! I’ve made calendars to send home with my kids of things to do each day- I think I’ll add Book Bingo as another idea in the packet.

    Reply
  9. Cara V. says

    May 31, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    Thank you so much, Karen for your generous and well-organized resources! I am already putting them to good use in our faith-based Early Learning Center.

    Reply
  10. Marie says

    June 7, 2014 at 11:46 pm

    Karen,
    I just want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! as a first year pre-kinders teacher your website is the MOST HELPFUL!! I gathered so many ideas from you! Now that I’m planning my school year I am so excited by the many things that you have shared on your website n blog! Thanks for all that you do and share n thanks for being my E-mentor!!

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      June 9, 2014 at 1:16 am

      Thanks, Marie!

      Reply
    • Liwayway P. Torregoza says

      April 3, 2020 at 5:51 pm

      Thank you very much for sharing your great ideas.. it is a big help to us.
      I am a pre school owner and teacher
      GOD BLESS YOU MORE.

      Reply
  11. lpaige says

    June 8, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    I love your summer packet, my pre-school parents will love it also…have a GREAT long summer break 🙂

    Reply
  12. CLORISSA says

    June 3, 2015 at 7:58 am

    Thank you, very great and helpful ideas I will be using them.

    Reply
  13. Laura F. says

    June 8, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing these fantastic activities. This was EXACTLY what I was looking for to keep my 4 and 5 year old boys busy and preventing the iPad from becoming permanently attached to their hands!

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      June 10, 2016 at 12:04 pm

      You’re welcome, Laura! I hope they enjoy them!

      Reply
  14. Jatanna Swain says

    May 1, 2017 at 11:15 pm

    I love the summer learning packet, this will be very useful to the kids in my area. I will be sure to inform daycares with early head start programs about your summer packet. This idea is wonderful, thank you so much 😇 and God Bless you.

    Reply
  15. Lya Alvarado de Poveda says

    May 1, 2017 at 11:16 pm

    This just came in the right moment at the right time. Big thank you Karen, I will definitely use this for my students 😊👍🏻

    Reply
  16. Mindy Myers says

    May 2, 2017 at 6:54 am

    The Summer Packet is awesome. Is there a way to make it editable? The reason I am asking this is, so many of my parents only read Spanish. This are the ones that need the activities the most.

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      May 2, 2017 at 6:59 pm

      I’ll see if I can get someone to translate it.

      Karen

      Reply
      • Emilee says

        June 1, 2017 at 1:01 pm

        Hello! I have many Spanish speaking parents as well. I would to have a copy if you are able to have it translated. 🙂 It’s a really awesome packet!

        Reply
      • Heather Anderson says

        June 12, 2017 at 2:23 pm

        I’d also love this. Literally half of my class has Spanish only families.

        Reply
  17. Elena says

    May 2, 2017 at 9:48 am

    Thank you so much for sharing these great resources!

    Reply
  18. Jane Allen says

    May 2, 2017 at 12:32 pm

    Does this also come in Spanish?
    Our School is about 95 percent Hispanic.
    Thanks
    Jane Allen

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      May 2, 2017 at 6:58 pm

      I don’t have it available in Spanish at this time, but I’ll see if I can get someone to translate it. These days there are so many languages other than Spanish in the U.S., so I don’t know if it will make sense to have a lot of things translated to Spanish, but I’ll see if I can get this one. For example, where I live Gujarati is much more prominent than Spanish.

      Karen

      Reply
      • Regina says

        April 27, 2018 at 11:30 pm

        Thank you my parents will love it!

        Reply
  19. Basimah Derico says

    May 2, 2017 at 12:49 pm

    Karen,
    Thank you beautiful great ideas for the summer.

    Reply
  20. Ronda H says

    May 2, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    Thank you so much, Karen! I was going to have to make up my own summer kit. You just saved me a LOT of time. Bless your heart! <3

    Reply
  21. Merrilyn Johnson says

    May 2, 2017 at 2:34 pm

    This looks fantastic! I will definitely be using it!

    Reply
  22. Masoora Khan says

    May 3, 2017 at 10:22 am

    I love all the ideas in this pack. Thank you so much for sharing! You are always a great help with your lovely ideas and great resources:)

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      May 3, 2017 at 7:11 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  23. Paula Kephart says

    May 3, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    Thank you so much! This is awesome! It will save me a lot of work. I appreciate your generosity with your time and products!

    Reply
  24. Kris J. says

    May 5, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    Thank you SO much!! These ideas are AWESOME!!

    Reply
  25. Lilian Obielodan says

    May 6, 2017 at 4:26 am

    Thanks Karen. You are doing a great job.

    Reply
  26. Cindy says

    May 11, 2017 at 12:13 am

    Thank you for this great packet! It will help our Pre K kids keep up their skills during the summer months. I just went on TPT and ordered some of your products. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      May 11, 2017 at 7:21 pm

      Thanks, Cindy!

      Reply
  27. Krystle says

    May 18, 2017 at 2:18 pm

    I absolutely LOVE this packet. Thank you for putting this together, it’s fantastic. What font did you use for the Parent Letter? I’d like to download it, edit the letter, and add a personal message.

    Thank you again! 🙂

    -Krystle

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      May 30, 2017 at 11:45 am

      Hi Krystle,

      Thanks, I’m glad you like it! Those fonts are:
      KG Red Hands: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/KG-Red-Hands-Font-Personal-Use-1500528
      KG Primary Penmanship: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/KG-Primary-Penmanship-Lined-Font-Personal-Use-549115

      Reply
  28. Ghazala says

    May 24, 2017 at 12:32 am

    I think Karen has done an excellent job by providing us with summer time activities . Thanks

    Reply
  29. Ghazala says

    May 24, 2017 at 12:43 am

    It takes great mind to shape little hearts . Truely said for Karen

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      April 27, 2018 at 3:48 am

      Ghazala, I second your sentiment.
      Thank you, Karen!

      Reply
  30. Helen says

    May 25, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    Thanks so much Karen.. wonderful resources….
    Helen

    Reply
  31. Marie says

    April 26, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    OMG, thanks so much for the Spanish packet. I was looking everywhere for something like this. Awesome! 🙏🏻

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      April 26, 2018 at 10:38 pm

      You’re welcome, Marie!

      Reply
  32. Marti says

    April 28, 2018 at 8:17 am

    Thank you, once again, for an amazing product. I love your site and use so many of your ideas and products. I have been meaning to get a PreK to K summer packet together for years, and here it is!

    Reply
  33. Christi says

    April 29, 2018 at 2:11 pm

    This packet is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing your fantastic resources.

    Reply
  34. Ruthie Ortiz Collazo says

    April 29, 2018 at 8:30 pm

    Saludos,
    Gracias por tan maravillosos paquete de actividades. Ruthie

    Reply
  35. Susan says

    February 20, 2019 at 7:27 am

    Karen, I love your materials and I appreciate that some of your downloads have pictures only. That way I am able to use them to teach Spanish.
    Thank you so much

    Reply
  36. Annette Sharpe says

    May 18, 2019 at 10:13 pm

    This is absolutely the best. I am in love with this packet. It will be a wonderful addition to my summer activities I send home with my children. Thanks for such great quality work.

    Reply
  37. Mar says

    May 21, 2019 at 10:58 pm

    Perfect for the population that I serve who need support and resources. Thank you!

    Reply
  38. Dee Bicket says

    March 31, 2020 at 11:44 pm

    I wanted to say,Thank You! For giving permission to use these with our families. They will love your work just I do!
    Grateful, Dee Bicket

    Reply
  39. D. M. Aldrich says

    April 2, 2020 at 9:17 am

    I also want to say thank you for your generosity in allowing us to email your resources home to our families. May God Bless you and keep you healthy and safe in these trying times.

    Reply
  40. Arlinda says

    April 2, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    Thank you for all the great ideas and work!!!

    Reply
  41. Cassie says

    April 13, 2020 at 1:31 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing your resources to help our kids keep learning!!

    Reply
  42. DeAnn Moran says

    April 29, 2020 at 7:35 am

    Thank you for the additional resources but most of all thank you for allowing us to share with our students and their families. Wishing you well and stay safe.

    Reply
  43. Claire says

    May 27, 2020 at 9:41 am

    Thank-you so much for these useful activities! I am in far-away South Africa and these are going to keep my 4 year old busy during lockdown and into winter. Thanks a stack!

    Reply
  44. Susan says

    May 30, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Thank you so much this was perfect!!

    Reply
  45. Polly Colona says

    June 3, 2020 at 6:09 am

    This is phenomenal! Thank you for sharing a perfect balance of hands-on and parental support.

    Reply
  46. Marilyn M. Alvarez says

    July 12, 2020 at 4:56 pm

    Thanks for all your wonderful ideas and making these valuable tools available to all of us!! I just love your page.

    Reply
  47. Yvonda Stanley says

    September 11, 2020 at 8:38 am

    I’m truly grateful for all that you do…..You are definitely one in a million.

    Reply

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