Lesson Plan Ideas
Lesson Plan IdeasAre you looking for preschool lesson plan ideas and learning activities for your classroom? Your little learners will love these fun, hands-on activities for literacy, math, science, dramatic play and more!
Some of our favorite lesson plans to explore with pre-K students are using sensory bins, incorporating fun preschool songs, and practicing fine motor play.
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3 Fun Colors Games for Preschoolers
Games to explore learning colors and color words using a free printable; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms or at home
Color Sorting on the Light Table
A light table and transparent counters make a fun sorting activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Your kids will love sorting colors on the light table with this fun, hands-on learning activity!
Mouse Mask: If You Take a Mouse to School
Reading books is a great way to build literacy skills. But expanding those books with other activities makes stories come alive and allows preschoolers develop storytelling and comprehension skills. This activity builds on the book If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff. (This book is a good […]
Pigeon Activities for Preschoolers
The series of Pigeon books by Mo Willems star a pigeon who really wants things his way. Beginning with the best-seller Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, these humorous books have become favorites in the preschool classroom. Reading these books is just the beginning. These activities will extend learning […]
Retelling Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Retell and act out the book Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by painting with feet; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
QR Code Listening Center in Preschool
How to create a listening center using QR codes for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. An inexpensive way to make a listening center.
Planting a Rainbow Color Sort
Use seed catalogs and our free printable to “plant” gardens in color rows; extension for Planting a Rainbow; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
DIY Tactile Alphabet Cards Printable
Printable alphabet cards to help your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids learn the letters of the alphabet. Make your own tactile alphabet cards.
Firefly Jar Fine Motor Activity
I remember chasing fireflies or lightning bugs and placing them in an old mayonnaise jar that had holes punched in the lid. My grandmother kept jars on her porch just for that purpose. This activity invites children to place fireflies in the jar and punch holes in the lid. Use […]
Button Counting Math Activity
Button counting activity using a foam puzzle frame and a collection of buttons for a fun counting activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
Outdoor Obstacle Course For Kids (modifications for preschoolers & toddlers)
Create an outdoor obstacle course from materials you have to build gross motor skills; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
iPad Listening Center in Preschool
How to use an iPad as a listening center in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Quick and easy way to set up an independent listening center.
Science for Kids: Nature Investigation Table
Set up a nature investigation table outdoors for seasonal explorations of the natural world; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
Rain Activities for Preschoolers
Rain activities for learning about spring or weather in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Fun activities about rain
Growing Beans in Baggies
Growing beans in a baggie at home or in your preschool or pre-k, classroom. Learn the life cycle of a lima bean!
Gross Motor Beach Ball Game
A fun outdoor gross motor game using a beach ball for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Perfect for summer or end of the school year!
Fine Motor Clothespin Activities for Preschool
Clothespin activities to develop fine motor skills for children in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Fun learning activities for kids!
Decorative Magnet Gift for Mother’s Day
A simple homemade magnet gift for mothers or other special family members; for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.
Best STEAM Toys for Preschoolers
STEAM toys for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids at home or in the classroom. Toys to support Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.
Spring Poems for Preschoolers
April is National Poetry Month. Do you read poems with your preschoolers? Perhaps you read rhyming books with them or say nursery rhymes together. Fingerplays are often poetic in nature. Look for ways to incorporate different types of poetry with your preschoolers. The book Hi, Koo utilizes the haiku to […]
