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Are 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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Nursery Rhyme Songs for Preschoolers

Best Nursery Rhyme Songs for Preschool Children

The best nursery rhyme songs for preschool children, including pre-k and kindergarten. Your kids will love these teacher approved nursery rhyme songs!

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Parts of a Flower: Science Activity for Preschoolers

A science center exploration of the parts of a flower; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Pre-K spring theme life cycle activities; parts of plants.

Retelling a Spring Story with Puppets

Read a spring theme book and use puppets and props to explore and retell the story; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

Flower Play Dough Recipe for Spring

Add in flower petals, rose water and food dye to create spring flower play dough for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

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Spring Splat Art

A fun Spring process art exploration with paint and a variety of brushes for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Your kids will love splat art

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Spring Book Activity: Birds in the Trees

Create a tree full of birds after reading the spring book Bird Watch; for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten classes. Spring book literacy activity for toddlers.

Life Cycle of a Tree

Exploring the Life Cycle of Trees and Flowering Plants

Explore the life cycle of trees and other plants with preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Spring toddler activities; tree life cycle: buds, seeds, fruit

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Butterfly Matching Game for Preschoolers

A cooperative butterfly game that involves matching colors and exploring butterfly body parts; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Pre-K Spring Game

Still-Life Preschool Painting Activity

Introduce still-life painting in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom by adding a vase of flowers or tray of objects for children to paint.

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft

Easy Paper Butterfly Art Projects for Preschoolers

Three easy paper butterfly art ideas for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Pre-K Spring art activity; butterfly and insects art project.

Growing Vegetable Soup Cooking Activity

Read Growing Vegetable Soup then make soup with kids for a nutrition lesson and activity about healthy eating for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

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Flower Painting Activity

Paint with flowers. Invite kids to use flowers to explore painting for a fun spring experience in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

Spring Fine Motor Tray

Spring Fine Motor Activities for Preschool

Spring fine motor practice activities for preschool and kindergarten. Fun, hands-on activities that support the development of fine motor skills such as cutting, snipping, pinching, squeezing and more!

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Science for Kids: Raising Butterflies in Preschool

Raising butterflies provides lots of real-world experiences and plenty of science learning opportunities for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids.

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Spring Sand Painting For Preschoolers

A fun process art activity for spring themes that uses glue and sand; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten at home or in the classroom.

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Spring Movement Games for Preschoolers

Fun spring movement games that build gross motor skills in fun and playful ways for your preschool or pre-k students.

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Science for Kids: Growing Plants Experiment

A simple science experiment to explore what plants need to grow for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Growing plants experiment for kids.

Patterning with Flowers Activity

Flower Pattern Activity For Preschool

Patterning activity with real flowers extending Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Fun math center spring activity

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Spring Activities for Preschoolers

A collection of non-planting spring activities to explore the season for preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Flower Activities for Preschoolers

30+ Flower Activities for Preschool

Flower activities, some using real flowers and others incorporating flowers, for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Flower activities for a spring theme or for Mother’s Day.