Category: Preschool

5 Senses Preschool Theme

5 Senses Preschool Theme

Posted on by Addie

Last week we talked about the human body, this week we are building onto that and diving into the 5 senses. The language, science, and art kind of all blend together, but that’s ok!!

 M T W Th F 
Religion Baby in the basket craft Play with a baby & basket Jesus is Always with Me Teaching Emotions Bathtub play 
Language (2) T shadow matching  Letter T Dot Marker – make sound when dotting  5 senses clip cards 5 senses sorting  T miniatures 
Language (4) 5 senses sorting chart  Dab it find it CVC practice***  5 senses clip cards 5 senses sorting  Word stretching – could also do a different dab it page 
Math (2) Count bells in bowl Count pom poms in bowl Count fruit loops in bowl How many eyes do you have Count to 4 with numbers 
Math (4) Ring the Bell Math Pom Pom Addition Fruit Loop Subtraction Eye Patterns Teen 10 frame worksheet 
Art/Sensory Painting with spices Texture collage Listening Walk Build a tower with duplo (blindfolded for older child) Food tracing 
Science Geography History Match the sound Guess the smell Observation memory game Test your taste buds Guess the object 

Most religion resources are from ABCJesusLovesMe

“Baby in the Basket” Craft:  Print the Baby Moses Craft page.  Color and cut out each piece.  Cut a piece of blue construction paper in half.  Glue on the reeds.  Glue the baby in the basket and glue in front of the reeds. 

 Jesus is Always with Me: Have the child choose five things in the room to bring to you.  Place the items in a small area on the floor and place a small blanket over the items. 

Ask the child: – Can the objects be seen? – Are the objects still there even though they can’t be seen? – How do you know that the objects are still there? Remove the blanket. Even though we can’t see Jesus, we know He is always with us. 

With the objects gathered, turn this activity into a memory game.  Without the child watching, remove one object.  Have the child figure out which object is missing.  For greater difficulty, remove more than one object or add similar items. 

Teaching Emotions – talk about different emotions that people have then relate it to the Bible story – How did Moses’ mom feel when she placed Moses in the basket? How did Moses’ sister feel while watching Moses in the basket? How did Moses’ family feel when he was found by Pharaoh’s daughter? 

Bathtub Play – Put a small baby figurine and put it on a boat that acts as a basket. Fill up a bathtub and have child try to move the boat to the other side. 

Dab it Find It – If you subscribe to her website, you can get the printables free 

Word Stretching – You can print out a page of CVC word pictures or just show them pictures on the computer.. Like this one.. Then have them try to stretch out the sounds of the word to try to spell it on the dry erase board. You can tell them that each word has 3 letters to help them. 

Texture collage – Glue items like ribbons, beads, gems, paper scraps, feathers, yarn, pom poms, sand paper to a piece of cardboard for a sensory experience 

Food Tracing – Draw short straight, zig zag, and wave lines and have child trace/cover them with fruit loops or other cereal 

Eye Patterns – Make a chart with number of people on one axis and eyes on the other. Then help them figure out how many eyes 1 person would have, 2 people etc… If you want to challenge them, once you do the first 3-5 with them, see if they can do a couple more by themselves. 

Guess the smell – soak cotton balls in oils or extracts that they can guess the smell of, or do spices, herbs, etc… 

Observation memory game – Get a group of 5-10 items and have the child try to memorize them, then cover them up and see how many they can remember. 

Human Body Preschool Theme

Human Body Preschool Theme

Posted on by Addie

This week we are learning all about the human body. This unit is science heavy and a lot of the science/art/language is interchangeable, but that is ok!! Other themes that we will do later may be more focused on geography or history or something else, so it all works out in the end.

As always, I have linked to where I got ideas or printables. You can get our homeschool theme schedule with our weekly focuses from the freebies section if you want to follow along or get our themes for the year. You do have to be a subscriber to access the freebies though.

 M T W Th F 
Religion Color Josephs Colorful Robe Sheet Comprehension questions Try to drop figurine ‘joseph’ into a cup ‘the well’ from up high Paper bag coat puppets Bake cookies in gingerbread shape and decorate with colorful m&ms for robe 
Language (2) Intro A – A miniatures Letter binder astronaunt  Letter binder – letter A Bsody part flashcards Bones 3 part cards 
Language (4) CVC & Site word practice  Body to objects My body systems reader Practice beginning, ending & vowel sounds of body part words Bones 3 part cards  
Math (2) Fingerprint graph up to 3 A – Ant sorting Practice counting 1,2,3 Heartbeat patterns Practice counting 3,2,1 
Math (4) Fingerprint graph Roll & watercolor Body Parts Teen bingo Heartbeat patterns Long& small Intestine Length 
Art/Sensory Build a skeleton Q-Tip skeleton X-ray playdough Digestion experiment Religion is art/sensory 
Science
Geography
History 		Bones book & skeleton + Body parts busy book page 2yr Bones book & skeleton  Bones book & skeleton + What’s inside a drop of blood  Major organs  skeleton + organs labeling Major organs skeleton +organ 2&3 part puzzles  

Josephs Robe Comprehension Questions from ABCJesus: 

-What did Jacob give to his son Joseph? 

Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him.  Do you get jealous of your brother/sister when he or she gets something and you don’t? 

What was Joseph’s dream? 

The brothers’ jealousy turned into anger.  What did they do to Joseph? 

Roll & watercolor Body Parts – I drew a picture of a body on a paper and assigned each body part a number 1-6 (1=head, 2=legs etc… you could do 1-12 if you want to use 2 die). I will have my daughter roll the dice and use watercolors to color the body part to the corresponding number. 

Other Ideas: 

Make a candy spine 

Rhyming body parts practice 

Transportation Preschool Theme

Transportation Preschool Theme

Posted on by Addie

(Updated 10/2023)

This week is all about transportation!! As always I went to the library and picked up a few books that interested me to go along with the theme. I have activities here for both my 4 & 2 year old. Hope you get some good ideas if you are doing a transportation theme as well. If you are following along please tag me on Instagram so that I can see what you’re doing!!

Books Ideas for Transportation Theme: The Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper; The Airport Book – Lisa Brown 

 M T W Th F 
Religion Fingerpaint Noahs Obeys God Worksheet, noah wreath Put animal stickers on Noah Gathers Animals Worksheet Use noah stamps on Noahs Ark worksheet and glue blue tissue paper for water Use primary colors to paint a rainbow, add cotton balls for clouds Noahs ark sequencing 
Language (2) Letter S dot work Transportation flash cards Letter S matching Transportation pages from Prewriting book (example) Bus dot work 
Language (4) Black sand tray, cut up yellow straw for road – choose 5 sight words to practice Cvc word practice & 
Review sight words  		Cvc word practice & 
Review sight words  		CVC dot its & Review Sight words Bus Color by sight word 
Math (2) Five little ducks from previous weeks, order 0-2 Pom-pom egg carton color matching game (math bin) add cardboard wings to make it a plane – 2 of each pom Stoplight bean bag toss (color matching) Make tape ‘roads’ in shapes to drive cars on Counting practice 
Math (4) Train teen roll & cover Bike word problem Train domino adding Parking Lot Game Baggage counting with math beads 
Art/Sensory Play with train set Cutting & gluing practice Road sensory bin: black beans, penne noodles or cut yellow straw, cars Boats & fish in bathtub (can dye water blue for fun) Truck painting 
Science/
Geography/
History 		Land, Air, Water sorting Reading a map (cardinal directions, key, roads etc..) & 
Transportation busy book page for 2yr 		Make paper airplanes Ramp experimenting Look at flags of countries you can fly to 

Most religion worksheets are from ABCJesus 

Truck painting: roll the wheels of trucks in paint and vroom them on paper to make a fun art piece 

Ramp experimenting: Build some block ramps and experiment with incline, velocity & friction 

Other ideas I like: Transportation shape collage & Duplo control tower measuring 

2023 Transportation Theme Plan

Religion focus: Learn the Our Father

2YR Old Options: Transportation flashcards, Vehicle Puzzle, Transportation dot work, pop-pom egg carton color matching game with cardboard wings to make it a plane, Toddler puzzles, Transportation matching 

Language Introduce C, T & B; sandpaper tracing & black sand tray with yellow straw for road C – Car Letter parking lot game (Use C, T, B, S, A, M & letters of name) B – Boat Letter matching roads (use C, T, B; can use S, A, M if wanting more) T – Train Airplane wing case matching* 
Math Reintroduce 7 & Number matching Number Parking Lot Game Transportation 10 frames (I will turn the 9 into a 6) Train Sequencing* 
Art/Sensory Cutting & gluing practice Make large circles out of construction paper in red, yellow & green. Throw red, yellow & green bean bags to the respective stoplight color. Boats & fish in bathtub (can dye water blue for fun) Dip the wheels of a truck in paint and roll them over paper to create a fun piece of art. Can try this with multiple vehicle types. 
S/G/H Land, Air, Water Sorting Make different ramps with blocks and experiment with cars – can talk about speed, velocity & friction Learning how to read a map – cardinal directions, key, roads etc… Talk about road safety: Wearing seatbelt, crossing the street, passing driveways etc… 

Airplane wing case matching – Cut out an airplane body out of cardboard. Label clothespins with uppercase and lowercase letters C, B, T, S, A, M (can do letters of first & last name too for more). Have the child pick an uppercase clothespin and put it on one side of the airplane body for a wing, then find the corresponding lowercase clothespin to match for the other wing. 

Train Sequencing – Put stickers labeled 1-7 on 7 trains. Have your child order them, then give each train the corresponding number of math beads. 

Community Helpers Preschool Theme

Community Helpers Preschool Theme

Posted on by Addie

(updated 10/2023)

This week we are focusing on community helpers. I have rented over 20 books from the library to have on our shelves this week and I am ready for my kids to want to do lots of dress up and imaginative play after learning about all of the different members in a community.

Some of our favorite books for community helpers include: Last Stop on Market Street – Matt de la Pena; Whose Hat is This – Sharon Katz Cooper; Tinyville Town Gets to Work – Ryan Biggs 

Here is what my lesson plan looks like for this week. I linked where I got each idea/resource from too so you could check it out.

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**Another idea would be to do some ‘dramatic play’. I made a DIY mail carrier set for my girls, you can see the whole tutorial here. You can download the letter and stamp template freebie here. (The settings my be off in the online version, but once you download it to your computer and open in Word it should be correct and ready for printing).**

 M T W Th F 
Religion Creation day 6* Creation day 7*Adam &Eve coloring page Adam & Eve Bad apple craft Adam & Eve – make playdoh apples & snakes 
Language (2) Write last name on board & show it – D dot letter Police tracing & W miniatures* Y miniatures* E miniatures *R miniatures *
Language (4) Review N-Q &
Dot letters 		Review R-U Review V-Z; A-Z maze Focus on weak letters Uppercase to lowercase muffin top matching Focus on weak letters Letter game from language bin 
Math (2) Intro 1 Five Little Ducks – put 0&1 in order Look at 1 picture flashcards Put 1 sticker on Apple Tree 2 part puzzles 
Math (4) Practice writing weak numbers I Spy 1-12 maze Race to ‘school’ game 4x Community Helper Math Sheet w/ math beads 
Art/Sensory Play doctor & put bandaids on dolls – fine motor Wash windows Lima bean sensory bin with career figurines & transportation puzzle pieces Play dough x-rays  Make thank you notes for community helpers 
Science Geography History Locate your community on a map then drive around to show what’s in it Make a map of your community Community Sorting Mats Learn about x rays Bake treats (and talk about the science) for community helpers & deliver 

Creation day 6 – Color the people page and add animal print outs, stickers or drawings to it 

Creation day 7 – Explain rest with a blank sheet of paper 

Miniatures refers to the mini objects that I have that I have sorted by first letter sound. I show them in my homeschool/playroom room tour and well as my homeschool organization video.

2023 Community Helpers Theme Plan

Religion Focus – Learning the Hail Mary

2YR Options – 2-piece puzzles, Dot letters, Sorting Mats 

Language Review weak name letters with community helper Dot letters & Community helper tracing sheets Match name letter case cupcakes – which community helper makes cupcakes? First name hammer letters*  Glue strips of paper with name letters written on them onto an envelope. Then play mail man! 
Math Introduce #6 – sandpaper, math beads, unifix Doctor counting cards  Base 10 blocks of appropriate numbers (p64) Race to school Game  
Art/Sensory Lima bean sensory bin – community helper figurines & vehicles Window washing around the house Play doctor with stuffed animals/dolls & use band-aids for fine motor practice Garbage sensory bin – black beans, torn tissue paper, tweezers, trash bin/truck (pick up trash and put in bin) 
S/G/H Community Helper sorting mats Community helper sorting mats Make a map of your community (draw or build with blocks) Bake treats to deliver to community helpers in your area 

Hammer Letters – Write letters of name on a thick piece of cardboard (not in order) and have them say the sound of the letter as they hammer golf tees into the cardboard.

Hope this helps give you some ideas for community helpers theme and saves you a little time in the researching department 🙂

All About You Preschool Theme

All About You Preschool Theme

Posted on by Addie

(updated 10/2023)

School is starting again here at my house and what better way to kick it off then with an All About You theme! I love this theme to start the year because it gives you a snapshot of who your little ones are at this moment in time.

I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old this school year. In the language department, I’m working with my 2 year old on recognizing her name. My 4 year old pretty much knows all her letters and the sounds that they make, but I want to take this first couple weeks to review them and make sure she really has them down as we start the journey toward reading. For math, I working on the number and concept of 0 with my 2 year old. With my 4 year old I will be reviewing numbers 1-20.

Here is my lesson plan for the week and I provided the sources for the activities and printables that I found elsewhere. Hope this helps you on your homeschooling journey 🙂

 M T W Th F 
Religion Creation day 1 Creation day 2 Creation day 3 Creation day 4 Creation day 5 
Language (2) Write name on board & show it Use sandpaper letters to talk about each letter in their name Sing BINGO with their name Draw name in bubble letters and have child tear tissue paper and glue in the lines Name dry erase game 
Language (4) Review Letters A-D  Review Letters E-H  Review Letters I-M  Focus on weak letters + 
Name craft 2yr  		Weak letter dry erase game  
Math (2) Intro 0 Point out 0 answers from 4yr activity Baby size sorting  At the bottom of the stairs start telling child how many stairs to climb, saying 0 sometimes. Goal to get to the top Fill 1 bowl with poms and 1 empty. Have child pick which bowl has 0  
Math (4) 1-20 Review Focus on weak numbers w/ math questions below  Baby puzzle skip counting by 2s Guess the Mystery Dog Printable Sort & graph baby dolls, figurines, animals… 
Art/Sensory 1st Day of Preschool Printable Paper plate self-portrait with craft supplies Name Magnet Bin Build your house/neighborhood with blocks Make playdough people (yarn, google eyes etc..) 
Loop: Science Geography History Fill in family tree printable Types of animals that are pets (1/2yr busy binder) Me on the map printable Talk about your family’s ancestry. Locate it and find simple facts about it Fingerprint activity 

I get a lot of my Bible Activities from here and some of my other ideas from here

Creation Day 1 – Use a piece of black construction paper as the background.  Cut a piece of white construction paper in half.  Glue the half white sheet vertically on the black sheet.  Write “Day” on the white piece and “Night” on the black.  Add the number “1” to the page. 

Creation Day 2 – Use a piece of blue construction paper.  Add cotton balls in the sky for clouds.  Make waves with shaving cream and blue paint at the bottom.  Add the number “2” to the page. 

Creation Day 3 – Print out an outline of a tree and have kids color it and add flower stickers 

Creation Day 4 – Make Sun,moon,stars mobile from ABCJ y2w3 

Creation Day 5 – On a light blue piece of construction paper place birds in the sky.  Add a darker blue half sheet to the bottom of the background piece for water.  Add a fish to this section.  Add the number “5” to the page. 

Name Magnet Bin – Put magnets of the letters of child’s name in a sensory bin and dig them out with tongs, then place them on a mat where you have written their name. You can write their name multiple times if you have enough magnets 

Dry Erase Game – write letters on a glass or dry erase surface with dry erase markers (2 letters at a time for young ones, many for older). Then have children stand a few feet away and call out a letter. They race to the correct letter and erase it. 

2023 Plan for All About You Theme

In 2023, I have a 3 turning 4 year old that I am homeschooling. My 2 year old takes naps around the time when we homeschool, so this year I am not planning lessons specifically for her. That being said, sometimes we have to fit in school at a time she is awake, or sometimes she just wont sleep, so I have a few activities from the above plan (and new ones added this year) that I will have ready in case she joins us.

All About Me Theme Books – Like Myself – Karen Beaumont; Parts – Tedd Arnold; We’ve All Got Bellybuttons – David Martin; Marvelous Me – Lisa Marie Bullard

Religion Focus – Learning the Hail Mary

2 YR Options – Count stairs as you go up or down, talk about colors and their favorites, learn to say their name & age, baby size sorting from last year

Language Write & walk through letters of first name (can also trace with sandpaper letters) Name Magnet Bin* Draw name in bubble letters and have child tear tissue paper and glue in the lines Name dry erase game* 
Math Do an initial 0-5 number recognition assessment. Then practice quantities and counting with 0-5 spindle box  Use math beads to show quantity of 0-5. Ask math questions*Talk about numbers in address (even if over 0-5) Trace hand and write numbers 1-5 on each finger. Have child add counters corresponding to the number 
Art/Sensory Look in mirror & draw a self portrait Paper plate self-portrait with craft supplies Build your house with blocks Make yourself out of play-do 
S/G/H Fill in family tree printable Talk about your family’s ancestry with simple facts and find the country on a map Me on the map printable Fingerprint activity 

Name Magnet Bin – Put magnets of the letters of child’s name in a sensory bin and dig them out with tongs, then place them on a mat where you have written their name. You can write their name multiple times if you have enough magnets 

Dry Erase Game – write letters on a glass or dry erase surface with dry erase markers (2 letters at a time for young ones, many for older). Then have children stand a few feet away and call out a letter. They race to the correct letter and erase it. 

Math Questions – How old are you? How many pets do you have? How many brothers do you have? How many sisters do you have? How many wheels are on your bicycle? How many teeth do you have? How many teeth have you lost? How many candles will be on your next birthday cake? What is your bedtime? How many eyes do you have? How many shoes are in your cubby? How many pillows are on your bed?