Here are 5 fun and easy activities for you to do with your preschoolers! These are great and easy Valentines day activities for your kids ages 3-5.
For some more easy Valentine’s Day activities for kids, check out the videos below.
Toddler Valentine’s Activities: https://youtu.be/V7PADKEQc68
Valentine’s Crafts & Activities: https://youtu.be/NknXkkKXGlg
Easy Valentine’s Crafts: https://youtu.be/bTRqbLtJSCo
Valentine’s sensory activity
We like to go camping at least once during the summer time and I always try to plan this theme the week before we go. It really gets the kids excited for what’s to come, and really expands into some great hands on learning adventures once we’re there.
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Read the Lame Man | Use colored pencils to color worksheet | Find the differences | Jesus Simon says** | Get moving** |
| Language (2) | A sandpaper letter | Paint leaves and press on paper – write letters in leaves | A binder | Point out how the tent on this page creates an A shape then color the picture | A miniatures |
| Language (4) | Build the word ‘That’ out of sticks – is the a in that short or long? | Long & short vowel A sort | Camping sounds – Instead of first letter sound I will have her identify the first vowel sound she hears | Paint leaves and press on paper – write letters/words in leaves | Read & sequence camping trip |
| Math (2) | Camping number puzzle – do 1-10 or change to 11-20 depending on what you want your child to practice | Write review numbers on a paper and help child identify them, then cover the page in camping stickers | Camping cutting work | Use marshmallows and toothpicks to paint dots on paper. You can count to certain numbers or practice patterns. | Count 20 blocks then make a pretend campfire – pretend to make smores |
| Math (4) | Get 3D shapes out (I like this set too) and match to cards | Shape camping pack** | Camping cutting work | Use marshmallows & toothpicks to build as many 3d shapes as possible | 3D objects & nets matching |
| Art/Sensory | Forest playdough – green play dough, blue play dough, bugs, twigs, moss, pebbles | Back yard fishing** | Campfire art – cut strips of brown for logs, glue to paper and paint a fire | River/Creek bin – pebbles/stones, bugs, snakes, frogs, blue gems, green gems, water | Go camping (even if it’s just in your backyard!) |
| Science Geography History | Living v nonliving sort | Explore rocks – magnifying glass, scale & book on rocks | Learn about forests – Pick a national forest or park to learn about | Look up the map of the area you learned about yesterday and practice reading a map (use cardinal directions) | Learn a little bit about tracking you can use this chart to try to identify |
Jesus simon says – Play “Simon Says” with the children sitting down, mimicking your actions. Periodically say, “In the name of Jesus, get up and walk.” Walk around the room and then return to play again.
Get Moving – Get or make flashcards #1-5 or #1-10 depending on age of your child. Have child pick a card and then tell them an activity to do that many times (hop on one foot, spin in circles, jump for joy etc..)
Shape camping pack – Get a camping pack or bag and find things around the house to put in it (try to find something for each of the shapes you want to teach). After you’ve gathered them, take out each item from the bag and classify them by shape. Once they’ve been sorted, talk about the different attributes of each.
Back yard fishing – Fill a kiddie pool or bin with water and place toy fish or other pool/bath toy animals inside. Use fishing nets (you can get from dollar tree) to fish them out. If you have a real kids fishing pole, you could also practice casting. If you prefer an indoor activity you could do a magnetic fishing game.
(Updated 10/2023)
After a couple weeks off for Christmas, we are getting back into the swing of ‘school’ with a fun winter theme!
This week, for my 2 year old we will be working on the letter G and reviewing numbers 1-10. For my 4 1/2 year old, we will be reviewing sight words and reviewing length, capacity and weight as well as comparing them. See below for the 2023 plan for my 3 turning 4 year old.
Fun winter theme books: Snowflake Bently – Jacqueline Briggs Martin; The Mitten – Jan Brett; Snowmen at Night – Caralyn Buehner; The Story of Snow – Mark Cassino
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Read 3 wise men story: Shepherds Visit | Shepherd follows the star worksheet | Dress up like a shepherd (could use wrapping paper roll as staff) Hide a sheep or star and let child find it | Color the Shepherd worksheet | Play/Sing We 3 Kings song |
| Language (2) | Sandpaper & salt letter G | Draw letter G on paper, use white dot stickers (snowballs) to cover it | G is for gloves dot work | Color the glacier and letter G miniatures | Letter G binder |
| Language (4) | Practice sight words & CVC with a winter themed easy reader – then do sight word unscramble | Snowy sounds end sound practice | Snowman sight word sentences (I will help her with this and just do 1 of the pages) | Review short vowel sounds with whats in the middle page | Practice sounding out and writing cvc words with short vowel snowflakes |
| Math (2) | Use a muffin tin and tweezers to count and place 10 marshmallows | Post it Number hunt* | Use lets make 10 worksheet to practice numbers (we will just do the 10 frame, not the addition) | With flashcards 1-10 use tweezers to place the corresponding number of cotton balls | Winter clip cards from Christmas week (I use measured moms, but here are some other free ones) |
| Math (4) | Snow much fun base 10 – build rubix cube to match and compare lengths | Help in the kitchen with dinner and do all the measuring work | Use scale to compare weight of different objects | Using a ruler, pick a number in inches for child to find objects of that length around the room/house | Do an experiment using liquid measurements and compare different cups, beakers etc.. |
| Art/Sensory | Puffy paint snowman | Winter sensory bin – cotton balls or snow, fake trees, snowmen figures, penguin figures etc.. | Draw or print a bare tree on a sheet of construction paper. Use bubble wrap to paint snow on the trees | Tape down aluminum foil and squirt some shaving cream on it. Let child ‘skate’ with their fingers | Make cloud dough (note – this is NOT safe to eat) |
| Science Geography History | Pick a science activity from science bin (we have this) | Look up temperature in different countries and graph differences – can talk about equator | Life cycle & types of snowflakes can also watch a video | Learn about glaciers, iceburgs & icecaps | Science is math today |
Post It Number hunt – Write numbers 1-10 on 10 post it notes and place them throughout a room. Then give child a clipboard with a piece of paper that has the numbers 1-10 written on them. Have the child find post it notes and cross out the corresponding number on the paper.
Religion Focus: Learn the Guardian Angel Prayer
2Yr Old Options: Coloring pages
| Language | Introduce I; Sandpaper letter; Build an igloo game | Introduce W; Sandpaper letter; Winter first sound sort (E may be new if it is not in name) | Review G; G is for gloves dot page; pick a scene to practice direction following | Snow globe letter match (I will use the blank template for all review letters) |
| Math | Use a muffin tin and tweezers to count and place 0-9 marshmallows | Snowflake search* | Hot chocolate 10 frames | Winter clothespin counting |
| Art/Sensory | Freeze a water filled fruit cup and paint the ice (igloo) with watercolors | Fine motor snowflakes | Hot cocoa slime | Puffy paint snowman |
| S/G/H | The winter list* | Coffee Filter snowflakes | Winter clothing match up | Ice fishing experiment |
Snowflake search – Write numbers 0-9 on doylies (snowflakes) and hide them around the room. Give your child a clipboard with the numbers 0-9 on it. When they find a snowflake, cross off the corresponding number on the paper.
The winter list – Make a list of the clothes that you wear in the winter to keep you warm. Discuss where people don’t have winter and would not need the things on the list.
(Updated 10/2023)
Here is what we are doing for space this week. I also went to the library and checked out a bunch of fun and educational books on space to go on the bookshelf as well.
Some of out favorite books for space theme are: The Sun Shines Everywhere – Mary Ann Hoberman; Mousetronaut – Mark Kelly; The Spacesuit: How a Seamstress Helped Put Man on the Moon – Alison Donald; Mae Among the Stars – Roda Ahmed; Our Stars – Anne Rockwell; Astronaut Training – Aneta Cruz; Zoom, Rocket, Zoom – Margot Mayo; Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes – Stuart Murphy
You can find all my themes and what we are focusing on for each week in the freebies section. Just sign up for my newsletter to get the password emailed to you.
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Crossing of Red Sea & Comprehension Questions* | Color & Decorate Red Sea Sheet* | Play follow the leader and talk about how the Isrealites followed Moses | Parting of the red sea activity | Red Sea Walk |
| Language (2) | I letter of the week folder | Star & Rocket PreWriting Practice | I for insect shadow matching | Countries starting with I | I miniatures |
| Language (4) | CVC practice | Review sight words | Word stretching | CVC practice | Review sight words |
| Math (2) | Match astronaunt to moon number | Paint by number 1-5 rocket (I got mine from ABCMouse) | Connect the dot constellation mats | Build a rocket | Star & Rocket size activity |
| Math (4) | Order stars 1-12 & star number clips | Match 10 frame number to finger pictures & do 10-0 rocket number tracing sheet | Connect the dot constellation mats | Space nonstandard measurement | Space what comes next |
| Art/Sensory | Use magnatiles & cans to make a rocket | Space stamps | Nightime star picture* | Moon puzzle | Stay up late and star gaze! |
| Science Geography History | Moon observation | Phases of the moon with oreos | Us in relation to space* | Magic School Bus Outerspace science fact memory game | Get a space book rom library and read it |
Comprehension Questions:
What is the name of the sea that God’s people crossed?
The water was very deep and there wasn’t a bridge. How did the people cross?
When Moses raised his staff, what happened to the water?
Crossing the Red Sea worksheet Some children may be confused that even though it is called the Red Sea, the water is still blue. Decorate the sheet by painting the water blue and adding a pipe cleaner to Moses’ hand.
Red Sea Walk – Set up a long line of chairs backwards in 2 rows. Give children a walking stick and let them walk through the red sea leading you and any other children (the backward chairs). Let everyone have a chance to be the leader.
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.
Nighttime star picture – Cover the entire surface of a white sheet of paper with blue, red, purple and yellow crayon. Then color over it with a black crayon. With a blunt object scratch away the black to reveal many ‘stars’. You can add a moon & other objects to the picture too if you wish. I would recommend using a half sheet a paper for smaller children so they don’t tire of coloring. You can also help.
Us in relation to space – Cut 8 strips of paper each one a little shorter than the one before. Label Home, city, state, country, planet, solar system, galaxy, universe. Then get images of each of those from online and paste them to the corresponding strip. Use a brad clip to bind them together.
Religion Focus: Learning the Our Father
2YR Options: Planet Shadow Matching, Ordering planets by size, Outer space patterns, A for Astronaut matching & puppets
| Language | Introduce S, A, M (black sand tray w astronaut figure taped on popsicle stick) | A is for astronaut + Tracing Orbits & Tracing Lines | M is for moon; Make letters out of marshmallows and pretzels (can also make constellations) | S is for space & stars. Go on a star search* |
| Math | Introduce #8 and put 8 star stickers on coloring page | Count and color the 8 planets in the solar system worksheet & match the numbers to the correct orbit | Space nonstandard measurement | Connect the dot constellations |
| Art/Sensory | Space play-do tray – star cookie cutter, marbles, star counters, little balls of foil | Rocket name craft | Space puzzle & Rocket puzzle | Make a telescope |
| S/G/H | Read Planet Mini Book | Earth’s Orbit in Action* | Phases of the moon with Oreos | Day & Night Sorting |
Star Search – Write letters of first & last name as well as S, A & M on post-its and outline with a star. Hide them around the room and have your child go on a star search. When they find them, have them say the letter sound.
Earth’s Orbit in Action – Outline a path representing Earth’s orbit on the ground. Then acting as the sun, the child can shine a flashlight on you (who is the Earth) as you rotate and orbit the sun. You can reverse the role play as well.
Lots of fun gross motor activities here
Constellation Activities – Make a telescope & learn the constellations
This video shares 30 different indoor activities that you can do with you toddler/preschool age child. These are all perfect for while you are stuck at home because of Coronavirus, and a lot of them are great for self entertaining if you are trying to work at home too.
