Activity Central
"A rainbow of preschool education activity plans"
The Winter
Preschool Activity Theme has 2 web pages filled
with pre-school and kindergarten learning suggestions for science, melting
experiments, art and craft activities and snow activities which don't
require snow. Build a few indoor snowmen or cook up popcorn snowmen
with your young children. All of these chilly early childhood education
ideas are in the Winter Preschool Activity
Theme plus songs and fingerplays.
In the Black
History Theme there are curriculum activities that
help preschool and kindergarten children learn
about the history of African-Americans with early childhood lesson plans,
games and songs.
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Valentine
Preschool Activities include
poems, songs, art and craft activities, games and ideas for puppets
that are sure to create fun holiday learning experiences for preschool
and kindergarten children.
The
Hibernation Theme
has preschool and kindergarten winter activities that help youngsters
understand the scientific concept of hibernating /winter sleeping animals.
You'll find flannel board activities, ideas for bulletin boards, poems,
songs, literacy activities and dramatic play suggestions in this winter
theme. Activities for Groundhog
Day are in this Hibernation
Theme too!
There are 3 black
& white printable coloring / pattern pages available
for the Hibernation Activity
Theme
- Groundhog & Poem
- Groundhog Puppet
- Bear
Standing
In
the Health Activity Theme
you'll find healthy hand washing
preschool activities that help prevent the spread of germs and Dental
Health activities that promote good oral hygiene. Treat
young children to tooth brushing and hand washing songs and poems, plus
a visit from the Tooth Fairy
with theses preschool lessons.
There are 4 black
& white printable coloring / pattern pages available
for the Health Activity Theme.
- Happy Tooth
and Toothbrush
- Tooth Puppet
- Doctor
- Hand washing
In
the Mittens, Mittens and Math
Winter Theme young children explore the early math skills
needed for recognizing numbers, counting matching pairs, sequencing,
patterning and graphing. There are literacy ideas for The
Mitten by Jan Brett and you'll find a dramatic play
activity that can be expanded into a presentation for special occasions.
There is also
a black and white printable coloring page of a Mitten
associated with this theme.
Try
these delightful winter learning
Penguin Preschool Activities
that are sure to enrich your preschool
and kindergarten curriculum with ideas for counting, early math, movement
and crafts.
There are 3 black
& white printable coloring / pattern pages associated
with this Preschool Penguin
Activity Theme.
- Penguin
- Penguin On Skis
- Penguin - Follow the Dots
In
the Friendship Activity Theme
there are lessons about sharing and kindness that help preschool and
kindergarten children develop social skills. Teachers and parents use
positive praise as young children wear their Super
Friend Glasses and encourage creativity and critical
thinking with the Friendship Garden.
Remind children that words can hurt their friends and often can not
be taken back with the Hurtful Words Activity.
Then use the String of Friends
to promote verbal skills.
The
Puppets Can Teach Theme
has 2 web pages filled with craft ideas and activities that use puppets
to enhance and stimulate the creative and cognitive abilities of young
children. Invite preschool and kindergarten youngsters to learn key
concepts in the areas of language, early mathematics, social studies,
science, music, movement and dramatic play with the
help of the puppet ideas that you'll find in the Puppets Can Teach Preschool
Activity theme.
4 other black and
white printable Puppet Pattern Pages are also associate
with the Puppets Can Teach Preschool
Activity Theme.
- Paper Bag Hand Puppet Dog / Cat
- Sock Puppets -Teacher Made
- Tooth Puppet
- Hand Puppet Emotions
Planting
an indoor classroom garden all year-round provides preschool children
with lots of science experiences. You'll find activities and
ideas for fall, winter, spring and summer in the Plant
Growth Theme.Try Sprouting
Seedlings in a ziploc bag or planting an Egg
Shell Garden. Sing a few of the songs or create your
own classroom Greenhouse Garden
and develop a plant growth bulletin board
while preschool youngsters become familiar with natural science.
There are 4 Printable
Coloring / Pattern Pages that
help with this Plant Growth
Activity Theme.
- Seed Growth and Flower
- Bean Plant
- Plant Growth
- Flower Cross-section
You'll find all these Preschool
Activity Themes and 60 more when you join
the Preschool Rainbow Resource Room.
How to Choose a Picture Book In this
article written exclusively for the Preschool Rainbow, award winning
author Ellen Jackson offers advice that early childhood teachers
can give to parents about choosing good picture books for preschool
children.
Preschool Books Listed by Themes
A pre-k curriculum resource of suggested picture books for early childhood
teachers and parents of young children. With more than 20 lists
of kindergarten and pre-k books for story time and the library areas
of early childhood classrooms.
The Preschool Rhyme Theme Collection
is a curriculum resource with tons of finger plays, action
poems, songs and nursery rhymes grouped according to early childhood
education themes. Rhymes that enhance early learning about insects
and bugs, animals, family, transportation, counting,
community helpers and so much more!
Animal Activities promotes pre-k
and kindergarten learning with literacy, science and dramatic play ideas.
Activities for Zoo Themes are here.
Activities for Toddlers has 4 seasons of
learning ideas and activity plans for very young preschoolers.
Preschool Activities for a Dinosaur Theme
Lots of early childhood classroom activities for teaching preschool
children about these fascinating creatures.
Alphabet Theme
Preschool children have fun learning the letters of the alphabet when
early childhood teachers use these activity plans and games in their
classrooms.
Counting and Number Theme
Active learning ideas that engage both small and large groups of young
children in the development of counting skills.
The Preschool Links page has informative resource
sites for preschool and kindergarten teachers, plus places of interest
for both parents and young children.
Lots more preschool education
curriculum activities when you
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Preschool learning activities,
themes and ideas that enrich year round early childhood curriculum.
