134 Preschool Activity Ideas for Homeschooling Little Ones
This free homeschool resource unit was created by Vicki Arnold of The Vicki Arnold Blog.
Preschoolers range a good deal when it comes to skills. What we’ve put together here is a resource list for you to refer to as your preschooler’s abilities change and grow. They are divided up into subjects and further divided into categories like worksheets, activities, games, and sensory bins.
There can be a lot of overlap here. For example, a geography sensory bin could be appropriate for science if you include animals. Just take this as a reminder that you can cover more than one subject in an activity, sometimes unintentionally. 😉
Multi-Subject Worksheet Packs
- free, printable preschool assessment and goals workbook
- transportation themed worksheets for math and literacy
- construction themed printable pack
- monster trucks preschool pack
- apple themed preK pack
- farm themed preK pack
- Thanksgiving printables pack
- monsters printable pack (and more)
Learning to Read
Readers
Worksheets
- ABC coloring pages
- romping and roaring ABC packs (35 total!)
- A-Z handwriting worksheets
- alphabet coloring pages (English and Spanish available)
Activities
- alphabet beads learning box
- alphabet learning with Lego blocks
- build shapes and letters with shower curtain rings
- creating sight word parking lot (you can use letters for this instead)
- clothespin letter matching
- animal ABC’s
- letter pounding
- 125+ ways to practice making letters
- word family houses
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly activity
- alphabet and vowel apples
- Montessori inspired sensory letters
Games
- alphabet scavenger hunt
- alphabet bug spray
- alphabet squish
- fall leaf alphabet movement game
- word family and color slam game
Sensory Bins
- invisible letters and numbers sensory bin
- hide and seek alphabet puzzle
- trace letters with a shaving cream sensory activity
- pre-writing sensory activity with epsom salts
Writing & Fine Motor Skills
Worksheets
Activities
- learning to write letters and numbers with glow sticks
- practice writing strokes with wet chalk on dark papaer
- indoor fishing activity
- felt button chain for fine motor skills
- poetry journal for children
- fine motor skills play
- toddler sewing activity
- marbles and spools fine motor activity
Sensory Bins
- setting up sensory bins for fine motor practice
- work on hand-eye coordination with this water sensory bin
Math Fun
Worksheets
- number coloring pages
- number tracer pages
- write, trace, color, stamp numbers
- number writing worksheets
- color by number pages
Activities
- DIY math manipulatives
- teach number recognition with Lego blocks
- fill the dump truck
- shape rockets
- making shapes with popsicle sticks
- m&m schoolbus math
- counting to 100 sequin and glue activity
- create a number wheel activity
- outdoor acorn math activities
- learning numbers with pom poms
- caterpillar patterns
Games
- plant felt flowers for a counting game
- cookie counting and sharing game
- icky bug counting game
- number detectives
- number hunt
Sensory Bins
Science Fun
Worksheets
Activities & Experiments
- dinosaur feet craft
- draw life size animals like whales
- sink or float activity
- vinegar and baking soda experiment
- bow-terfly butterfly craft
- paint chip tree, flowers, and earth
Games
Sensory Bins
- sink or swim sensory sink
- pirate science fun with exploding treasure chests
- super simple ocean sensory bin
- fall (autumn) sensory table
- playing with magnets sensory bin
History Fun
Worksheets & Activities
- ancient Egyptians themed preschool pack
- Christopher Columbus mini preschool unit
- reading picture books is a great way to introduce preschoolers to history
- Paul Revere’s ride and a two if by see craft
- ancient Sumarian activites
- ideas for activities for studying the Great Wall of China
- Great Wall of Krispies fun food activity
Games
Sensory Bins
Geography Fun
Worksheets
Activities
- learn U.S. geography with puzzles
- printable map of the USA jigsaw puzzle
- teach your toddler the 50 states at breakfast
- make a states book
- continents and oceans printable activities
- state flower and bird printable cards
Games
- learn map reading skills with a snack map game
- seven continent geography game
- United States bingo
- scrambled states memory game
- race across the United States geography game
Sensory Bins
Arts & Crafts
Activities
- foam painting
- bubble dough
- mess-free finger “painting”
- wiffle ball painting
- paint with pom poms
- color scavenger hunt
- color hunt and fruit rainbow
- make a color book
- crafting with toddlers ages 1-3
- crafting with preschoolers ages 4-6
Artist Specific Activities
- Alexander Calder inspired art for preschoolers
- Piet Mondran art activities
- Kandinsky jello art
- Van Gogh inspired starry starry night paintings
Games
Sensory Bins
Music
Worksheets
Activities
- learn about the xylophone in a variety of ways
- make a guitar and shaker instrument
- musical activities for ages 0-5 year olds
Games
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Thank so much for including posts from Lalymom in this amazing resource! Pinned it to my Learning Resources pinterest board!
Awesome roundup! Thanks so much for including Living Montessori Now! 🙂
What an amazing resource this round up is!! Thank you for including so many of my activities from And Next Comes L!