The temperature is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and our little learners are filled with the energy of springtime! Here, we’ve gathered together 30 of our favorite spring activities for preschoolers to keep the learning going. From spring-themed art and craft projects to math, science, sensory, and literacy activities, you’ll find plenty of fun on this list!
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1. Bee Sensory Bin
Easy to assemble, this sunny springtime sensory bin can encourage learning in so many ways. From practicing language development and honing fine motor skills to exploring math concepts, your kids will be engaged. Plus, the bin makes a great base for math or literacy manipulatives.
A perennial favorite, this egg carton repurpose is so much fun for preschoolers. Just add paint, glue on a couple of googly eyes, and add two pipe cleaner antennae, and your students have a new little best friend.
One of the easiest spring activities for preschoolers, and what a sensory treat! Students use trimmed carnations dipped into paint to create a spring masterpiece.
Spring is such a hopeful time! And there are so many spring activities using books to get your preschoolers excited for the season. Share some of our favorite stories with your students. Then give them the opportunity to retell them with a picture, a summary, or by acting it out for a friend.
Find books here: Picture Books to Welcome Spring
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5. Seed Activity
Nothing connects kids to gardening like hands-on activities. For this one, an ice cube tray is used as a collecting bin, with one vegetable seed in each labeled compartment. After learning about each seed/vegetable, students search for seeds in a bed of rice and sort them.
Here is a fun way to help your students practice matching lowercase and uppercase letters. Just download the free worksheets and letter cards, then show your students how to make matches.
These cheerful butterflies will brighten up any classroom. They’re simple to make with coffee filters, watercolor markers, and a spray bottle of water. Top them off with pipe cleaner antennae and they’re ready to flutter.
Download this free mat, have it laminated, and let your preschoolers loose to create colorful flowers with play dough. Then, try the math activity included in the tutorial.
Inspire the budding scientists in your preschool with this flower-dissection experiment. Pulling a flower apart piece by piece, talk with your students about each one. Then give them one to attach to their collection card.
An insect sensory bin is a fun way to explore and learn about bugs. Add in exploratory tools like a magnifying glass and net and some of the extension activities in the blog below.
Matching words’ beginning sounds with letters is a primary skill preschoolers need to learn. This sweet activity, using mini erasers and a flower template, is a great way for your students to practice.
Springtime showers bring rainbows and now you can create them in your classroom with your preschoolers. With simple ingredients and minimal preparation, this science experiment will bring big reactions from your preschoolers!
This adorable bird project is made from paper plates folded in half. Students can use their imagination and create the design of their choice with crayons, markers, glitter, and glue. Add on a feather and a set of googly eyes, and they’re ready to fly.
Even the littlest artists in your class can create this sweet craft. Handprints in paint form the wings and a painted toilet paper roll forms the body. Pipe cleaner antennae top it all off.
Outdoor scavenger hunts make fantastic spring activities for preschoolers. Spring is the perfect time to take your students out in nature. Get this free printable worksheet and check off the items you find.
Your students will be amazed by this rainbow experiment. Start with a strip of paper towel colored on the ends with marker. Dip each end into a glass of water and watch the rainbow grow before your very eyes.
Designed to enchant and educate, this sensory bin features elements inspired by birds, incorporating feathers, nests, and figurine toys, offering children a tactile and visual exploration of avian life.
This math game will help your preschoolers practice counting and build fine motor skills at the same time. Plus, pasta noodles for flower petals? How fun!
Children instinctively count things using their fingers. If we add paint to this “equation,” kids can leave fingerprints as they count. The result is a super-fun project that combines art and math.
Create a handy counting tool with pipe cleaners and pony beads. Give it a spring theme by forming the strips into a rainbow with a white play dough cloud at either end.
