Preschool Resources

On this page, you will find full documents of preschool activities split up by age groups. They include:

Book suggestions, song, vocabulary, art, fine motor/ pre-writing, language, math and science.

Littles: 2-3 year olds

Big Littles: 3-4 year olds

Big Kids: 4-5 year olds

These activities are theme-based and grouped based off of expected learning that would occur during the below months.

Most themes provide at least two weeks of activities.

**Note that June, July, and August are review activities. Therefore if your child did Littles activities during the school year previously, they would do Littles activities for summer as well. They would then switch to Big Littles in September.

Theme Extras Page

Littles

Learning Goals

Math

Understand basic colors
Build puzzles with 2-3 pieces and peg puzzles
Begin to notice shapes
Counting to 2 objects

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Distinguish a letter from other types of lines
Vertical, horizontal lines understanding
Combine horizontal and vertical lines to make a grid
Form circles
Write your first name

Language

Oral: saying your own name
Expressing your needs
Naming the book you are reading
Holding a book correctly

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

Pattern identification
Puzzles with 6 pieces (with picture)
Recognize shapes by touch
Greater than/less than
Counting 6 objects

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Circular Lines
Starting and stopping lines
Fine motor muscle work
Hand/eye coordination
Using correct pressure when writing.

Language

Reflect on what you are doing when looking at a picture
Waiting your turn to speak
Name
Basic Readig Comprehension

Themed Activities

Learning Goals: Summer Review

Math

Colors
Shape Recognition
Greater Than/Less Than
Counting to 5
Basic Patterns

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Verical, horizontal, circular lines
Starting and stopping lines
Filling a space
Fine motor muscle work
Hand/eye coordination
Using correct pressure when writing.

Language

Schedule
Vocabulary Work
Reading
Building your name
Using pronouns

Themed Activities

Big Littles

Learning Goals

Math

Begin noticing patterns
Sort objects according to form
Comparing objects ( a lot vs not a lot)
Counting to 3 objects

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Make lines with various objects
Practice hand-eye coordination
Correctly hold a paper
Fine motor muscle building

Language

Oral: introducing yourself
Recognize and say the name of people in a (play) group
Sit and listen (interact with as well) to a story
Miming objects

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

abab patterns
Sort objects accodring to shape
Count 4 objects
Recognize numbers 1 and 2
Understand more/less

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Vertical lines
Horizontal lines
Diagonal lines
Practice hand-eye coordination
Fine motor muscle building

Language

Follow oral directions
Recognize known stories (while being read to)
Describe basic life events
Simple sequencing
Understand the cover of a book

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

aabb patterns
Sort objects accodring to size and shape
Count 4/5 objects
Recognize numbers 1 and 2
Situate self in relation to others

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Grids
Diagonal lines
Zig-Zag lines
Scissor Skills
Practice hand-eye coordination
Fine motor muscle building

Language

Oral language: because and why
Dictate writing
Simple reading comprehension
Understand the cover of a book

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

aabb patterns
Recognize geometric shapes
Count 5/6 objects
Recognize numbers 1-4 (script)
Situate self in relation to others positional
Decompose numbers to 3

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Cicular lines
Circular patterns
Zig-Zag lines
Scissor Skills
Practice hand-eye coordination
Fine motor muscle building

Language

Oral language: repeat instructions in your own words
Dictate writing
Name characters in a story
Retell a story you heard

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

Patterns: aabb, abc, abab
Recognize geometric shapes
Count 7 objects
Recognize numbers 1-6 (script)
Decompose numbers to 4

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Combine lines to create something new (circles with straight lines etc)
Scissor Skills
Practice hand-eye coordination
Fine motor muscle building

Language

Oral language: past tense
Oral language:: pronouns
Dictate writing
Tell what happened in your day
Retell a story you heard

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

Patterns
Recognize geometric shapes
Counting objects
Smallest to Largest
Recognize numbers 1-6 (script)
Breaking down numbers

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal, Circular, and Combo lines
Scissor Skills
Practice hand-eye coordination
Fine motor muscle building

Language

Writing Names
Basic Reading Comprehension
Descriptive words
Book understanding (cover and characters)
Positional Words
Dictate writing

Themed Activities

Big Kids

Learning Goals

Math

Simple patterns abab
Differentiate simple shapes
Associate a number with its quantity (to 2)
Counting to 4 objects

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Distinguish a letter from other types of lines
Vertical, horizontal lines understanding
Combine horizontal and vertical lines to make a grid
Form circles
Write your first name

Language

Identify where a sound came from
Differentiate the sounds of musical instruments
Retell events from the past
Retell a story you heard
Hearing syllables in a word

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

ABC patterns
Sort and recognize simple shapes
Storing simple shapes
Quantities to 5
Recognize numbers to 4
Decompose numbers to 4
Spatial Recognition

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Form Circles
Diagonal lines
Combine horizontal and vertical lines
Tracing letters

Language

Distinctly repeat words
Describe characters in a story (physical and emotional)
Sequence a story
Count syllables
Mimic animal sounds
Mimic emotions

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

ABC, AABB patterns
Sort and recognize simple shapes
Quantities to 7
Recognize numbers to 6
Decompose numbers to 5
Spatial Recognition

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Bridge lines
Castle lines
Tracing letters
Forming letters

Language

Count syllables
Sequence a story
Explain a story
Explain the rules of a game
Understanding a story (characters, problem/solution)

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

ABC, AABB, AAB, ABBA patterns
Draw Simple Shapes
Quantities to 7
Recognize numbers to 8
Decompose numbers to 7
Follow and create a path

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Wavy lines
Spirals
Tracing letters
Forming letters

Language

Identify identical words, syllables, and sentences
Spot repeated syllables
Explain a story
Understanding a story (characters, problem/solution)

Themed Activities

Learning Goals

Math

Review and create own patterns
Draw Simple Shapes
Quantities to 10
Recognize numbers to 10
Decompose numbers to 10
Add/subtract by 2
Place and object in a grid, describe how to arrive

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

Loop lines
Spirals
Tracing letters
Outline objects
Associate capitals and lowercarse letters
Copy words using capital letters

Language

Copy words
Identify identical words, syllables, and sentences
Spot repeated syllables
Explain a story
Rhyming words
Understanding a story (characters, problem/solution)

Themed Activities

Learning Goals: Summer Review

Math

Pattern Understanding
Shapes knowledge
Counting, recognizing and breaking down numbers to 10
Add/subtract by 2
Place and object in a grid, describe how to arrive

Fine Motor

and Pre-Writing

All line types
Tracing letters
Scissor Skills
Associate capitals and lowercarse letters
Writing Words

Language

Identify identical words, syllables, and sentences
Spot repeated syllables
Explain elements of a story
Rhyming words
Reading Comprehension
Dictation

Themed Activities

Alphabet Resources

Alphabet Rhymes

Use these fun rhymes to help your child learn the alphabet!