Miss Cheryl's note: Depending on the developmental levels of your children, not all of your children will be able to recall a word based on letter sounds.Ĭonsider making it a group activity. The child who catches the ball says a word that begins with that letter. While playing ball, the child with the ball calls our a letter and then tosses the ball. Materials needed: ride-on bikes colored tapeĬreate a maze using the tape for the children to follow!īike riding, colored tape maze (put different colored pieces of tape around to make a maze for the children to follow the lines.Īlphabet Ball Thank you Mandee for this activity idea! Picnic Theme Large Group Games To Help Preschoolers Build Their Muscles While Having Fun Together!īike Maze Thank you Mandee for this activity idea! Provide red and white paint and encourage the children to create their own patterned picnic blanket!
Picnic Theme Ideas for your Easel- More Than Just Painting (Although that is always THE favorite in our classroom!) Play food Picnic basket Picnic blanket Pretend plastic ants! Beach ball Bubbles Empty container of sunscreen Sunglasses Visors/hats Binoculars for Kids (or have them make binoculars using paper towel rolls)Ī Viewmaster with View-Master Slides of Animals and NatureĮXTENSION: Create a tree trunk to hang on the wall and measure all the children's height on it! Hang green crepe paper from the ceiling to represent shade under a tree!Īdd all the items the children can use to have an indoor picnic such as: Return to Top Picnic Theme Ideas to Transform Your Dramatic Play Area Have the children help you cut the potatoes, add the mayo and mustard (I always put a spoonful of mustard for zest!) or whichever ingredients are in your favorite recipe.Remove potatoes and the skins will peel right off!.Place the potatoes in a bowl of ice water (cold water with ice in it!).
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"I Spy with my little eye, something that is round, red and crunchy." (apple).Ĭooking with children helps develop their math skills and helps them to learn how to follow directions. Materials Needed: large chart paper, markerīegin by asking the children to name items from the classroom they would like to bring to a picnic. Miss Cheryl's note: This activity really lends itself to creating a Circle Time graph! What type of weather is best for a picnic? Picnic Theme Survey Thank you Mandee for this activity idea! Provide play people to use on their playground.Īsk children questions about their park such as why they made each structure, etc.Ĭircle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your theme! Return to Top Picnic Theme Block Center Ideasīuild a Playground Thank you Mandee for this activity idea!Įncourage children to build a park in the block area. When dry, use it as a picnic blanket or a parachute! Allow the children to spray paint the sheet. Miss Cheryl's note: In addition, you could bring a white bed sheet outside and provide spray bottle with colored water. They loved having lunch outside on the blanket they made! When dry, have the children help me draw the black lines to make the "checkered" look the the blanket! We used paint rollers with designs on them to make it extra special! The children paint their own designs on a large sheet of paper. Materials needed: Large white paper paint paint brushes (or rollers!) I read the book The The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli. The children use the tissue paper to create the rind, insides and seeds of a watermelon and glue them onto the paper plate.īe sure to talk about the parts of the watermelon and where they come from. Materials needed: 1/2 paper plate red, green and black tissue paper. They roll it into a circle and use pipe cleaners at the top of the circle to make sturdy around the basket. The children use the strips and weave them through the large sheet. Materials Needed: 2 different colors in strips of paper (at least 20) 2 pipe cleaners One large sheet of paper pre-cut with slits for the kids to weave the strips through. Thank you Mandee for the next 3 art activity ideas!
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