Preschool Themes for Lesson Plans
A fun and easy way to create your preschool themes for lesson plans is by following a theme for the week and planning activities around it. We have created a collection of ready-to-use educational and fun coloring pages, worksheets, and activity sheets based on weekly themes. This approach allows you to plan your lessons a full year ahead of time, with the flexibility to tweak them as you go through each weekly theme.
Here, you’ll find free printable resources to add to your list of activities for various themes throughout the year.
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Organizing your Preschool Themes for Lesson Plans
By creating a list of themes for the month, you can ensure that each week brings something new and exciting for your preschoolers. Our collection includes coloring pages and worksheets that perfectly complement your preschool thematic lesson plans, making your teaching experience both enjoyable and effective.
These fun activities feature a wide range of themes, including Halloween, Christmas, Back to School, and more. Each theme is designed for preschoolers and helps their creativity while learning about different seasons and celebrations.
Whether you’re looking for spooky Halloween fun, festive Christmas cheer, or educational Back to School activities, our resources will help make your lessons both enjoyable and educational.
Choosing and Setting Up Your Lesson Plan
Choose A Theme:
Choosing a theme for your weekly lesson plan can be based on the time of the year, or the season, as well as special events. Plan ahead and prepare your preschool lesson plan a month in advance. (e.g., prepare Valentine Thematic Unit in January. ) It will give you plenty of time to gather resources and prepare it. You can always make last minute changes if needed.
Introduce the Theme:
Use a song , a story or hands-on activity to grab their interest and attention. Discuss what this theme is about.
Integrate it across all subjects:
The theme can be integrated across many subjects. Children will learn about the theme through from different angles.
- Language Arts: Read books, create vocabulary word activities, and encourage storytelling related to the theme.
- Math: Count objects and measure theme-related items.
- Art & Crafts: Create theme-inspired craft projects, collage and painting activities .
- Music: Sing songs related to the theme.
- Physical Education: Incorporate games and movement activities tied to the theme.
Hands-On Activities:
Create hands-on activities like craft projects, sensory bins and outdoor activities all related to the theme.
Cooking:
Prepare simple snacks related to the theme (e.g., gingerbread cookies for a Christmas theme).
Circle Time:
Introduce songs, books and pictures with the theme as a base.
Assessment and Evaluation:
Keep notes on hand as the week progresses and fill out an evaluation sheet of what worked what didn't and how to improve it.
Once you have chosen and created your themed lesson plan list of ideas, build a weekly lesson plan. There are a few different ways to go about this.
One way is to craft a full weekly theme page and the other way is to craft it on a daily basis.
Here are sample templates for each.
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