The month of February is filled with lots of hearts and Valentine’s Day activities. It is also a terrific time to explore other fun and engaging activities, such as Groundhog Day, Black History Month, and Presidents’ Day activities. We have developed a wonderful list of 29 preschool activities that will allow you to bring lots of fun and excitement to your lessons for preschoolers. This list will also save you lots of time and contribute immensely to your calendar of activities.
1. Mix N’ Squish Hearts
These Valentine’s Day heart sensory bags are a fun preschool activity! They allow preschoolers to mix paint and explore colors. One of the best things about this activity is that preschoolers can play with colored paint, and it is not messy!
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2. Rescue the Hearts
This Rescue the Hearts activity creates an awesome sensory experience! Fill a plastic tub with artificial rose petals, heart erasers, and foam hearts. Encourage your preschooler to use tongs to rescue the hidden hearts. This is also a great way to strengthen kids’ motor skills.
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3. Will the Groundhog See His Shadow?
Groundhog Day is an exciting day in February for little ones! Your preschoolers will have a blast completing this Groundhog Day craft! Once the craft is completed, allow your preschoolers to go outside to see if their groundhog can see its shadow.
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4. Coin Sort
Presidents’ Day is also celebrated in February. This coin sort is an excellent way to teach preschoolers how to recognize pennies and quarters. Create this activity and allow your preschoolers to sort the coins based on the president found on each.
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5. Heart Puzzles
Your preschoolers can practice letter skills and matching skills with these heart puzzles. Grab some foam hearts or create your own with construction paper. Cut the hearts in half and label them with a lower case letter on one half and an upper case letter on the other half.
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6. Groundhog Day Shadow Tracing
This activity is a great science lesson for preschoolers. Place a cardboard cutout of a groundhog on a window and see where its shadow falls. Allow your preschooler to trace the shadow on a large piece of paper. Complete this activity every hour for the next couple of hours and see how the groundhog’s shadow moves.
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7. Presidents’ Day Masks
Your preschoolers can celebrate Presidents’ Day with these masks that are very easily made. Use the free templates and grab paper plates, cotton balls, scissors, and glue. Your preschoolers will have a blast creating their own masks!
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8. Jackie Robinson Craft
Preschoolers can celebrate Black History Month by learning about one of America’s greatest baseball heroes. Read a couple of short stories about Jackie Robinson and talk about his struggles. Then, create this cute craft!
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9. Dancing Conversation Hearts
This bubbly science experiment is a terrific science activity for preschoolers! They will enjoy using four Alka Seltzer tablets, one cup of sparkling water, and conversation hearts to complete this hands-on science activity. Add the ingredients and watch the dancing begin!
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10. Floating Dry Erase Marker Experiment
Preschoolers love this floating hearts experiment, it is super easy to complete, and it is a fun learning activity. It once requires three supplies! Grab a glass plate, dry erase markers and some water, and you are ready for the fun to begin!
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11. Heart Counting
Preschool is the perfect time to increase math skills by developing counting skills and number recognition. This simple and inexpensive activity is the perfect activity to help preschoolers with these skills. It is also a terrific fine motor activity that encourages preschoolers to count out the correct number of beads and match them to the number on the heart wand.
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12. Handprint Cherry Tree
Preschoolers can create their very own cherry trees to honor George Washington as well as celebrate Presidents’ Day! This is also a great keepsake item because the preschoolers will get to trace their forearms and fingers.
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13. Abraham Lincoln’s Cabin
Add this adorable craft to your Presidents’ Day activities for preschoolers! They can celebrate Presidents’ Day with this replica of Abraham Lincoln’s cabin. Introduce them to Abraham Lincoln, turn them loose with the needed supplies, and let the creativity begin!
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14. Diversity Lesson
Teach your preschoolers about diversity with this awesome egg activity. Pair it with a lesson about Martin Luther King Jr. as you encourage them to explore the inside and outside of eggs to help them learn how to accept and celebrate the differences of others.
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15. Skittles Heart Experiment
Kids love fun hands-on activities. Therefore, they will love this Skittles heart experiment! They will get to observe the Skittles candy dyes dissolve, and they will notice that the colored dyes do not mix with one another as they dissolve. The best part is that they get to eat the leftover candy!
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16. Heart Print Valentine Art
Add this art project to your Valentine’s Day activity calendar! Your preschoolers will enjoy this engaging, hands-on craft project. This special heart-shaped art technique only needs coffee filters, markers, and water. Let the fun begin!
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17. Valentine Pom Pom Painting
Kids love fun activities! This activity definitely delivers the fun. Alow your preschoolers to use clothes pins and pom poms to create these beautiful heart masterpieces that will definitely be refrigerator worthy for display!
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18. Letter Heart Hunt
Who doesn’t love a scavenger hunt! Take paper or foam hearts, write letters on them, and hide them from your preschoolers. Allow them to hunt for the lettered hearts and bring them back and match them to the correctly lettered heart on the mat. Enjoy this fun scavenger hunt!
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19. Groundhog Triangle Craft
Introducing preschoolers to the different kinds of shapes is extremely important. This Groundhog Day-themed activity allows preschoolers to learn all about triangles while creating a cute craft.
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20. Candy Heart Color Sort
Preschoolers need to learn about colors. This color game allows them to sort candy hearts by color. All you need is colored paper or foam hearts and a bag of candy hearts. Let the preschoolers match the candy heart to the correctly colored paper or foam heart.
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21. Valentine Counting Sticks
This math craft is a great number recognition and counting activity for preschoolers. They simply count the number of candy hearts to match the number on the ladybug and glue them on the craft stick.
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22. Candy Heart Sensory Bottle
Add sensory bottles to your list of activities for preschoolers. You can create them based on the current classroom theme. This particular bottle is perfect for the month of February! Sensory bottles are fun and calming to use and easy for preschoolers to help make!
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23. Valentine’s Day Cards
Help your preschoolers make individual valentines for their loved ones with this simple and creative Valentine’s Day craft. You will need red, pink, or white paper plates, colored lace hearts, glue, and markers to complete the project.
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24. George Washington Cookie Snack
Kids love snacks! Celebrate Presidents’ Day and honor George Washington by creating an adorable George Washington cookie snack. Once the edible craft is completed, the preschoolers get to enjoy their tasty creations!
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25. Heart Names
Preschoolers need opportunities to practice writing their names. This activity is a terrific way for students to practice their cutting skills and writing their names by creating heart name banners. These make cute Valentine’s Day decorations!
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26. Handprint Heart Tree
This precious handprint heart tree is a super cute craft for Valentine’s Day! This craft makes the perfect keepsake, and it can be used as a Valentine’s Day decoration or a cute table centerpiece.
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27. Fingerprint Heart Card
This is one of the sweetest heart theme activities for preschoolers. It is a super easy card for preschoolers to make for Valentine’s Day. Cut out the template for the little ones and allow them to stamp their fingerprints on the card. Add a cute photo to make it even more precious!
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28. Abraham Lincoln Handprint
Plan kids’ activities for Presidents’ Day! Have them make this cute Abraham Lincoln handprint craft by using their handprints, and fingerprints for eyes, and paint a nice top hat on top. When your preschooler is finished, a great keepsake reminds them!
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29. Flag Tear Art Craft
Presidents Day activities are a great addition to your February lesson planning. Tear art is one of the best craft ideas for preschoolers. It is super simple for their little hands, and it always turns out especially cute! This American Flag tear art craft is no exception!
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