June is the perfect time to incorporate summer fun and preschool activities. Activities by month are perfect for preschool themes. You can add some of these math activities, science activities, and other cool summer activities to your activity calendar. Check out this list of 30 preschool activity ideas for the month of June!
1. Make Your Own Ice Cream
There are many different types of ice cream activities, but making your own ice cream is definitely one of the best! Students can add flavors or just make plain vanilla. It is a fun activity for a hot day!
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2. Handprint Flag
Celebrate flag day with this handprint flag! This is a great activity for kids that will help them learn more about Flag Day. Simple and easy to make, they only need paper, paint, craft sticks, and ribbon. With Flag Day falling in June, add this activity to your preschool lesson plans.
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3. Ocean Sand Tray Letter Writing
Summer months are ideal for using a beach or ocean theme in your classroom. Use sand trays to allow the practice of writing uppercase and lowercase letters. Fine motor skills paired with ocean activities are a great combo for summer fun!
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4. Play Dough Rainbow Fish
Amazing summer activities like this play dough rainbow fish are a great way to get creative! Think about including this activity in your fish theme lesson plans or beach theme. Pair with the adorable book called The Rainbow Fish.
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5. Ocean Process Art
Ocean process art is a great way to let little ones get creative during a fun preschool theme like the beach or ocean. Ocean books would pair well with this activity. Use white paper to add plenty of bright colors to this ocean artwork!
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6. Watermelon Seed Counting
Cute learning printables like this watermelon seed counting activity are great for summer themes. Counting watermelon seeds and matching the number to the number of seeds is good practice for basic math skills.
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7. Summer Shadow Matching
These cute shadow matching cards are great for a busy toddler or preschooler. This would be a good activity for circle time, centers, or independent seatwork. This cute card idea is easy to reuse when laminated.
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8. Constellation Craft for Fathers Day
These adorable constellation crafts are a great way to celebrate the dads in your preschooler's life! This craft is unique. It is simple and quick and turns out to be absolutely adorable!
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9. Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt
A neighborhood scavenger hunt is a great way to get your family or class up and moving! Explore the places around your neighborhood and help young ones learn their way around. Point out places, signs, and ways to stay safe.
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10. Puffy Paint Chalk Art
Making your own puffy paint chalk is a great way to bring art outdoors! Encourage little learners to get creative and make some unique works of art! Use different colors to help create amazing masterpieces on the sidewalk!
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11. Make A Fairy Home
Recycle an old milk jug or laundry detergent bottle with this adorable fairy home. Add paint and colors and decorations to make your fairy home unique and dainty. Then, add little fairy figurines to add some magic to this activity!
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12. Wind Sock Craft
Creating your own wind socks is a fun way to create a craft that students can later observe. Hang the windsocks so they can be seen from the window and watch as they blow in the wind.
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13. Glowing Firefly Craft
Students will really love this glowing firefly craft! Recycle an old bottle and add the glow to give this little firefly craft something extra special. Crafts for kids, like this one, are a great way to have students involved and into summer themes like camping or fireflies!
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14. Water Balloon Yoyo
Water balloon yoyos are fun homemade toys! Let little ones fill balloons with water and attach a strong to practice yoyoing. This fun activity is great for summer. See how long they can go before the balloons bust and get you wet!
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15. Terrariums
Terrariums are great for kids of all ages! This STEM activity is great to help students learn about the environment and how things grow. It is a great, hands-on science experiment.
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16. Paper Bag Kite Craft
Paper bag kites are cute and easy to make. Let students decorate these however they'd like. This would be a fun craft to use in summer or with a beach-themed unit.
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17. Bubble Art
Bubble art is a great way to get students active and creative while making a piece of art. This activity is a fun way to get bubbles flowing and a colorful masterpiece formed.
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18. Trace and Color By Number
This trace and color activity is a fun addition to your beach theme unit. Children can practice coloring skills, color recognition, and number recognition.
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19. Butterfly Alphabet Match
Butterfly letter matching is a fun printable that is a great way for students to get practice for many skills. Coloring, letter matching for uppercase and lowercase, and gluing are all skills students can practice while doing this activity.
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20. Insect Graphing
Graphing is a skill that is great to introduce at this age! Preschoolers can count the insects and graph them with this adorable pictograph.
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21. Seashell Sensory Bottle
Sensory bottles are always a big hit! This seashell sensory bottle is a great way to get students interacting and enjoying sensory play. These would be great with a beach unit!
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22. Fine Motor Work Station
Break out the buttons or pom-poms and let students practice building fine motor skills as they glue along the patterns and paths on the paper.
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23. Flower Painting
Flower painting is a cute craft for summer! Use flowers to dip into different colored paints and create abstract prints on the paper. Use different flowers for different prints.
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24. Phonemic Awareness Popsicles
Build up literacy skills with this adorable printable! These phonemic awareness popsicles are great for matching letters and sounds. These are ideal for centers or seat work!
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25. Ice Cream Cone Number Sense
Another great addition to an ice cream or summer unit is this ice cream numeracy activity. Match the numeral, tally marks, tens frames, and picture.
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26. Backyard Obstacle Course
Take learning outside and get little bodies moving! Use this outdoor obstacle course to let kids run through and test out their physical skills.
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27. Pool Noodle Patterns
Use pool noodles to cut skinnier circles. Use these circles to create patterns. These are also a fun addition to a water sensory table.
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28. Sun Name Craft
Name activities for kids are great practice during preschool. Creating these bright and happy little sunshine crafts is a great way to bring some cheer to your classroom bulletin boards.
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29. Ocean Themed Pom Pom Mats
These ocean-themed pom mats are great for fine motor practice. You can use buttons as well. Laminate the animal cards and practice placing pom-poms and buttons on the dots.
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30. Shark Porthole Suncatcher Craft
Bring out your crafty side with this adorable shark porthole craft! Using contact paper, tissue paper, and black paper, you can create these cutest little portholes with a swimming shark inside.
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