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You scream, we scream, we all scream for ice cream! With these fun hands-on activities, your preschooler will do a lot less screaming and more learning. We all know summertime’s unofficial dessert is ice cream! So, celebrate summer and have a dance party with, The Ice Cream Song, and to put the cherry on top of the day, read Just One More.
Discovery of everything under the sea isn’t just a catchy Disney tune. Get your preschooler hands-on with an interactive ocean information center and watch them discover undersea creatures with a new twist on eye spy. Or practice your counting with a fan favorite; goldfish! Don’t forget to enjoy the story of Commotion in the Ocean and take a deep dive with Jack Hartmann and sing about The Five Oceans.
Camping, counting, and smores–oh my! This preschool theme for July couldn’t be better! Have your preschoolers practice their sight words with marshmallows. Bring these camping-themed worksheets for boredom busters to do by the fireside or in the tent. Make sure you have a Camping Song queued up to enjoy around the campfire. Or, if they’re having uncertainties about the outdoors, enjoy Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping together.
Take a look at our Summer Packet that will help your kids keep that summer slide at bay. The packet contains 10 themes, a mini-lesson plan page, and five worksheets for each theme. You’ll enjoy Circus, Beach, Camping, Pirates, Bubbles, Park themes and more!
The Circus is always an exciting place to visit, and the experience is a favorite activity. Your kids might be fine tuning their juggling skills while learning their colors or counting their popcorn while enjoying a circus snack. Explore being a good ringleader while reading If I Ran the Circus. Complete the adventure dancing and singing this cute Circus Nursery Rhyme.
Having Zoo-themed activities is a perfect preschool theme for July. Whether your kids are practicing parrot patterns or counting out bananas for hungry little monkeys. Get your little pumped by singing along to Let’s Go To The Zoo to get the kids ready for an animal-packed adventure. Don’t forget to wind down the day with a story, Good Night, Gorilla.
Your preschooler will be counting down each moment until their next space-themed takes them up, up, and away! Count on 10s frames with wiggly wonderful aliens or send rockets into outer space by matching uppercase and lowercase letters. Make sure to let your kiddos get their wiggles out with this Cosmic Yoga Adventure, and then help them settle back down to earth with storytime.
What better way to enjoy their return than doing fun pond-themed activities for the preschool pond theme? Use lily pads and froggy friends to practice letter matching and logs for building sight words! Of course, don’t forget to sing out loud with your kids to There Was a Little Turtle or read all about what goes on In the Small Small Pond.
This monster theme is a sure way to make your summertime learning fun for your little monster. Try out a monster counting bingo or a color by number cute cookie monster. Add in a silly story about monsters not eating broccoli and a move break and you’ll be all set!
Check out our newest preschool theme for July: Pets! Try tracing your numbers with friendly fish or a kitty yarn tub to strengthen your kid’s thinking and visual skills. Keep the excitement going with a goofy story about The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! and a fun song about pets to sing along with.
The wonderful thing about these preschool themes for July is that even though your preschooler is still learning, they’re playing and doing hands-on activities that don’t make it feel like work at all. What activities do you do with your preschoolers to help combat the summer slide? Tell us all about it in the comments!
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Could you please send me the link for your Knights and castles unit?
Hi Jen,
It sounds like you are looking for our Fairy Tale theme? You can explore it here: https://planningplaytime.com/fairy-tale-activities-preschool/