Spring Activities for Preschoolers (2024)

Spring Garden Circle Time Lesson Plan This lesson plan uses one of my favorite spring garden books; Lola Plants A Garden!
Nature Smash Painting – get colorful and messy naturally!
Nature Prints with Playdough – I never get tired of this fantastic sensory activity, it’s perfect for spring!
Cutting Nature – fine motor skill development and nature all in one! I love garden-themed spring preschool activities like this!
Vegetable Garden Sensory Bin– This simple sensory activity was a huge hit with my class and it is so easy to make! Check out how my students use it here on Instagram.
Flower Sticky Wall—This is a fun spring garden activity for preschoolers and provides a sensory experience. You don’t even need to use flowers; you can use anything found in the garden.
Up in the grass or down in the dirt? This simple sorting game helps children identify what living things are found above ground or below the grass and flowers. It’s a great preschool activity for spring.
DIY Spring Playdough Tools – these little flowers are easy to make and you could make bugs and bunnies too!
Name Garden – I love this little name craft and preschoolers do too.
I love sending this home, not as homework but to get my families to add a little intentional learning into simple family activities.
Spring Garden Sensory Bottle brightens your sensory or science corner with this fun little discovery bottle.
. This printable math game works in counting, 1 to 1 correspondence, and subitizing. Roll the dice, count, and place the erasers. Keep going until you reach the flower pot. Download this game board here.
Fine Motor Flower Tray – a favorite of my preschool classroom during free choice time.

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What Hatches From Eggs? and more lessons about eggs for PreK
Spring is Coming – Lesson About Seasons.
Learn About Recycling – Earth Day Lesson
Which flower smells better?
Learn All About The Wind!

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Flower Math Tray perfect for math centers and small group

Walmart has these bunny trays right now!
Ants On A Log math tray activity
Count and Bead Flowers are easy to make with only masking tape and pipe cleaners!
Butterfly Number Match with free printable!
Bug Jar Math works on fine motor skills, counting, and writing numerals. We used bug stickers for a little novelty, but children could draw them, too!
Mix your art and math centers together with shape printing. Easter eggs make great circles, but did you know thatunifix cubes make awesome art tools, too?

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Paper Plate Snail This snail craft is inspired by Henri Matisse.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar missing letter game.
Painting with Bugs – this is a great way to explore and get kids not inclined to choose painting at free choice to the art table!
Dot Sticker BugsThis is a favorite free-choice art invitation in my PreK classroom. I pop out some dot stickers and invite my students to create their own bugs.
Butterfly crafts for preschoolers
Paintstick caterpillar craft
Bug Playdough Prints– Squish and peel the bugs out of the playdough to reveal prints!
Name Bugs – not only is this is good way to work on spelling and recognizing names, it’s also fun to count how many letters students have in their names too.
Go on an alphabet bug hunt! These free printables are a must-have!
Frog Life Cycle Activities for preschoolers.
Butterfly Life Cycle Activities
Bugs in the Muck! sensory play activity.

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Weather Activities are some of my favorite spring activities for preschool!
Cork Painted Rainbows
Paper Plate and Hand Print Sun
Fine Motor Rainbow
How To Make A Cloud In A Jar
Puffy Paint Clouds
Cupcake Liner Umbrellas

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Marshmallow Easter Bunny Craft
Easter Egg Playdough with gems and molds.
Paper Plate Easter Baskets
Q-tip Painted Easter Eggs
Marshmallow Easter Eggs craft
Easter Bunny Playdough
Easter Egg Letter Hunt
Easter Egg Shell Writing Tray – what a fun way to work on letter formation!
Rock Easter Eggs
Texture Easter Eggs– explore how the materials feel so different.
Paint in a Bag Easter Eggs– these are squishy and squashy and not nearly as messy as the traditional route.

Find even more Easter ideas in our Easter Preschool Activities Archive!