A Ton of Weekly Preschool Theme Unit Studies

Ellen at Cutting Tiny Bites is working her way through a list of 52-plus different weekly unit study themes for preschoolers, and there already a lot of great stuff there (as I write there are 32 themes), whether you’re working with a single child at home or a small group of kids.

You could even just pick and choose activities to do with kids when you have time. For example the fall unit theme has craft projects like a leaf garland (made with paper towels!), a corn sensory bin, fall playdough, yarn wrapping and a recipe for making applesauce. There’s a link to fall-themed printables, ideas for fall books to read and more.

Other great units for this time of year include

Halloween

Trees (perfect for when the leaves start changing)

United States (for election time)

Weather (mostly about rain, but it can be rainy in fall, too)

There are lots of other great themes that don’t go with a season and may suit your child’s interests such as space (that’s my kid), dinosaurs, transportation, bugs, our bodies and doctors.

Do you have any great sources for unit studies that you love? I’d love to hear about them.

[Photo via Cutting Tiny Bites.]

Check out more fall fun with these roundups:

Bat Crafts and Learning Activities

Pumpkin Learning Activities

Fall Learning Activities

Apple Learning Activities

Check out these Halloween Activity Books we found on Amazon to keep the kids busy this Halloween season. The perfect grab and go books for outings, car trips and lazy afternoons.

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Easy Sensory Activities for Valentine's Day

The other day I shared some crafts involving fall leaves, but there are a lot of fun leaf-related activities that don’t use real leaves, so I wanted to share some of those, too.

Like these watercolor leaves from The Artful Parent. These are so pretty and would be great to make a garland or decorate the table for Thanksgiving. You could experiment with different kinds of paper, combine watercolors and crayons, use an eyedropper to apply liquid watercolors — there are lots of different ways to play with this one!

Because I’m a knitter of course I love any project that involves yarn, so this fall leaf lacing craft from Our Kid Things is right up my alley. The multicolored yarn they used is a lot of fun, or stick with fall colors. Either way it’s a great fine motor skill activity!

Using leaf shapes to make other crafts is a great way to incorporate leaves into the classroom without having to use actual leaves. For little kids this sensory painting activity from Kids Craft Room would be a lot of fun (I think this would be fun for some older kids and adults, too, to be honest) and makes a fun and easy decoration.

Of course leaf activities don’t just have to be crafts. Check out this great leaf matching game from Made to be a Momma. These leaves are so cute and after you’ve prepped the game you can play it over and over with no prep. Use fewer sets for younger kids and the full set for older ones.

You can also use leaf shapes in all sorts of learning activities, like in this fall leaf number tower activity from Fun Learning for Kids. There are leaves with single numbers on them that kids can use to stack cubes on in one-to-one correspondence, as well as ones that show dots like dice so kids can add up the numbers to build their stacks.

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