Water, water, everywhere! This preschool theme is a great way to beat the summer heat and soak up the water fun! It includes plenty of preschool water table activities and even more! These free water theme activities for preschool and lesson plans are a fantastic introduction to summertime and will perfectly complement your ocean, beach, or sea life activities for preschool.
We’ve got you covered with plenty of ideas for water table activities for preschoolers, including book ideas, art and sensory exploration, and math and science fun. This is just one set of many of our summer preschool themes that we have free lesson plans for.
When the title of your preschool theme has FUN in it, you know that these water theme lesson plans are destined to be a blast! Preschoolers absolutely love to explore the wonder of water, and their curiosity will be sparked by these preschool water table ideas.
While this theme is certainly engaging, there are plenty of opportunities to learn; perhaps your preschoolers will become scientists and explore how water can change form, or become artists and experiment with watercolor paints or wet chalk!
We’ve got a little bit of everything in these water themes preschool lesson plans.
We’ve put together 15+ water fun ideas for your preschool kiddos. We hope you love these great resources to make your preschool water fun theme a success!
Oh, and don’t get me wrong…many of these make great activities for toddlers, too!
This theme is such a blast! Learning with water fun is a preschool favorite since kids sure love to get wet! Here are some popular hands-on activities to keep with your water fun lesson plans.
Watercolor Name Recognition Activity – This activity is simple to set up and is perfect for helping your preschooler recognize their name. Using a permanent marker, write your preschooler’s name in large print on a piece of heavy paper or light-colored cardboard. Tape it to the table and let them paint with watercolors!
They might notice some of the letters in their name and try to trace them. Or just let them paint a colorful scene! Use this time to talk about the letters in their name and why their name is special.
Water Painting Activity – This no-mess writing activity is perfect for a hot day! Head outside with a large paintbrush and a bucket of water. Paint the sidewalk with letters, names, pictures, or even numbers.
This activity can be made even more exciting by adding chalk and water balloons! Write letters on the sidewalk and toss water balloons on top of the letter called out. So fun!
Sneak in extra literacy opportunities (and some social studies, too) with these hand-selected picture books. This is a book list for our most-loved picture books for a water preschool theme.
