Fun Preschool Theme Ideas

An All About Me preschool theme is the perfect back-to-school theme! We have included literacy ideas, math and science fun, arts and crafts, and even social-emotional support. You’ll find the free download of our FREE all about me preschool lesson plans at the end of this post!

Teaching an around the world preschool theme is a fun and effective way to teach preschoolers about different cultures and countries. Download these free around the world lesson plans and start teaching today!

Identifying colors, exploring and comparing colors, and learning color names are all important concepts for preschoolers and toddlers. There are so many ways to teach your preschooler colors. This set of free color preschool lesson plans includes over 16 color activities for preschoolers.

Beep, beep, beep–big trucks coming through! Kids of all ages marvel at construction trucks, so these preschool construction theme lesson plans are perfect for learning all about construction sites.In this post you’ll find preschool lesson plan ideas and activities for a preschool construction theme.

Included are hands-on play activities, arts and crafts, and of course…lots of reading and learning. All these lesson planning ideas are typed up in a completely free printable lesson plan at the end of this post!

Whether a doctor or a construction worker, preschoolers are very interested in the helpers in their community! We’ve put together the best free community helper preschool lesson plans, including science/STEM ideas, art and sensory exploration, and literacy activities.

You’ll find all the community helper lesson plan activities at the end of this post in a free download.

Do you have a little paleontologist in your classroom? Then these dinosaur activities for preschool are just what you need. You’ll find everything from literacy and math activities to art and sensory activities, all bundled up in a tidy, free dinosaur preschool lesson plans download at the end of this post.

Here you’ll find loads of ideas for a fairy tales preschool theme, including book ideas, art, and sensory exploration, and math and science fun. These FREE fairy tale preschool lesson plans are great for use any time of the year!

My Family & Pets preschool lesson plans themed will take your preschooler on a special journey to learn all about the things that make his or her own family special, including all the pets (or wannabe pets) that also make our families and homes unique.

Books, books, books, and more books! High-quality children’s books are full of amazing learning opportunities, including vocabulary exposure, language development, and of course the love of reading! These children’s book activities are perfect for any time of the year.

You’ll find 16 activities of all kinds–designed especially for a children’s book preschool theme–bundled up in a tidy and FREE preschool lesson plans download at the end of this post.

How are you feeling today? It sounds like a simple question but preschoolers need practice with these emotions each and every day! We have you covered with these free feelings and emotions preschool lesson plans!

Over 16 activities to help your preschoolers navigate big emotions, all while learning and having fun!

Teaching a Food and Nutrition preschool theme is a fun and effective way to teach preschoolers about healthy eating habits. Try these 16+ healthy eating activities for preschoolers and add them to your lesson plans!

Welcome to the forest! Here you’ll find loads of ideas for a forest preschool theme, like animals that live in the forest, how pine trees grow, and more! These forest lesson plans for preschool are super fun for preschoolers!

Get ready for some squeaky fun! In this post, you'll discover a bunch of fantastic ideas for a mouse-themed preschool adventure. From delightful book suggestions to art and sensory explorations, and even math and science activities, we've got it all covered.

Best of all, you can access these free mice preschool lesson plans completely free.

Beep. Beep. Boop. That’s robot language for you’ve got to see these amazing activity ideas in our free robot preschool lesson plans! Your robot preschool theme is going to be all charged up with picture book suggestions, arts and crafts, plus math and science fun.

You’ll like it a ‘bot’, we promise.

Preschoolers just can't get enough of rocks! Rocks captivate young minds because they come in all sorts of sizes, shapes, textures, colors, and even hardness levels.

When it's time to teach this theme in my preschool, these rock preschool lesson plans are my go-to.

In order to be ready for kindergarten, preschoolers benefit from learning their shapes. Here are 16+ shape activities for preschoolers that are already formatted into weekly lesson plans. Just download them from the end of this post.

Do you have a budding astronaut or aerospace engineer in your classroom? Then try these space activities for preschoolers. You can download them as a set of free preschool lesson plans at the end of this post.

Teaching preschoolers about things that fly is a great opportunity to teach some really in-depth science concepts. Download the free STEM preschool lesson plans at the end of this post which are all centered around the Things That Fly preschool theme!

Welcome to your free tools and machines preschool lesson plans! We’ve put together loads of ideas for a Tools & Machines preschool theme, including literacy ideas, art and sensory exploration, plus playful learning and STEM ideas.

Read on and check out these awesome tools and machine learning ideas…you’ll find the free download at the end of this post!

Chugga, chugga, choo, choo! We’ve loaded this post with free transportation preschool lesson plans which includes art and sensory exploration, literacy and book ideas, plus social-emotional learning, and math and science fun.

You’ll find the whole bundle of transportation theme ideas at the end of this post in a FREE download of preschool lesson plans.

Roar! Squawk! Hiss! Animals of all kinds fascinate preschoolers, so a zoo animal theme will never disappoint. These zoo animal activities for preschool are perfect for an animal-loving classroom.

These free zoo animals preschool lesson plans are filled with arts and crafts, literacy, and math options, plus fun playful learning activities that engage and excite. Find all this and more bundled up in a free preschool lesson plans download at the end of this post!