There is no better way to ring in the beautiful season of Spring than with these engaging Spring Activities for Kids. Filled with tons of activities, including math, literacy, fine motor skills, crafts, and convenient no-prep worksheets – these spring activity ideas and packs are sure to keep kids excited and engaged!
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What to Teach Kids About Spring
A focal part of a teaching curriculum for preschool and kindergarten is learning about seasons. It also provides a firm basis for early childhood education.
Begin a spring unit by discussing visible signs of spring, such as blossoming flowers, sunshine and warmer weather, bugs and insects, and rain/puddles. This free spring scavenger hunt is a great activity for kids to go outside and search for the signs of spring. Kids can take note of and explore the key features like blooming flowers, different elements and weather changes associated with Spring.
Get them involved in hands-on explorations such as jumping in puddles with rain boots, making mud pies, enjoying a montessori flower arranging activity, seeing ducks in their habitat, or planting flowers in pots with playdough.
You can also discuss how spring brings new life and growth to plants and animals. What I love most about a spring theme is that you can easily integrate other themes and activities with it like the water cycle in a bottle activity, plant life cycle, bees and pollination, butterflies, and so much more!
The importance of teaching kids about the seasons, or spring in particular, is many!
An awesome complementary science activity is learning how to grow a plant, which kids will learn from the included sequencing activity. This growing grass heads in a cup is also a fun silly science activity!
The activity pack is the perfect way to develop important skills while also making learning about spring fun. Included activities are easy to prep and use with your kids.
Both color and black and white PDS are included if you want to save some ink. The black and white spring crafts are a fun way to encourage creativity as kids can color them in.
What’s Included in the Spring Activity Pack
There are tons of the best spring activities included. This means that you’ll probably never run out of new ways to welcome spring into your home or classroom. Activities include literacy, math, fine motor, sequencing, and so much more!
LITERACY ACTIVITIES
Parts of a Flower
It’s never too early to dive into plant or environmental science! This easy diagram is a great place to start – kids can practice labelling parts of a flower.
Scavenger Hunt
Mark the pictures as they’re found or add the cards to a sensory bin.
Spring Words
Discuss and learn spring themed vocabulary words.
Flower Sorting
Sort the flower parts based on the correct columns they fit into. Kids will also identify the basic parts of a flower.
Beginning Sounds
Phonemic awareness is important. Practice beginning sounds with these cute frogs.
MATH ACTIVITIES
Roll It Mats
Roll, write and count numbers. Use dice, cubes or anything you prefer.
Feed the Frog
Follow the instructions and feed the frog insects based on the cards.
Planting Flowers
This hands-on activity is a great way to combine spring, math and fine motor play.
One More One Less
Let kids learn basic addition and subtraction with this fun activity.
Craft Stick Mat
This all-in-one colourful activity combines tracing, matching and counting!
Number Garden
‘Plant’ the flowers with the required number in the flower garden.
Caterpillar Patterns
Teach pattern recognition by using little pom poms to follow the pattern on a cute caterpillar.
Bug 2D Shape Jar
Practice shape recognition and matching by catching the bugs that match the shape.
Garden I Spy
Can your little ones find all the items? I Spy is excellent for visual discrimination.
Counting Ladybugs
An easy fun spring activity that involves counting. Use any manipulatives you like.
FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES
Bee Tracing
Help the bee find it’s way home by tracing. A simple fine motor activity for all kids.
Playdough Mats
Create the picture using playdough and trace the word. The playdough mats are fun for toddlers!
Dot Stickers
All you need are stickers and this printable to create a lovely dotted butterfly.
Flower Arrangement
Let the little ones channel their inner botanists and see what beautiful spring art they can make.
Torn Paper Flower
Tearing paper has many benefits. Engage their fine motor skills with this easy activity. Perfect to use to ensure happy toddler playtime.
Tissue Paper Flower
Use tissue paper to complete this pretty artwork. Use pre-cut squares or tear strips into small pieces. The textures are wonderful to explore.
SEQUENCING ACTIVITIES
Learn how to do various spring-related activities. Discuss the order for each one and let the kids complete the activity.
You could also physically enact or re-create the sequences for a more hands-on or practical learning approach.
How to Fly a Kite Sequencing Activity
How to Grow a Plant Sequencing Activity
How to Have a Picnic Sequencing Activity
How to Dress for Rainy Weather Sequencing Activity
WORKSHEETS
Print these no prep worksheets ahead of time and keep them on hand:
- Use as part of your morning work during spring
- Use them as homework activities
- Pull them out as a math, literacy or fine motor center activity while learning about spring or seasons.
Beginning Sounds
Find and Count
Flower Tracing
Tulip Maze
Flowering 2D Shapes
Compare by Size
Counting Frogs
Caterpillar Patterns
Find the Path
Tip: Laminate the activities and use dry-erase markers to easily reuse them.
GET THE SPRING THEME ACTIVITIES PACK
More Spring Activities
- Spring Sensory Bins: Spring Theme Sensory Bins + Table Ideas & Rainbows and Butterflies Sensory Bin
- Fine motor: Spring Fine Motor Play Dough Flowers
- Craft: Butterfly Yarn Activity & Egg Carton Crafts Spring Bugs
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