Pet Preschool Theme
Learn all about dogs, cats, and other pets with your preschooler using this Pets Preschool Theme! Your kids will love
these engaging activities, printables, and crafts.
Little kids love cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, and basically any and all animals! Perhaps it’s because pets are always willing to play. And they comfort you when you’re sad. Animals make wonderful friends! Either way, children have a natural interest and curiosity which makes pets a great topic to include as a weekly theme. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love all these clever resources to make your own pets preschool theme.
Use these fun, free, and delightful ideas for making your pets lesson plan for preschool or toddlers and pre k.
Pets Preschool Theme
Use one of these two options for using books in your pets theme:
- Read a different book each day of the week, Monday through Friday.
- Or read your favorite book each of the week. Don’t worry about boring your kids as they love repetition so don’t worry about boring them!
Pick one or all of these 5 excellent books to read with your preschoolers:
Pet Crafts for Preschoolers:
- Turn a paper plate into a dog
- Create paper puppy puppets
- Make egg carton goldfish
- Sleep on a DIY pet pillow
- Put together a paper plate cat
- Try your hand at 3D cat cards
- Create easy paper cat origami cups
- Or check out these easy origami dogs/puppies
- Make paper dog hand puppets
- Put together this black cat craft
- Wear these easy 3D dog masks made from paper plates
- Create TP roll cat gift boxes
Preschool Pet Math Activities:
- Try a Harry the Dog counting activity
- Play a count the chickens game
- Sort rainbow chameleons by color
- Print these kitten counting activity worksheets
- Play a free doggy addition game
- And your kids will love these pet pattern block mats
Preschool Pet Literacy Activities:
- Play an alphabet go fish game
- Complete these connect the dot A to Z worksheets
- Read a What Is My Pet Easy Reader Book
- Check out this fun Pet Shop Sight Words Reader
- Play a Feed the Dog sight word game
- Try some Not Normal: A Goldfish Story literacy activities
Pet Activities for preschoolers:
- Make “Love My Dog” peanut butter dog treats
- Put together and solve 3D felt puzzle animals
- Finger knit a simple mouse cat toy
- Pretend to play a visit to the vet
- Enjoy an icy fish pets activity
- Draw a cat with an algorithm using looping
- Make a thaumatrope for Harry the Dog
Pet Printables for preschoolers:
- Pet Worksheets for Kids
- Fish Preschool Worksheets
- Printable Pet Activities for Preschool
- Cat and Dog Connect the Dots Printable
- Cute Puppy Coloring Page
- Free Printables for What Pet Should I Get
- Dog & Cat Valentine’s Jar Printable
- Printable Paper Guinea Pigs
