Sports Preschool Theme with Activities for Preschoolers
Help kids learn a variety of math and literacy with this fun preschool sports theme! These sports activities for preschoolers include basketball, soccer, football, swiming, olympics, and more. From sports math to sports themed literacy, sports worksheets to sports games, and of course sports crafts for kids and sports activities too.
Sports activities for preschoolers
Little kids love learning about sports! Perhaps it’s because they watch sports on the television and the games are exciting for children to watch. And it’s fun to play sports. Either way, children have a natural interest and curiosity which makes sports 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 sports preschool theme. Use these fun, free, and delightful ideas for making your sports lesson plan for preschool or toddlers and, preschoolers, and kindergarteners.
Sports theme preschool
As you plan your Sports day theme for preschool, pick one or all of these 5 excellent books to read with your preschoolers:
Sports Books for Preschoolers
Use one of these two options for using books in your sports 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!
Sports lesson plan for preschool
Try one of these sports crafts for preschoolers to add to your fun sports theme week. From football crafts to soccer crafts and more – your students are sure to like these fun sports craft ideas!
- Make a fingerprint football
- Create a cardboard box football or soccer themed foosball table
- Try your hand at a woven football craft
- Make a soccer cootie catcher
- Put together this Poppy Cat soccer/football craft
Preschool sports activities
- Learn about even and odd numbers with a snowball activity
- Challenge your kids with some baseball printable division games
- Write numbers with these pool writing numbers cards
- Practice counting using a soccer-themed fingerprint counting printable
Sports theme for preschool
- Practice sight words with a fun basketball activity
- Play a basketball alphabet game
- Check out this fun tennis racket & ball alphabet match
- Enjoy some snowball word blends
- Try some baseball CVC rhyming words
- Match lower and uppercase letters with a swimming goggles activity
Preschool sports theme
- Play some Basketball Learning Games
- Enjoy a soccer unit study
- Make Olympic Pretzels
- Check out these 10 fun gross motor balloon tennis games
- Make a football sensory bin
- Learn why balls bounce
Preschool sports themed printables
- Ancient Greek Printable Book (includes Olympics)
- Surfboard Opposites Puzzles
- Argentina for Kids (includes a look at soccer/football)
- Common Noun vs Proper Noun Basketball (free printable)
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