A Year of Preschool Themes

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In another week, we will begin our fourth year of homeschooling.  During that time, my older two children have been homeschooled through Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), and we have been so very grateful for that resource.  However, I now have a four-year-old, and he has been asking to be homeschooled for over a year!  Since CCA does not have a pre-K program, I will be creating our own homeschool program for him this year and am looking for some easy preschool ideas and weekly themes. I never thought I would teach preschool, let alone homeschool preschool! It’s a little scary but so much fun at the same time.

One of the things I loved about the preschool my older children went to was the weekly and monthly themes that pulled all of their lessons, stories, and activities together.  Everything from a handprint turkey to a cotton ball bunny to build on the weekly themes.

This is something I wanted to replicate in our homeschool for my youngest, but to also incorporate the themes with my older children whenever possible.

While I am calling this a list of preschool themes, these ideas can work for any age group from homeschool preschool to any grade in traditional brick & mortar schools.  These themes may also be a good jumping-off point for Morning Meeting even in the upper elementary grades.

September

Holiday Tie Ins:  Honey Month; Labor Day; Teddy Bear Day 9/9; International Talk Like A Pirate Day 9/19; Autumn Equinox 9/22; National Comic Book Day 9/25

Back-to-School
Apples
Making Friends
Weather
Teddy Bears
Honey
Bees
Autumn
Farm
Pirate
Super Heroes
Leaves
Red
ABCs

October

Holiday Tie Ins:  National Hummingbird Day – 1st Saturday; Fire Prevention Week – week 2; National Fossil Day 10/17; Horseless Carriage Day 10/26; Halloween 10/31

Pumpkins
Jack O’Lanterns
Leaves
Ghosts
Scarecrows
Witches
Candy Corn
Fire Prevention
Community Helpers
Dinosaurs
Fire Truck
Dalmatian
Hummingbird
Cars
Orange & Black

November

Holiday Tie Ins:  Election Day; Veterans’ Day 11/11; Thanksgiving Day

Thankful
Harvest
Cornucopia
Sharing
Caring
Family
Turkey
Military
Vote
Airplanes
Family
Orange & Brown

December

Holiday Tie Ins:  Hanukkah; Advent; Gingerbread House Day 12/12; Winter Solstice; Christmas; Kwanzaa

Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread House
Poinsettia
Reindeer
Holly
Stocking
Toys
Candy Cane
Nativity
Horses
Candles
Wreath
Menorah

January

Holiday Tie Ins:  New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King Jr Day; National Day of Service

Winter
Snowman
Mittens
Snowflake
Hot Cocoa
Ice Skate
Penguins
Snow
White
Community Service
Helping

February

Holiday Tie Ins:  Ground Hog Day 2/2; Valentine’s Day; Presidents’ Day; Chinese New Year; Mardi Gras/Carnivale; Clifford the Big Red Dog birthday 2/15; Tell a Fairy Tale Day 2/26; International Polar Bear Day 2/27; 

Love
Hearts
Cupid
Red
Presidents’ Day
Cherry
Polar Bear
Fairy Tales
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Chinese Dragon
Mardi Gras
Olympics

March

Holiday Tie Ins:  Passover; Easter; Spring; Dr. Seuss’s Birthday 3/2; St Patrick’s Day 3/17

Lion/Lamb
Spring
Bugs
Rainbows
Pot of Gold
Clover
Daffodil
Yellow
Dr Seuss
Cat in the Hat
Thing 1 & Thing 2
Red Fish, Blue Fish
Green Eggs & Ham
Chicks

April

Holiday Tie Ins:  Easter; Passover; National Garden Week – week 2; National Soft Pretzel Month; National Zoo & Aquarium Month; US Elephant Day 4/13; Earth Day 4/22

Rain
Flowers
Garden
Spring
Kite
Zoo
Dolphin
Elephant
Pretzels
Recycle
Earth
Trees
Bunny
Cross

May

Holiday Tie Ins:  National Bike Month; Mother’s Day; Memorial Day; Jigsaw Puzzle Day 5/11; World Turtle Day 5/23

Butterflies
Tea Party
Hamburger
Bicycle
Nursery Rhymes
Strawberry
Daisies
Turtles
Flowers
Books
Puzzles
Lollipops

June

Holiday Tie Ins:  Summer Solstice; Flag Day; Father’s Day; National Fishing Week – week 1; Hot Air Balloon Day 6/5; Sunglasses Day 6/27

Summer
Beach
Beach Ball
Fishing
Birds
American Flag
Cat
Hot Air Balloon
Honeysuckle
Rose
Popsicles

July

Holiday Tie Ins:  Independence Day; Great Circus Parade Week – week 1; Greatest Show on Earth birthday 7/8; Cow Appreciation Day 7/15 or 7/18; Vanilla Ice Cream Day 7/23; Ice Cream Sundae Day – 3rd Sunday; National Picnic Month; National Hot Dog Month.

Here is a collection of July crafts that you can tie into various themes.

Fireworks
Parades
America
Red, White, & Blue
Ice Cream
Frogs
Blueberry
Hot Dogs
Picnic
Ice Cream Sundae
Circus
Cow

August

Holiday Tie Ins:  National Watermelon Month; National Peach Month; National S’mores Day 8/10; Eyeglasses Day 8/13; Shooting Star Day 8/24; National Dog Day 8/26

Sun
Fish
Camping
Swimming
Glasses
Watermelon
Smile
S’Mores
Dog
Peach
Star

Which themes are you most looking forward to sharing with your students this year?