Summertime Songs and Activities for Preschoolers |
ACTIVITIES
Outside Spray Painting
Fill old spray bottles with coloured water (food colouring or tempera paint). Have the children spray the coloured water on paper or sidewalk.
Watermelon Plants
Plant one or two watermelon seeds in a foam cup. Water daily or when needed. Soon the seeds will grow into little watermelon plants.
Worm Tracks
Have the children dip a piece of string or yarn into water or paint and drag it across paper or sidewalk. The children can make their strings wiggle like a real worm.
Sun Prints
Place items such as a pencil, block, eraser, coins, or rocks on a dark piece of construction paper and place it in direct sunlight. Remove the items at the end of the day.
Making Rain
Boil some water in a pot or a kettle until steam forms above it. Fill a pie plate with ice cubes and hold it above the steam. When the steam comes in contact with the cool air from the pie plate, drops of water form and fall back into the pot like rain.
Fun Straws
Cut out a simple shape (leaf, heart, etc.) from construction paper. Cut two slits in the middle of each shape, about one inch apart and slide the straws through the slits.
Ice Skating in the Summertime!
Outline a carpeted area with masking tape. Give each child two large pieces of waxed paper. Fasten the waxed paper to their ankles with rubber bands. Play music and let the children skate. (This is a fun indoor activity when it is storming.)
SONGS
It is Summer (Frere Jacquet)
It is summer, it is summer,
Lots of fun, lots of fun,
Sunshine all around me,
Sunshine all around me,
Lets have fun, lets have fun.
Special Me (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Special, special, special me,
How I wonder what I'll be,
In this big world I can be,
Anything I want to be.
Special, special, special me,
How I wonder what I'll be.
Love (Row, Row, Row, Your Boat)
Love, love is all around,
It will grow with you,
Show it, tell it, feel it, share it,
Make it part of you.
I'm a Windshield Wiper (I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a windshield wiper,
Watch me wipe.
First on the left side,
Then on the right.
I just love to wipe,
And wipe, wipe, wipe,
I can wipe all day and night.
