Lesson Package | Summer Theme Activities + Worksheets

Sunny days are ahead with this Summer Theme Activities and Worksheets Pack for preschool and kindergarten! Your students will enjoy these engaging, hands-on activities all featuring a fun summer theme. Explore rhyming words, uppercase and lowercase letters, counting to 10, sun safety, and much more! Both color and black and white formats are included to suit your individual printing needs.

Description

Explore all things summer fun with this engaging printable pack of literacy and math activities for preschool and kindergarten.

What’s Included in This Summer Theme Activities & Worksheets Pack?

1. Literacy
Rhyming Words Sunglasses: Match the rhyming pictures to complete the sunglass puzzles.
Sight Word Lemonade Stand: Match the lemonade to the stand according to each sight word. Optional word tracing worksheet included.
Beginning Sound Match: Match the sandcastle to the bucket according to the picture’s beginning sound.
Sunny Letters Alphabet Hunt: Find and cover the matching letters according to the target letter on each activity mat.
Lifeguard Alphabet Matching: Match the lowercase towel to the uppercase umbrella.
Sandcastle Name Craft: Write the student’s name on the castle and they match the alphabet shells to each letter.
Clip the Letter: Clip the matching letters on each task card.

2. Fine Motor Skills
Summer Playdough Mats: Follow the outlines on these fun playdough mats to build a variety of summer themed objects.
Cutting Activity: Cut along the various lines to reach the summer themed character.
Sun Craft: Color the sun and add your students photo to create a summer display.

3. Counting
Seashell Counting Mats: Place the correct number of shells on the activity mat using either real shells or the shell tokens provided.
Palm Tree Ten Frames: Students trace the numerals and number word then place the correct number of pom poms on the ten frame.
Lemonade Ice Cube Counting: Add the correct number of ice cubes to each mat according to the number shown.
Watermelon Counting: Count the seeds then add the same number of pony beads to a pipecleaner attached to each card.
Splash the Number & Lazy River Number Matching: Splash each child with the water splash ten frame according to the number they’re wearing.
Counting Sunrays (1): Count the rays on the sun then clip the correct number.
Counting Sunray (2): Count the rays on the sun then add the correct magnetic number.
Sun Clip Cards: Add the correct number of clothspin “rays” to each sun.

Colors, Shapes & Patterns

- Color Matching Buckets
- Match the shovels to the same colored buckets.
- Watermelon Shape Matching
- Match the watermelon shapes to the 2D shape cards. Cards can be joined with math links.
- Sun Patterns
- Use mini craft sticks to copy each pattern

5 Senses

- Clip Cards
- Identify and clip which sense is used for the action on each task card.
- Worksheet
- Accompanying worksheet for 5 senses clip cards

Sun Safety

Including mini book, cut and paste sorting activity, and more.

These Summer Theme Activities are Perfect for the Following Learning Settings:

- As part of your morning work during the summer months
- As literacy or math center activities while learning about seasons
- With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. matching uppercase and lowercase letters

How to Prepare These Summer Theme Activities?

- Simply print and laminate each component, if desired.
- Both color and black and white formats are included, where possible, to suit your individual printing needs.

Suggested Materials:

1. Coloring materials
2. Scissors
3. Glue
4. Bingo chips
5. Clothespins
6. Playdough
7. Magnetic numbers
8. Dry erase markers
9. Pom poms
10. Pipecleaners
11. Pony beads
12. Colored mini craft sticks

Optional:
1. Math links
2. Ice cube manipulatives
3. Seashells