Preschool Around the World Theme Activity Plans
Let’s take a trip! Exploring different areas of the world doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg for plane tickets or hotel rooms. Young kids can discover different cultures, foods, holidays, and climates with our Around the World preschool theme activities.
The Around the World activity ideas include developmental areas of art, music, science, literacy, and math. Prepare for an exciting and diverse experience as your children navigate Around the World children’s activities.
Recommended Age
For Preschool Activity Plans:
24 Interactive Around the World Theme activity plans for young children
Get ready for fun and learning with all our preschool activity plans. These Around the World activities for preschoolers are packed with literature-based plans that are easy to prepare and fun to do.
Just like all of our themed activity plans, the Around the World art and activities included in this activity plan are created around a set of high quality, classic traveling themed books that your preschoolers will love. We have included the list of books below so that you can grab them from your public library or purchase them for your personal library so that you can use these activities year after year.
What are the benefits of the around the world preschool activity plans?
- Explore a variety of themed hands-on Around the World learning activities!
- Build vocabulary and early literacy skills with multicultural songs and circle time games!
- Get learners ready for school with worldly printable activities!
- Develop math skills through fun Around the World counting activities.
- Our traveling science experiments and fun Around the World crafts for kids bring out the creativity in your preschoolers!
- Use ideas from countries around the world in your math, art and sensory activities to learn more about different cultures and geography.
These easy-to-follow Around the World activity plans include modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all of your preschoolers.
Every theme is comes with recommended reading lists, songs, material lists and more.
Digital Download
Each of the Preschool Activity Plans themes is a digital download that you will receive access to immediately after purchase.
No need to wait for a book to come in the mail to implement these fun preschool activities!
Every theme contains 2 files within a .zip file. Once you open the .zip file you will see one PDF with all the printable activities and one PDF with the themed activity plans.
Take a Look at What is Included:
This theme includes activities for:
Mini Themes included within the Around the World Activity Plans :
World, Cultures
Recommended Reading:
• ‘How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World’ by Marjorie Priceman
•’Everybody Cooks Rice’ by Norah Dooley
•’Tikki Tikki Tembo’ by Arlene Mosel
•’Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears’ by Verna Aardema
•’What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World’ by Maya Ajmera
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Materials List for Fall Preschool Activity Plans:
- Glue
- Scissors
- Cardstock or heavy paper
- Pencil
- Rice
- Resealable plastic bags
- Measuring cups
- Vinegar
- Measuring spoons
- Food coloring
- Paper plate
- Paint brush
- Small cups
- Playdough
- Plastic animals (optional)
- Salt
- Toy airplane
- Chopsticks
- Cotton balls
- Small dish
- Ice cube tray
- Wax paper
- Whole coffee beans
- Blue pipe cleaners
- Small ball
- Empty plastic water bottle
- Dyed rice (different colors)
- Ruler
- Different play cultural foods
- Play cash register
- Construction paper (black or grey, green, brown)
- Beads
- Tape
- Yarn
- Contact paper
- Pom poms
- Large plastic tweezers
- Dry erase markers
- Black beans (dry)
- Laminating material (optional)
- World map
- Apple shaped sticky papers
- Ground cinnamon
- Sugar
- Rolling pin
- Mini pie pans (or recycled lids)
- Small rainforest animals
- Small plastic trees
- Sidewalk chalk or painters tape
- Pocket chart
- Sentence strips
- Clothes from around the world
• Water table/sensory table (water container)
• Buckets
• Scoops or small containers
• Drinking straw
• Glitter glue
• Sequins
• Feathers
• Washable paints (different colors)
• Markers
• Various spices
Around the World Themed Activities at a glance:
What is included in the Around the World Preschool Activity Plans?
Math Around the World Activities for Preschool:
- Beaded Necklaces
- Counting Apples
- Apple Counting Cards
Around the World Literacy Activities for Preschool:
- Letters in Names
- R is for Rice Craft
- Ladder Letters
Around the World Science Activities for Preschoolers:
- Rice Cooking Experiment
- Well Water Play
Around the World Social Studies Activities for Preschoolers:
- Playdough Continents
- Fly the World
- Color the World Map
Around the World Sensory Activities for Preschoolers:
- Serving Rice Sensory Bin
- Rainforest Sensory Bin
Around the World Art Activities for Preschoolers:
- Festive Masks
- Hand print Chinese Dragon Craft
- Spice Painting
Around the World Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers:
- Apple Pie Playdough
- Chopstick Transfer
Around the World Gross Motor Activities for Preschoolers:
- Pretend Ladder Climbing
Music Around the World Activities for Preschoolers:
- Musical Rice Shakers Activity
Around the World Circle Time Activities for Preschoolers:
- Apple Pie Sequencing Pocket Chart Activity
- Birth Order Graph
How Can I Expand the Around the World Plans Even Further?
Who Developed the Around the World Activity Plans for Preschoolers?
Developed by a team of talented teachers and parents, these Around the World preschool activities range from whole group circle time ideas to active learning games. All activity plans have been carefully crafted and kid tested!
Whether you are a new teacher developing an entire preschool curriculum, a veteran teacher searching for new inspiration, or a parent homeschooling your preschooler, you’ll find everything you need in these Around the World Preschool Activity Plans.
Digital Download
Each of the Preschool Activity Plans themes is a digital download that you will receive access to immediately after purchase.
No need to wait for a book to come in the mail to implement these fun preschool activities!
Every theme contains 2 files within a .zip file. Once you open the .zip file you will see one PDF with all the printable activities and one PDF with the themed activity plans.
