Preschool Habitat Theme Activity Plans

Camels in the desert, whales in the sea, cows at the farm and birds in a tree. Sometimes it can be hard for us to travel to the zoo or the aquarium and learn about habitats in preschool settings. These fun habitat activities for preschool are the perfect way to explore where all of our animal friends live with your young learners.

Explore habitat science, math, literacy, sensory, social-emotional activities and more! Great for preschool at home or in the classroom, these versatile animal habitat activities for preschool will fit the needs of all your kids without a bunch of extra planning time.

24 Interactive Habitat Theme activity plans for young children

Get ready for fun and learning with all our animal habitat lesson plans for preschool. These preschool animal habitat activities are packed with literature-based plans that are easy to prepare and fun to do.

Just like all of our themed activity plans, the animal habitat preschool themed activities for preschool included in this activity plan are created around a set of high quality, classic habitat themed books that your preschoolers will love. We have included the list of books about habitats for preschool 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 habitat theme for preschoolers?

• Explore a variety of themed hands-on animal habitat learning activities!
• Build vocabulary and early literacy skills with habitat inspired songs and circle time games!
• Get learners ready for school with animal habitat preschool printable activities!
• Develop math skills through fun animal habitat counting activities.
• Our science experiments and fun animal habitat crafts for preschool bring out the creativity in your kiddos!
• Use animal habitat objects in your math, art and sensory activities to learn more about nature and where animals live.

These easy-to-follow habitat activity plans include modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all of your preschoolers. What a meaningful learning experience!

Every theme is comes with recommended reading lists, songs, material lists and more.

Take a Look at What is Included:

Mini Habitat Themes included within the Activity Plans :

Animals, Habitats

Recommended Reading:

• ‘Desert Nights, Desert Day’ by Anthony Fredericks
•’Welcome Home, Bear: A Book of Animal Habitats’ by II Sung Na
•’My Very First Book of Animal Homes’ by Eric Carle
•’In Arctic Waters’ by Laura Crawford
•’I See a Kookaburra!’ by Steve Jenkins

Materials List for Habitat Preschool Activity Plans:

Habitat Themed Activities at a glance:

What is included in the Preschool Activity Plans?

Who Developed the Habitat Activity Plans for Preschoolers?

Developed by a team of talented teachers and parents, these animal habitat 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 Habitat Preschool Activity Plans.