• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

  • Home
  • Start Here
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Printables Terms of Use
  • Subscribe!
  • Printables
    • Free Printables
    • Classroom Organization Printables
    • Circle Time Printable Packets
    • Fall Printable Packets
    • Themed Printable Packets
    • Fine Motor Printable Packets
    • Dramatic Play Printable Packs
    • Literacy and Story Time Printable Packets
    • Color Recognition Printable Packets
    • Winter Printable Packs
    • Spring Printable Packets
  • Preschool
  • Toddlers
  • Lesson Plans
    • Preschool Lesson Plans
    • Toddler Lesson Plans
You are here: Home / summer activities / 15 Favorite Preschool Water Activities

This post might contain affiliate links. Click here for more information. Thanks for visiting!

15 Favorite Preschool Water Activities

June 13, 2022 by Sheryl Cooper

Share
Pin
Tweet
Email

Inside: Preschool water activities are a favorite all year long. Thank goodness there are so many different ways of playing with it. We’ve collected 15 favorites that encourage hands-on learning!

Preschoolers love water.

Give them a tub of water and a cup and they will fill and pour water over and over again.

So why not add on to this with some fun hands-on learning? I’ve put together a variety preschool water activities. Activities that allow them to:

  • Feel
  • Squeeze
  • Pour
  • Poke
  • Explore

These activities can be done year round, in the classroom or at home. With one child or many children. (Perfect for play dates!)

And they are easy. We like that!

preschool water activities

15 Favorite Preschool Water Activities

CLICK HERE for more water ideas!

Color Sorting: This activity not only builds color recognition skills, but fine motor, too!

Water Squeezing: Have you ever used turkey basters in your water table? This is a favorite with our preschoolers! (Our toddlers love it, too.)

Transferring Water: Once young children can master turkey basters, they are ready for pipettes. This fine motor activity is also nice for calming down energetic children.

Washing with Water: Add small sponges to soapy water, along with some favorite toys to wash. In this particular activity, we used our collection of rubber ducks.

15 Favorite Water Activities for Preschoolers

Kitchen Water Xylophone: Fill jars with various amounts of water and notice how different they sound. (Sugar, Spice and Glitter)

Leak-Proof Bag: Stick pencils through a plastic bag filled with water and it won’t leak! (Paging Fun Mums)

Keeping Paper Dry Science Activity: This water science idea will be like magic to preschoolers! (Simple Play Activities)

15 Favorite Water Activities for Preschoolers

Pool Noodle Boat Fun: What a fun idea to use cut pieces of pool noodles as boats for the water table! (FSPDT)

Floating Chalk Prints: Wonder what happens when you shave colored chalk and add it to a pan of water? And then place a piece of paper on top? Try this activity and find out! (Picklebums)

Water Wall: You can make a homemade water wall for the backyard that your children will love! (Little Bins for Little Hands)

15 Favorite Water Activities for Preschoolers

Bottle Caps and Water: Fill caps with water using pipettes. Another fun way to work on those fine motor skills! (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

Sink or Float: Collect items from nature and see which ones sink and float. (Laughing Kids Learn)

Experiment with the Changing Shape of Water: Find out what happens when water is poured into different shaped containers. (Stir the Wonder)

How Many Drops of Water Fit on One Penny: This activity will add some fun STEM into your day! (Our Whimsical Days)

15 Favorite Water Activities for Preschoolers

What are your preschooler’s favorite water activities?

preschool water activities

 More fun ideas for preschoolers:

Outdoor Art Activities

Nature Activities

Fun Summer Activities


Summer Activity Plans

I’ve teamed up with other early childhood teachers and homeschoolers to put together these hands-on summer activities for toddlers and preschoolers!

Easy to follow plans that include activity modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all learners.

For more information, click on the graphics below:

toddler summer lesson plans
preschool summer lesson plans

FREE CIRCLE TIME PLANNER!

Get your FREE circle time planner as a gift when you subscribe to my free weekly newsletters.

Here is my Privacy Policy

Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.

We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit
Share
Pin
Tweet
Email

Filed Under: Fine Motor, Home Activities, Outdoors, preschool, Preschool Fine Motor, Sensory Bins, summer activities Tagged With: fine motor, home activities, preschool, sensory, summer

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

Previous Post: « Colorful Fish Art for Toddlers
Next Post: How to Put Together Amazing Bubble Activities »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. blorriepoes

    July 17, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    my older sister is a teacher for these lower classes too. she enjoys it as much as you do.
    +1 and following

    • Sheryl Cooper

      April 28, 2016 at 10:00 am

      She’s lucky to be teaching such a fun age group! Thanks for stopping by!

Primary Sidebar

You can also find us here!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Looking for something specific?

Categories

Welcome! I'm Sheryl Cooper, teacher of 2 and 3 year olds for over 22 years. Read more about me here!

More Printables!

preschool printables

Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds is a participant in Amazon Associates.

preschool printables

preschool printables

Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds · Privacy Policy