Ideas for Toddler and Preschool April Themes

Inside: Planning your toddler and preschool April themes? This collection includes a variety of hands-on ideas that you can add to your monthly planner!

If you are planning your toddler and preschool April themes, I’ve made it easier for you by putting my favorite resources in one spot!

Teachers can use these in the classroom and parents can add them to their children’s home activities.

We’ve added activities for your centers, for circle time, activities that build specific skills, music … and much more.

Happy planning!

Ideas for Toddler and Preschool April Themes

Check out my class themes for April on my 2023-2024 planning page.

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Themes Ideas

• Easter (If Easter is in March this year, please see our March plans as well.)
• Spring
• Bugs and Butterflies
• Gardening

Scroll down to find out what others are doing during the month of April! I’ve provided links to even more ideas!

Printable Activities

Centers

Art

• Colorful Paper Plate Flowers
• Garden Suncatchers
• Marble-Painted Butterflies
• Colorful Butterflies (Free Printable Template)
• Big Butterflies
• Egg Carton Caterpillars
• Cherry Blossom Art
• Easy and Fun Spring Crafts

Colors

• Flower Color Sorting Activity
• Spring Flower Color Pattern Blocks Activity (Free Printable)
• 20+ Color Activities

Light Table

• Spring Flower Light Table

Shapes

• Flower Shapes Activity (Free Printable)
• 25+ Shape Activities

Sensory Bin

• Alphabet Flower Sensory Bin
• Too Many Carrots Garden Sensory Bin
• Spring Sensory Bins 
• Spring Water Table with Rubber Ducks
• Frog Pond Sensory Play
• Frog Water Table

Music & Movement

• 25+ Music and Movement Activities
• Easter Playlist on Spotify
• Bugs and Butterflies Playlist on Spotify
• Spring Playlist on Spotify

Science

Books

Here are the books we will be reading in 2021:

• Caterpillar Spring: Butterfly Summer
• Ten Wriggly, Wiggly Butterflies
• Let’s Count Butterflies
• In My Flower
• The Little Gardener
• What Happens Next?
• My Garden
• Lola Plants a Garden

Here are is a collection of gardening books:

• 12 of the Best Gardening Books

Montessori

• April Themed Activities for Kids (Living Montessori Now)

Here are what other teachers from our  Facebook Group are doing in April:

Easter

Frogs

Weather

Bugs

Earth Day

Worms

Birds

Pets

Farm

Around the World

Life Cycles

Looking for more theme ideas? Click here!

Spring Activity Plans

I’m so excited to be one of the authors of these hands-on activities for toddlers and for preschoolers!

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

For more information, click on the graphics below: