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Ideas for Toddler and Preschool March Themes

February 24, 2021 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Looking for ideas for your preschool March themes? This resource is filled with activities and free printables to help you plan the entire month. Can be adapted for toddlers, too!

It’s time to plan your preschool March themes, but you are wondering which would work best with your children.

You don’t have time to waste searching through the thousands of pins on Pinterest.

Time is precious. I get that.

So I’ve put together this big collection of hands-on activities that are perfect for March and can be done in the home or classroom.

Don’t let the title “preschool” fool you. Many of these activities can easily be adapted for toddlers.

Get out your planners and fill them with some of these awesome ideas!

Note: I’ve created both toddler and preschool lesson plans that make planning so much easier. We’ve done the work for you! Scroll down towards bottom of post to see more.

Ideas for Toddler and Preschool March Themes

Ideas for Preschool March Themes

Themes Ideas

  • St. Patrick’s Day
  • Rainbows
  • Easter

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

Classroom Set Ups

You can view my previous classroom theme set up posts and videos here:

Rainbows

  • Classroom Set Up
  • Classroom Video Tour Year #1
  • Classroom Video Tour Year #3

St. Patrick’s Day

  • Classroom Set Up
  • Classroom Tour Year #1
  • Classroom Tour Year #2

Easter

  • Classroom Set Up
  • Classroom Video Tour Year #1
  • Classroom Video Tour Year #2

 

Circle  Time

  • Count the Coins Math Circle Time Activity
  • Spring Circle Time Activities (Play to Learn Preschool)
  • Shamrock Circle Time Props
  • Numbered Shamrock Props
  • Easter Bunny Props

 

Centers

Art

  • Shamrock Printable Template
  • Rainbow Fine Motor Craft
  • Rainbow Suncatchers
  • Rainbow Collage
  • Rainbow Mobile
  • Rainbow Process Art with Bubble Wrap
  • Rainbow Sorting Activity (that can Hang)
  • Rainbow Easel Page
  • Driving Cars through a Rainbow
  • Spin Art Rainbows
  • Watercolor Shamrocks
  • Cherry Blossom Art
  • 13 Spring Crafts for Preschoolers
  • Fun Toddler Easter Art with Plastic Eggs
  • Watercolor Easter Bags
  • Easy Toddler Easter Bags with Free Printable Labels
  •  Spin-Art Easter Eggs

Colors

  • Making the Color Green in a Baggie
  • Shamrock Color Matching Activity
  • Easter Bunny Color Matching Puzzle
  • Teaching Colors with Plastic Eggs

Shapes

  • Shamrock Shapes Printable Puzzle Cards

Sensory Bin

  • Color Sorting Rainbow Sensory Bin
  • Find the Gold Coins St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Activity
  • Spring Toddler Water Table
  • Weather Sensory Bin
  • Spring Sensory Bins for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Music & Movement

  • 25+ Music and Movement Activities
  • March Songs for Preschool (The Kiboomers)

Check out our St. Patrick’s Day and rainbows music playlist:

Preschool St. Patrick's Day Rainbows Playlist

Science

  • Hands-On Spring Science Activities
  • 15 Amazing Rainbow Science Activities

Dramatic Play

  • 25 Dramatic Play Ideas

Writing Table

  • Free Easter Bunny Color Page

Playdough

  • 15+ Playdough Learning Activities

Cooking

  • Rainbow Fruit Salad
  • Cooking with Kids Recipes

Light Table

Big Collection of Ideas for Preschool March Themes

Ultimate Collection of Light Table Activities

 Skills

Fine Motor

  • Rainbow Threading Activity
  • Egg Fine Motor Activity

Large Motor

  • Fun Indoor Rainy Day Activities

Literacy

  • Rainbow Name Recognition Bottles
  • 12 “Learning My Name” Activities
  • 15 Picture Book Activities that Preschoolers Love
  • Shamrock Alphabet Activity (Free Printable)

Math

  • 10 Spring Math Activities for Preschoolers
  • Printable Shamrock Counting Props and Activity
  • Count the Coins St. Patrick’s Day Toddler Activity
  • Numbered Shamrocks
  • Shamrock Counting Cards
  • Spring 1-10 Counting Mats

Favorite Collections

  • 9 Awesome Hands-On Preschool Rainbow Activities
  • 40+ Rainbow Activities for Toddlers
  • 30+ Rainbow Activities Kids Love
  • 15+ Super Fun Toddler Spring Activities
  • 10+ Easter Ideas Using Eggs
  • 15 Toddler Easter Egg Decorating Ideas
  • Fun Easter Ideas for the Classroom

Books

Books we will be reading in 2021:

My Rainbow Surprise

Hello, Rainbow

Pop-Up Peekaboo! Unicorn

The Itsy Bitsy Leprechaun

Lucky Little Leprechaun

Little Owl’s Colors

 

Montessori

March Themed Activities for Kids (Living Montessori Now)

More Theme Ideas for March 

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

Dinosaurs

Fairy Tales

Community Helpers

Transportation

Space

Farm

Weather

Spring

Bugs

Colors

Fire Safety

Favorite Authors

Gardening

Animals

Food

Recycling

Looking for more theme ideas? Click here!

Ideas for Toddler and Preschool March Themes

Spring Lesson Plans

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

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

For more information, click on the graphics below:

toddler lesson plans spring
preschool lesson plans spring
tpt spring dot stamping
Toddler and Preschool Spring Learning Activities Packet

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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.

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