March comes in with so many changes that are fun to explore with preschoolers. The weather moves from cold to warm. The seasons change, bringing with them an explosion of color, growth, and new life. This month’s Ways to Play Every Day Calendar explores Dr. Seuss inspired fish fun, rainbows, signs of spring, and birds.

Ways to Play Every Day: March Activity Calendar for Preschoolers

The activity prompts on the Ways to Play Every Day March Activity Calendar for Preschoolers are useful for daily learning, creativity, and exploration. This FREE March activity printable can be used by parents in their home or by preschool teachers in the classroom in many different ways.  Follow the calendar daily for pre-planned activities based on the book list or choose activities to complete at random or as a source of inspiration. Below you’ll find a description of each calendar activity in the calendar, as well as links to corresponding activities, printables, and book lists that you can use to supplement each one.

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Week One – Fishy Fun for Preschoolers

• Practice sorting and counting with fish crackers and this printable fish activity.
• Keep fidgety fingers busy with a fish tank sensory bin.
• Practice counting with googly craft eyes.
• Visit your local aquarium and see where fish live.
• Have water fun by scooping plastic fish out of a water bin.
• Make fish sensory bags like these.
• Explore sink/float concepts with plastic fish and other items in water.

Books About Fish for Preschoolers – Ways to Play Every Day in March

Books for this week’s activities:

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Fidgety Fish

Fish Eyes

Three Little Fish and the Big, Bad Shark

Swim! Swim!

Swimmy

Hooray for Fish!

Week Two – Rainbow Play for Preschoolers

• Go on a color scavenger hunt and find items of every color – try color mixing with primary and secondary colors.
• Make your own rainbow with sunlight and prisms.
• Create a rainbow elephant suncatcher.
• Melt old crayons together to make rainbow crayons.
• Assemble a colors and emotions paper collage.
• Practice color matching with flowers using this printable.
• Build a leprechaun trap decorated with rainbows and gold coins.

Books About Rainbows for Preschoolers – Ways to Play Every Day in March

Books for this week’s activities:

My Color is Rainbow

A Rainbow of My Own

Elmer and the Rainbow

How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow

The Rainbow Book

Planting a Rainbow

Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase

Week Three – Spring Things in Preschool

• Talk a walk and spot the signs of spring with this printable.
• Pretend to plant flowers with a garden sensory bin or try a Spring STEM flower project with simple supplies.
• Sort pictures of Winter and Spring like this.
• Explore gravity with this cloud painting technique.
• Create a fun spring “to-do” list.
• Plant a bean in a bag and watch it grow.
• Make a list of the things you like about Spring.

Books About Spring for Preschoolers – Ways to Play Every Day in March

Books for this week’s activities:

And Then It’s Spring

Flowers and Showers

When Spring Comes

Raindrop Plop

Spring

The Tiny Seed

The Thing About Spring

Week Four – Birds and Feathered Fun in Preschool

• Paint, Make Marks, or Write with feathers instead of paintbrushes.
• Have some sensory fun in a birdseed kitchen sensory bin.
• Build yourself the perfect reading nest using pillows and blankets.
• Make bird’s nests out of sticks, string, and playdough.
• Measure craft feathers and arrange them by length.
• Practice writing letters and numbers with fingers in a tray of bird seed.
• Go on a nature walk and look for robins.

Books About Birds for Preschoolers – Ways to Play Every

Books for this week’s activities:

Birds

Hooray for Birds

The Perfect Nest

Mama Built a Little Nest

Little Green

Balance the Birds

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Your Preschoolers will also LOVE the Insects and Ladybugs Unit available right here on the blog. This unit is filled with playful learning activities designed to help preschoolers learn through playful explorations in Math, Literacy, Science, Arts/Crafts, Music, Dramatic Play, and more!