Looking for some simple and fun activities to keep toddlers and preschoolers entertained during the month of May? This post has you covered! Read on for 10 fun activities to enjoy with 2, 3, and 4-year-olds this spring!
These May Toddler Activities are easy enough for parents to do at home or can be used by a teacher in a classroom or daycare setting.
Spring Counting Mats
Toddlers love to practice counting and exploring quantities. These umbrella counting mats can be used with any spring manipulatives!
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A few ideas are cubes, mini erasers, candy, and cereal! The tens frame provides a great visualization for toddlers too!
Color Matching for Toddlers
Did you know that children can begin learning and recognizing colors around 18 months?This is a fun and easy matching activity for practicing recognizing colors and using color word vocabulary.
Just print out the cards and let your little one match the colored watering can to the colored flower. You can also add velcro dots to the cards and make it an easy activity to pull out and complete!
Frog Size Sorting
Toddlers, and preschoolers also can sort by size. These simple frog cards are perfect for sorting by size. Headers cards are labeled: small, medium, and large.
Toddlers will use the headers to sort the frog picture cards by size. This activity can be completed using a pocket chart or just using the cards on a flat surface like a table or the floor. You can learn more about sorting in this post, Sorting Activities for Preschool.
Flower Craft Toddler Activity for May
What’s cuter than a fun spring craft? This simple flower craft is perfect for toddlers.
Spring Play Dough Mats
I could go on and on about the benefits of play dough! It’s such a fun sensory experience for toddlers and it really strengthens those fine motor skills!
These spring play dough mats are helpful for toddlers learning shapes and how to build with play dough. Encourage students to roll out “snakes” and create each shape.
Play dough mats are great for little ones too! These play dough mats focus on shapes! You can use store-bought play dough or even make your own!
Line Tracing
Did you know that line tracing is a pre-writing skill? This simple worksheet will let little ones practice tracing lines by matching seasonal pictures.
Q Tip Painting
Did you know Q-Tip painting is great fine motor practice for little ones? Print the Q-Tip painting page and help toddlers dip a Q-tip into the paint and make a dot inside each circle.
Flower Coloring Page
This flower coloring page can be used so many different ways. Little ones can cover it with different colored paper or tissue paper squares. It can also be simply colored with crayosn, colored pencils or markers or even painted!
Coloring pages can be used for so much more than coloring! Check out more ideas in this post: Toddler Coloring Page Activities.
Plant Drawing
It’s a wonderful time of year to get outside! Toddlers will love getting outdoors and finding a plant to draw.
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I hope this post helped you plan some fun May toddler activities to enjoy with 2, 3 and 4-year-olds!