As the weather warms up during the spring months, it’s always fun to include themed learning activities in preschool lesson plans. Even better is when those themed activities get students outside for some fresh air! In this post, I’m going to share a fun bubbles theme for preschool that would be a great addition to your spring lesson plans.
7 Fun Activities for a Bubbles Theme
Themed learning gives students the chance to build on their background knowledge and learn new vocabulary in a fun way. A cohesive theme adds much-needed repetition with these new concepts by using a variety of activities that keeps the learning fresh! Here’s an example of how you could do this with a bubbles theme:
1. Learn About Bubbles
Your preschoolers have no doubt experienced the fun of playing with bubbles, but do they know how they work? You can give students the chance to learn more about bubbles at the beginning of your unit.
You could start by using an anchor chart to document what the students already know about bubbles. Then, as you read a nonfiction book together as a class, students can document their new learning on the same anchor chart. This can be displayed so students can use it as a reference throughout the rest of the week of bubble fun!
2. Bubble Read Alouds
Once students have been able to learn more about bubbles, they’ll be able to apply that background knowledge to even more bubble read alouds! One of my favorite stories to read with preschoolers is You Can’t Kiss a Bubble by Karen A. Wyle. This book is full of things that you can’t (and can) do with bubbles.
This read aloud can help you practice reading comprehension skills in many different ways. For example, students can make connections with the text by drawing what they like to do with bubbles.
3. Bubble Sort
This bubble sorting activity is also a great companion activity for the book You Can’t Kiss a Bubble. It includes the different activities from the story, and students can sort the pictures based on whether you can or can’t do that with a bubble.
This review of the activities from the story is also great practice with story retelling. This activity helps students recall details from the story. In this case, they will remember whether that activity is something you an or can’t do with the bubble. This sorting activity also encourages students to draw on their background knowledge if they don’t remember that particular activity from the story.
4. Bubble Experiments
After reading and talking about bubbles with your preschoolers, they’ll be even more excited to see bubbles in action! You can incorporate some bubble experiments and investigations into your lesson plans to help students better understand the science of bubbles.
Students will enjoy discovering which liquid makes the best bubbles. Relying on what they’ve learned about bubbles, they can touch three different liquids and predict which one will make the best bubbles.
Your preschoolers can also experiment with different wand shapes to see if it makes a difference in the bubble shape. They’re often surprised by the result! After they’ve had a chance to experiment with the different wand shapes, they can make their own wands with pipe cleaners.
5. Dramatic Play
You can also add some bubble fun to dramatic play in your classroom. The Bubble Clean Laundry center is always fun for preschoolers!
They can practice sequencing as they take care of the laundry. They can even use the to-do list and other visuals to help them act out each step of the laundry process. This dramatic play activity is a fun way to introduce students to this life skill.
6. Bubble Math Centers
The bubble theme can also inspire other learning centers in a preschool classroom. Students can review a variety of number sense skills during math centers with the help of bubbles!
For example, bubbles are perfect for a count and dab activity. Students will choose a ten-frame card, count the objects, and then find that number in a bubble on their recording sheet. Once they find the number, they can fill in the bubble with a bingo dauber.
Students can also practice one-to-one correspondence with bubble word problems! After listening to a story about two children blowing bubbles, they can draw the correct number of bubbles on the page, then count and record the total.
7. Class Book of Bubbles
What can you make with a bubble? Give your preschoolers a chance to use their imaginations and create a picture using a bubble. Each student can be given a bubble and a paper with a writing prompt of “My bubble is…”.
They will attach their bubble to the paper and then create a picture around the bubble. It’s always so fun to see what the preschoolers come up with! After everyone has had a chance to create a page, you can assemble them into a class book that students can look through. They’re always so excited to see their pages published in the class book! This can spark a love for writing that will serve them well for years to come.
Printable Bubble Activities for Preschool
Would you like to put together a bubble unit for your preschoolers? I’d love to save you some time! All of the activities pictured in this post (and many more!) are included in a set of bubble activities for preschool.
The materials in these units are standards-based, hands-on, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for students in a preschool or homeschool setting. You’ll also get detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans that will help you make the most of the resources and save prep time!
If you’d like to take a closer look at everything included in this preschool bubble unit, you can find it in my TPT store.
Save These Preschool Bubble Theme Activities
Be sure to save this post if you’d like to come back to it later! Just add the pin below to your favorite preschool board on Pinterest. You’ll be able to quickly find these activity ideas when you’re planning a bubbles theme for your preschool classroom. If you are looking for even more spring themes for preschool, be sure to check out my blog posts with rainbow preschool activities and insect activities!
