Preschool Theme: Pants (yes, really!)

Sometimes I will ask my kids what they want to learn about and then come up with ideas. Most times it will be things like trains, butterflies, apples, etc. You know - something that is frequently used as teaching theme and you can easily find ideas and worksheets for. This time my son said "Pants", "Really? Pants" I  replied, "You don't mean pLants?" to which he responded "I said PAAAAAANTS!" "Ok! Got it. Guess I better start thinking of stuff to do."


Well, since I did have to come up with some ideas I thought I would share them here in case someone else has a child that wants to learn about pants. Can I just tell you that I am glad this is a short week and I only have 3 days to plan stuff for.

Here is how we will learn about Pants:

• Worksheet that he has to Trace, Color & Cut out a pair of Pants
• Worksheet that he has to Count the pairs of Pants, Color each a different color and Trace the number 5
• Play with Wooden Bear Dress Up Puzzle
• "Sew" some pants using craft foam, a plastic needle & yarn and Dress his knight doll
• Trace and Write the letters PANTS on a dry erase board
• Worksheet that he has to paste scrap pieces of paper on the pants to fill them in
• Count the number of pairs of clean pants in his dresser drawer and his dirty laundry basket & discuss which there is more of, clean or dirty pants
• Have him tell me the colors of each pair of pants
• Have him describe the feel of the texture of various pants (sweat pants, fleece, jeans, khakis & corduroy)
• As we read books I will ask him to point out whenever he sees someone wearing pants and tell me what color they are

Come back the next 3 Fridays and I will share more Preschool Themes we have been doing.

Preschool Themes Friday Four-Part:

1. Pants
2. Snow
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
4. Pirate