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Activities for 3-year-olds
Printable worksheets and hands-on learning activities for 3-year-olds (preschool). Every activity explains what children learn, what you need and how to run it, with ideas to make it easier or harder.
20 activities
Activities
Rainbow Color Board Game
Roll the color die and move to the next matching space. A playful way to recognize colors and practice taking turns.
Board game
Lion Mask Craft
Color a lion and curl paper strips around a pencil to make its mane. With an adult's help, turn it into a stick mask.
Craft template
Pumpkin Counting Fingerplay
An original fingerplay for counting down from five to zero, with a paper pumpkin for each finger.
Songs & fingerplays
Balloon Breathing
Use a picture page to practice gentle balloon breathing with an adult, imagining the smell of a flower and blowing out a pretend candle.
Hands-on activity
Shapes Memory Game
Find five pairs of colorful shapes and name them in a memory game for 3-year-olds.
Memory game
Match Summer Opposites
Match four pairs of opposites with animals and summer things: big and small, hot and cold, fast and slow, day and night.
Opposites
Tracing and Counting Number 4
Trace the number 4, count butterflies, color flowers, and find the 4s.
Number practice
Trace and Find Letter S
Trace S and s, find the letters, and color pictures of things that start with S.
Letter of the week
Garden Bug Picture Cards
Nine picture cards for naming garden bugs and playing a simple finding game.
Picture cards
Toothbrushing Steps
Arrange and glue four pictures to show the steps of brushing teeth: add toothpaste, brush, spit, and rinse.
Sequencing
Farm Animal Odd One Out
In each row, children look at four animals and circle the one that doesn't usually live on a farm.
Odd one out
Draw a Pet
Children draw a pet they have or would like to have and talk about its name, food, and sleeping place.
Draw and write
Vehicle Pattern Sequences
Look at four vehicle patterns and find what comes next. A playful way to recognize and continue AB patterns.
Patterns
Fish Maze
Help the little fish find its way to the coral, away from the jellyfish. This simple maze supports visual attention and movement control.
Maze
Lunchbox Cut and Paste
Choose four items from eight pictures, then cut and glue them into a pretend lunchbox. Practice counting and hand coordination while talking about snacks.
Cut and paste
Count Dinosaurs to 5
Count 1 to 5 dinosaurs in each row and color the matching number.
Counting
Match Community Helpers and Tools
Match each community helper to something they use at work. Talk together about people in your community.
Matching
Find and Count Stars
Children find and circle eight stars among moons, planets and clouds, then count them with an adult.
Find and circle
Halloween Friends Coloring
A coloring page with a friendly ghost, a pumpkin, and a smiling bat. Children can explore colors and practice hand movements.
Coloring page
Trace and Count Numbers 1–3
Trace the numbers 1 to 3, count the ducklings, and color the number that matches each group.
Tracing worksheet