- Back-to-School Treasure Hunt
We love doing “treasure hunts” at our house. So for this back to preschool activity, I set up a treasure hunt, with sticky note clues and lots of back-to-school related books and items that she found along the way.
- Sticky notes (are the easiest) or paper with clues – as simple as “look under your pillow” and/or draw a picture of a bed with a pillow.
- Stick the clue to a book or back-to-school item and have them collect them along the way
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- Tip: the first item my preschooler found was her backpack, so she could then fill it up with all the books and items as she went along.
- Practice writing their name
- All throughout the book it uses the writing paper. Point out to your preschooler how the book uses the writing paper with the words. Have your preschool look for letters in their name on the pages.
- Practice using writing paper, write their name (draw solid or dotted letters for them to trace if they need help with their names).
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We used:
- Pencil/Crayons/Markers/Colored Pencils
- Sidewalk Chalk
- Lettered Beads
- Stamp Letters
- ABC Stickers, Magnents, Stencils
- etc…
- Crayons in Rice sensory bin
- With the crayons they used to write their name (or from their treasure hunt), bury them in a rice/bean/wheat bin for sensory fun.
- use Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Black, and Brown for a coloring project below.
- Collect a few items from around the house that are talked about in the book.
Ideas are:
- Lunchbox
- Notebook and pencils
- Backpack
- Science Experiment (pictured below is THIS one)
- Soap/paper towels
- Building blocks/legos
- Clay/playdoh
- Notebook paper
- Soccer ball/Basketball/Skateboard
- Snack
- Lay all the items you are using for this book out on the floor or table.
- Have your preschooler close their eyes and remove an object (hide it so they dont know what you took)
- Have them open their eyes and figure out what’s missing.
- Then give them a turn to pick and item and you guess what’s missing.
- Talk about the days of the week, show them on a calendar
- The Dollar store sometimes has days of the week items, or something like these, or make your own, or just write it out!
- ie: Mondays is Library day, Tuesdays is Art, etc.
- Leave the schedule up where they will look every day so your preschooler can plan and anticipate what is happening each day of the week.
