The Best Kindergarten and Preschool Penguin Activities Theme
You are about to see some of the cutest winter Kindergarten and Preschool Penguin Activities ever. If you are looking for a great unit study or themed learning ideas for your kids, I suggest learning about penguins. They are fun and funny. Your children will love waddling around like penguins, eating fish, and crafting. I’m sure of it.
Kindergarten and Preschool Penguin Activities
The Best Kindergarten and Preschool Penguin Activities
Welcome to the enchanting world of penguin themed activities, specially created for curious kindergarten and preschool minds! Penguins, with their adorable waddle and playful demeanor, captivate the hearts of children and adults, and they provide the perfect inspiration for a variety of educational activities.
Here, we’re sharing penguin activities that are designed to spark creativity, enhance fine motor skills, and foster a love for learning. From fun crafts and interactive games to simple science experiments and writing prompts, these activities are sure to make learning about these fascinating flightless birds an unforgettable adventure.
So, bundle up and join us on a frosty journey to the Antarctic, where penguin fun awaits at every turn!
I fell in love with this book Animal Teachers the minute I opened it and knew I was going to center our monthly themed learning activities around this book. It’s filled with ideas to explore with your kids.
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Winter Preschool Theme
In the forest, in the pond, in caves, prairies, and jungles, and in all the world’s outdoor classrooms, baby animals learn just like our babies. 🙂
Preschool Activities – Walk like a Penguin
Walking like a penguin is a fun activity that the kids love. We used these indoor snowballs to pretend they were Eggs and protected them while we waddled around as penguins do. A great gross motor activity for your penguin lessons.
Don’t mind the Jammie pants. That’s how we like to homeschool.
Preschool Penguin Theme

Great Free Printable Penguin Activities
The Safari Toob Penguins are perfect for an object to picture matching. This is a great activity for younger children. You can also use these cards for a fun penguin memory matching game. Click here for instructions and ways to use these cards.
Penguin printable fact cards
The kids love learning all about penguins, so we included these fact cards for you. Leave them loose or ring them together to be carried around more easily. Either way, these are packed with information about penguins.
These are the perfect penguins to include with your info cards and matching cards. You can download your set of Penguin printable fact cards below.
Puzzles are great for children to work on eye-hand concentration and fine motor skills. They also are a wonderful self-correcting learning tool. Every child should be able to enjoy puzzles.
This Montessori penguin puzzle goes perfectly with any penguin theme.
One thing I love about Homeschooling is getting all of my children involved, no matter their age. Writing pages are a great addition to learning themes. They have thousands of ideas, maps, coloring pages, and more. This Antarctic Map and Penguin writing page was perfect to add to our lessons for the boys.
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Penguin Crafts for Kids
To add even more to this fun-filled Penguin Themed Unit, click over to this Adorable Penguin Craft Preschool Activity
Other Montessori Activities we included are Counting fish, transferring fish, and eating goldfish.
What do you think? Doesn’t this look like a great idea for a winter theme? If you’ve enjoyed penguin activities with your kids, I’d love to hear about it. Feel free to leave me a comment below or share pictures with us on Facebook.
Preschool Activities
You can add a cool winter sensory play activity with this Easy to Make Homemade Snow Dough.
30+ Penguin Activities for Kids