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Early Learning Themes
One of the best ways to teach Preschool and Kindergarten is by focusing on a specific theme and allowing the kids to really explore and engage in that theme through a wide assortment of books, videos, and hands on learning activities.
Here is a list of themes that are really great for Preschool and Kindergarten level students. Each link will take you to a page with a list of great resources that help to teach that particular theme. Most of the resources are even free while other resources (like books and videos) could be easily gotten through your local library. So even if you’re working on a tight homeschool budget you can still give your child a real quality education from the very beginning!
Please note that several of the themes lead to the same resource page. This is because multiple words can be used to lead the same basic theme idea, so while I do try to keep them separate and unique as much as possible there are times (like in the case of “Plants” and “Gardening”) that the list or resources is the same for both.
As a final note, you’ll notice that these themes are arranged by letter of the alphabet. I did this not only to make it easy to help you find which themes you are looking for but also, and primarily, because I like to do these themed lessons along side our “Letter of the Month” activities. How it works is that I basically take a letter of the alphabet to focus on each month. We learn about the letter, make letter pictures, and then study different topics (or themes) that pertain to that specific letter.
Taking a letter a month will pretty much extend this study to be a full 2-
And yet, in spite of the “Letter of the Month” teaching method, I will often take a theme out of order if there is a certain subject that my child is particularly interested in at the time. For example, we didn’t wait for the letter F before learning about Firefighters, we just did the firefighter theme right away when my son was showing a particular interest in that topic. Often times the best time to tackle a topic is when the child is particularly curious about it, and having that kind of flexibility is one of the greatest things about homeschooling! So, even though the “Letter of the Month” is a great way for me, as the teacher, to stay organized and have a clear idea of what topic to study next, I also make it a goal to be flexible enough to take the topics out of order if there is a particular theme that my child would be even more interested in at the time.
The following is an extensive list of theme suggestions and ideas. Do NOT feel like you have to do all of them (we certainly didn’t!). But hopefully the list can give you ideas as to what sorts of themes you could do with your child.
For the themes that I HAVE done with my children, there is a clickable link that
will take you to a page where I share all the resources that I used in teaching that
topic. They include resources like books and videos, arts and crafts, games and hands-
I hope this list with all its resources is really useful to you, and I hope you have a lot of fun with it! I know we certainly did!
Letter A Themes
acorn
african animals
ambulance
ape
arctic
ark
astronaut (see space theme)
Letter B Themes
baby
bake
balloon
ball
banana
baseball
basketball
bath
beach
beaver
bed
bible
bird
birthday
boat
body
box
bread
brother
bubble
bug
Letter C Themes
cake
calendar
camel
camera
camping
candle
candy
car
caterpillar (see butterfly theme)
cheese
cheetah
cherry
chocolate
church
city
clock
clothes
cloud
colors
community helper
computer
construction
continents
cookie
cooking
corn
costume
country
cowboy
cow
crab
crayon
creation
crocodile (see alligator theme)
cross
crown
curious george
Letter D Themes
daddy
daisy
dalmatian
dance
dandelion
deer
dentist
desert
detective
disabilities
donkey
dots
dove
dragon
drum
duck
Letter E Themes
eagle
ear
earth
earthquake
egg (see chickens & chicks theme)
engine (see train theme)
envelope
eye
Letter F Themes
fables
fairy-
faithfulness
family
farm
feelings
feet
fire
firemen
firetrucks
first aid
fishermen
five senses
flag
flower (see garden theme)
football
forest
fox
friend
fruit
Letter G Themes
garbage truck
gentleness
germ
giant
giraffe
glue
goat
golf
goodness
goose
gorilla
grandparents
grapes
grasshopper
groundhog
guitar
Letter H Themes
habitats
hamburger
hammer
hands
hare
hat
health
heart
helicopter
hen
hibernate
hippo
hockey
honest
honey
hope
horse
hot-
house
humming bird
Letter I Themes
ice
ice burg
ice cream
identity
iguana
imagination
indian
insect
inventions
island
Letter J Themes
jaguar
jeep
jelly
jellyfish
Jesus
jet
jewelry
joy
juice
jump
jungle
Letter K Themes
kangaroo
key
kindness
king
kite
Kitten (see cat theme)
kiwi
knight
koala
Letter L Themes
ladybug
lamb
leaves
lemon
leopard
library
light
lightening
lighthouse
lion
lizard
llama
love
Letter M Themes
magnets
mailbox
manners
map
marshmallow
maze
measure
milk
mirror
missionary
mommy
money
monkey
monster truck
moon
moose
motorcycle
mountain
mouse
mouth
mud
mushroom
music
Letter N Themes
nail
narwhal
neighbor
nest
news
newt
night
nocturnal animals
nose
numbers
nurse
nutrition
nuts
Letter O Themes
oak
obey
ocean
octopus
okapi
opposites
orange
ostrich
otter
outer-
owl
Letter P Themes
paint
pancake
panda
patience
patterns (stripes, polka dots)
peace
peacock
penguin
peter pan
pets
piano
pickle
picnic
pie
pig
pigeon
pineapple
pioneer
pirate
pizza
planets (see space theme)
plants
platypus
police
pollution
pond life
pony
popcorn
porcupine
post office
president
princess
prism
pumpkin
puppy
puzzles
Letter Q Themes
q-
quail
queen
question
quetzal
quicksand
quiet
quill
quilt
Letter R Themes
rabbit
raccoon
race car
rain
rainbow
rat
recycle
reindeer
restaurant
rhino
river
road
robin
robot
rocket
rocks
rodeo
rooster
rose
Letter S Themes
safety
sailboat
sandwich
scarecrow
scissors
seal
seasons
seeds
self-
shadow
shapes
share
shark
sheep
shell
shepherd
ship
shoes
signs
sister
skunk
sky
sleep
snail
snake
snow
soap
soccer
soup
spider
sports
squirrel
stamp
star (see space theme)
starfish
stoplight / stop sign
stranger
strawberry
subway
sun (see space theme)
sunflower
superhero
Letter T Themes
taste
tea party
teacher
teddy bear
teeth
telephone
tent
textures
thunder
tiara
tiger
time
toad
tomato
tools
tornado
tortoise
tower
toys
tractor
train
transportation
tree
truck
tulip
turkey
turtle
Letter U Themes
ukulele
umbrella
underground
underwater
unicorn
unicycle
uniform
united states
universe
up
upside-
urchin
urial
utensils
Letter V Themes
vacation
vacuum
vase
vegetables
vehicles
vet
viking
village
vine
violet
violin
voice
volcano
volleyball
volume
vote
vowels
voyage
vulture
Letter W Themes
wagon
wallaby
walrus
wash
watch
waterfall
watermelon
weather
weave
weeds
weigh
whale
wheel
wheelchair
whistle
wig
wild animals
wild west
wind
windmill
wish
wolf
wombat
woodpecker
work
world
worm
Letter X Themes
x-
x-
xantus
xenarthra
xenops
xenopus
xenosaurus
xerox
xerus
ximenia
xiphias
xiphosura
xylophone
Letter Y Themes
yacht
yak
yam
yawn
year
yeast
yellow
yield
yo-
yogurt
yolk
yuck
yummy
Letter Z Themes
zax
zebra
zebu
zephyr
zeppelin
zero
zigzag
zinnia
zipper
zither
zoo
zoologist
zoom
zoril
zucchini
zulu
Famous People A-
Abigail Adams
Abraham (Bible)
Abraham Lincoln
Ada Lovelace (computers)
Adam & Eve (Bible)
Albert Einstein
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander the Great
Amelia Earhart (Airplanes Theme)
Amy Carmichael
Andrew Jackson
Anne Frank
Annie Oakley
Arthur Conan Doyle (detectives)
Babe Ruth
Bach
Beethoven
Ben Carson
Benjamin Franklin
Betsy Ross
Betty Greene
Bill Bright
Billy Bray
Billy Graham
Blackbeard (Pirate)
Brother Andrew
C.S. Lewis
C.T. Studd
Chopin
Christopher Columbus
Clara Barton
Claude Monet
Cleopatra
Corrie Ten Boom
Daniel (Bible)
David (Bible)
David Brainerd
David Livingston
Davy Crockett
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eliza Hamilton
Elizabeth Blackwell (Doctor)
Elizabeth Elliot
Elizabeth Prentiss
Eric Liddell
Fanny Crosby
Florence Nightingale
Frances Ridley (Mountains)
Francis Scott Key
Fredric Chopin
Frida Kahlo
Galileo
Gandhi
George Muller
George Washington
George Whitefield
Gideon (Bible)
Gladys Aylward
God
Handel
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Helen Roseveare
Henry Ford
Henry Williams (Missionary)
Hudson Taylor
Isaac (Bible)
Isaac Newton
Isabella Bird
Isobel Kuhn
J.M Barrie (Peter Pan)
Jacob & Esau (Bible)
Jane Austen
Jane Goodall
Jim Elliot
Jim Henson
Joan of Arc
Johannes Brahms
John (King of England)
John Adams
John Bunyan
John Calvin
John F. Kennedy
John G. Paton
John Newton
John Welch
Johnny Appleseed (Apple Theme)
Jonah (Bible)
Jonathan Edwards
Joni Erickson Tada
Joseph (Bible)
King Henry VIII
King Richard
King Tut
Laura Ingles Wilder
Leonardo DaVinci
Lilias Trotter
Lottie Moon
Lou Gehrig
Louise May Alcott
Louise Pasteur
Mae Jemison (Space)
Marco Polo
Margarie E. Knight
Marie Antoinette
Marie Curie
Mark Twain
Martha Washington
Martin Luther
Martin Luther King Jr
Mary Anning (fossil hunter)
Mary Cassatt
Mary Slessor
Michelangelo
Milton Hershey
Molly Williams
Moses (Bible)
Mother Teresa
Mozart
Neil Armstrong
Nelson Mandela
Noah (Bible)
Norman Grubb
Norman Rockwell
Pablo Picasso
Paul Brand
Paul Revere
Pocahontas
Princess Diana
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Esther (Bible)
Queen Victoria
Rachel Saint
Rembrandt
Robin Hood
Ronald Reagan
Rosa Parks
Ruth (Bible)
Sacajawea
Sadako Sasaki
Saint Nicholas
Saint Patrick
Sally Ride
Sonia Sotomayor
Sqanto
Susan B. Anthony
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Thomas Jefferson
Ulrich Zwingli
Ulysses Grant
Vincent Van Gough
Walt Disney
William Booth
William Carey
William Wilberforce
Wolfgang Mozart
Wright Brothers (Airplane Theme)
Xerxes (Bible)
Yahweh (God)
Zacchaeus (Bible)