Our February preschool themes are a great way to keep your preschoolers stimulated and delighted to learn during the shortest month of the year! February is a time to celebrate family, friendship, kindness and more. We have selected our favorite themes to help make February extra special for you and your preschoolers.
These February themes are just some of our many fantastic themes from our Ultimate List of Preschool Themes.
With Valentine’s Day in the middle of the month, February is a natural time to focus on lessons about kindness. Several of our February preschool themes focus on teaching children how to interact with others, including:
- Emotions/Feelings Theme
- Family Theme
- Friendship Theme
- Kindness Theme
- Valentine’s Day Theme
Of course, outside of Valentine’s Day, there’s a lot happening in February! We’re including a ton of other themes, including some you can use year-round! Don’t miss:
- All About Me Theme
- Animals Theme
- Dental Health Theme
- Dinosaurs Theme
- Numbers Theme
- Weather Theme
Since it’s February, you won’t want to miss our winter lesson plans! We also have a lot more seasonal themes in our winter themes list.
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February Preschool Themes
All About Me Theme
Oh, how preschoolers love to talk about themselves! All About Me is a great theme for any time during the year! Make it easy with All About Me lesson plans, activities and books that are perfect for circle time.
The catchy book, I Like Myself, is a great read for encouraging differences and self-love.
This is also a perfect theme in which to incorporate name recognition activities, such as tactile name writing practice.
Here are some fantastic All About Me ready-to-use resources:
- Lesson plans for All About Me theme
- All About Me activities
- All About Me books
- Name writing practice
- Simple name craft
Grab the free All About Me poster below to guide your preschoolers as they share how truly unique they are!
Check out the All About Me Theme lesson plans in our preschool store or toddler store for lots more ideas!
Animals Theme
We all LOVE animals, right? The sky is the limit here! So many animal activities to choose from: mimic animal movements, learn about habitats, read some of the million books starring animals, talk about different animal sizes, listen to rare animal sounds, or make a craft! Make sure to also incorporate some of our lively animal songs. We promise you and your preschoolers will having a roaring good time!
We love reading animal books, and you won’t want to miss Wild Animal Babies: An Alphabet Book, written by our very own creator of Preschool Inspirations.
We also have many lists of fun animal facts for kids that are sure to delight! Check them out here:
- Bear facts for kids
- Butterfly facts for kids
- Giraffe facts for kids
- Ladybug facts for kids
- Narwhal facts for kids
- Spider facts for kids
- Sloth facts for kids
Run, hop, or slither over and grab the animal lesson plans in our preschool store or toddler store.
Author Study – Anna Dewdney Book Study Theme
You’ve surely run across the beloved Llama Llama books. Bring them into the classroom with this beloved author (she is one of our favorites!) There are a ton of social/emotional skills to be discussed and practiced in Llama, Llama, Red Pajama and Llama, Llama Misses Mama. But let’s be honest, they’re all gems in the arena of teaching social/emotional skills!
Balls Theme
This is one of our favorite lesson plans for working on movement and gross motor skills! One of our favorite activities is putting butcher paper on a slide and rolling paint-covered balls down. Just be sure to have something to catch it at the bottom! You can find other fun ball games in this list of free preschool games. Or get an entire ball lesson plan from Preschool Teacher 101 to get more ideas.
Black History Theme
February is black history month and a perfect time to talk about African-American heroes and pioneers. There are many amazing people to study and read about during this time, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, George Washington Carver, Mae Jemison, Barack Obama, and so many more.
Check out these fantastic black history activities from Happy Toddler Playtime that work great for this month.
Dental Health Theme
How many teeth does a preschooler have? 20!
Dental Health Month is in February, and this is a great month to talk about cleaning teeth and what kinds of foods are good for them.
Did you know there’s a podcast for kids called Chompers that encourages them to brush for the full two minutes? Give it a listen while doing teeth brushing!
Need more ideas? Here are some great dental health activities.
Or grab an entire hands-on dental health lesson plan from the amazing Preschool Teacher 101.
Dinosaur Theme
Stomp on in for some roaring good fun!! A dinosaur theme is a beloved preschool theme that kids naturally adore learning about. Kids (and adults, too) are fascinated by these prehistoric giants!
We’ve got you covered with some dino-tastic activities:
Grab our dinosaur 10-frame counting mats, perfect for a prehistoric math center. Get them for free below!
Or have it all done for you! Grab an entire dinosaur-themed lesson plan in our preschool store or toddler store.
Emotions/Feelings Theme
This preschool theme is great for social/emotional development and can be done any time of the year. Don’t miss the chance to use calming glitter jars and other sensory tools while using this theme!
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There are lots of ideas from Preschool Teacher 101 in this emotions-themed lesson plan unit.
Family Theme
Family is a perfect preschool theme to tie into Valentine’s Day. It is also a great way to help build community and to get to know more about your students.
Get an entire family lesson plan theme from some of our favorite teachers at Preschool Teacher 101!
Flowers and Trees Theme
February WILL give way to Spring, really, we promise! This makes it a perfect month to get your preschoolers excited about the upcoming change of seasons, with flowers and trees being a big part of that.
Learn all about popular flowers or local flowers during a flowers and trees preschool theme. This one is also easy to tie into other preschool themes such as birds, spring, or bees.
Check out some of our favorite flowers and trees-themed preschool activities:
Or you can head to our store and grab an entire flower-themed lesson plan.
Friendship Theme
This theme is one that we love doing around Valentine’s Day. Help children navigate through the important foundations of friendship and learn to be better friends themselves. A great place to start is with friendship books! Sending friendship letters is a great tie-in to this theme, as well as a wonderful way to practice writing and name recognition.
Snag an entire friendship theme lesson plan from Preschool Teacher 101 to get even more great ideas.
Hot and Cold Theme
This is a great science theme for your lesson plans. Talk about the weather outside or the changing seasons, and of course what it means to touch a hot stove or cold ice. We love using fun shaped ice cube trays and molds, so we like to incorporate some fun-tastic icy lessons into this theme, including playing with ice and colored ice shapes as snow.
This is a perfect tie-in to a weather theme with the weather lesson plans in our preschool store or toddler store.
Kindness Theme
Kindness is such an important value to teach children. The earlier they learn, the easier it will be for them to spread kindness throughout their lives. One of our favorite ways to teach and model kindness is with kindness books. Also, hello songs are a great way to promote kindness toward other students! And of course, you can’t go wrong with the Kindness Elves.
Mindfulness Theme
Mindfulness is perfect to add to your February preschool themes – it’s a great way to help little ones learn strategies to calm, manage energy levels, and relax when they find themselves wound up (or have eaten too many candy hearts!). This is the perfect theme for introducing yoga, and the easiest way is with our FREE animal yoga pack!
Check out these awesome mindfulness resources/activities for kids:
If you’ve already got the FREE animal yoga pack and still want more, you can grab these yoga cards in our store!
Numbers Theme
Get children counting and learning the foundational number sense skills with a preschool numbers theme. There are so many ways to make this fun, like with themed ten-frame mats. This can also be a great time to teach children their phone number!
Check out these number-related activities that “add up” to lots of learning and fun:
- Valentine hearts number recognition activity
- Space-themed number writing practice
- Turkey color and number matching
- Math books for preschoolers (including numbers and counting books)
- Counting songs for preschool
Our friends at Preschool Teacher 101 have some great math centers that are perfect to use all year.
STEM Theme
Add in some more science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with an entire STEM theme! We love to incorporate STEM activities in the classroom whenever we can. Get lots of great ideas in these STEM challenge ideas from Preschool Teacher 101.
Weather Theme
Weather is so interesting and there are so many aspects to learn about! Consider focusing each day on a different type of weather theme– sunshine, rain, snow, etc.
Check out our Snowman Letter Formation Mats from our store and TPT.
Get more weather ideas in our weather lesson plan in our preschool store or toddler store.
February Holidays for Preschool Themes
Of course, there’s Valentine’s Day! But additionally, there are other holidays in February to incorporate into your February preschool themes. You can talk about these holidays on the day and use them to plan your circle time or activities.
Valentine’s Day Theme
A fun holiday theme that helps promote love, kindness, sharing, giving, and friendship. Check out all of the options:
- Letter Formation Mats from our store and TPT
- Valentine’s Day Activities
- Games for Valentine’s Day
- Puppy Love Craft
- Valentine’s Day Number Recognition Activity
- Colorful Hearts Sensory Bin
- Conversation Hearts Craft for Valentine’s Day
Find more great ideas from Preschool Teacher 101 below! Just click on the image to see the lesson plans.
Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year, one of the world’s most celebrated festivals, happens each year between January 21st and February 20th. This is a special time for families to gather together and honor deities and ancestors, as well as lots of other fun cultural customs. Need some more ideas? Try these Chinese New Year songs and rhymes.
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day on February 2 is a fun way to remind preschoolers that winter never lasts forever. You can explain the history and tradition behind Punxsutawney Phil and what it means if he does or doesn’t see his shadow. Leading up to Groundhog Day, you can even ask your kids to vote on whether or not he’s going to see his shadow with a bar graph, then share the results with them on Groundhog Day.
Washington’s Birthday
The first president of the United States of America, George Washington, was born on February 22, 1732. Another president, Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. In the United States, the third Monday of every February is President’s Day. It’s a great time to talk about the lives of Washington and Lincoln and their impact on American History. Additionally, President’s Day can also be a celebration of any and all of the U.S. presidents! Choose your favorite president and share something about him with your preschoolers.
Monthly Preschool Themes
There are so many fantastic learning opportunities for you and your preschoolers in February! It is our hope that these February preschool activities are an excellent resource for your thematic lesson planning.
For even more ideas, activities, and themes, check out our monthly preschool theme ideas below.
- March Preschool Themes
- April Preschool Themes
- May Preschool Themes
- June Preschool Themes
- July Preschool Themes
- August Preschool Themes
- September Preschool Themes
- October Preschool Themes
- November Preschool Themes
- December Preschool Themes
- January Preschool Themes
These February preschool themes are a great way to save you time by helping you plan your month. For even more themes and ideas, visit The Ultimate List of Preschool Themes.
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