Water Activities

These are "at home" activities for children to do with occasional help from a parent or adult. All of our activities can be printed out for easy use later. To see a list of activities, just click on the appropriate age group from the links below.

toddlers - 2 yrs. - 3-4 year olds - 4-5 year olds

Printables

Our Water printables let preschoolers match patterns, find biggest, smallest, or "belonging" images, and much more. Choose from the selections below.

Big and Small - Find them!

Find the theme - Which fit the theme?

You can find more printables in our Members' Section!

Activity Sheets:

Try these Activity Sheets to reinforce the Water theme.

1 - Circle the Pictures - 1

2 - Circle the Pictures - 2

3 - Circle the Pictures - 3

4 - Count the Raindrops

5 - Match picture and number

6 - Water in Summer

That Sky, That Rain - by Carolyn Otto

When a little girl goes to visit her grandparents, a storm is approaching. Go along with her, Grandpa, and Sullivan the dog to prepare the barn and animals for the rain.

Waters - by Edith Newlin Chase

Watch the journey that a drop of water can take as it makes it's way to the ocean. This book is brilliantly illustrated with paper cut outs and watercolor.

We Need Water - by Helen Frost

A simple book from the Pebble Book series on the important functions of water.

Why Can't I Live Underwater with the Fish? - by Sally Hewitt

This book provides simple answers to many questions a child may have regarding water -- from snow to clouds to sea water. There are also notes in the back for teaachers/parents to conduct simple experiments to enhance the child's understanding.