This preschool summer unit will give preschoolers a fun and engaging way to learn about crabs, as well as to learn about the letter C. These crab preschool lesson plans contain a variety of activities that cover the alphabet, beginning sounds, preschool math skills, art, and so much more!

What is Included:

• There is a lesson overview that lists the activities with the subject or skill area the activity falls in.
• Art and Crafts Activities: There are instructions for crab crafts as well as a dot painting page for C is for crab.
• Math Activities: Students will count to 10, recognize shapes, and order by size.
• Language Activities: The activities in this section include sorting capital and lowercase letter Cs, finding the letter C dot mats, beginning sound sort, rhyming, and a crab writing journal page.
• Handwriting Activities: There are tracing lines and shapes activities as well as worksheets for practicing the correct letter formation of both the capital and lowercase letter C.
• Fine Motor Activities: This section includes playdough and counting cube activities. There is also an activity for completing a shape with symmetry.
• Games and Indoor Recess Ideas: There are some fun games for students to play indoors. Students are also able to play a pocket chart game that practices letter recognition.
• Science Activities: Students will learn about the life cycle of a crab, label a crab, and learn about the types of crabs.
• Social Emotional: Students will explore emotions with crabs.
• Snacks and Cooking Ideas: This section includes snack ideas associated with crabs.
• Songs and Chants: This section includes some songs and chants for learning the letter C and about crabs!
• Sensory Bin Activities: This section has sensory bin ideas for students to explore with a crab theme.
• Dramatic Play: This section includes ideas on how to set up your dramatic play area as a beach.
• Circle Time Posters: This section includes posters to use during circle time that focus on the letter counting, relevant colors, and shapes.
• The final two pages are suggestions for more activities if you need more on a particular skill or subject.

This crab themed preschool unit is designed to be used during a summer beach themed week where students are also learning about the letter C. By connecting a letter to the theme, students will have a meaningful way to remember the letter they are learning. The activities can be stretched to use over 2 weeks if needed, as many of the activities are reusable.

There is a mixture of no prep and low prep activities on a variety of skills and subjects. This allows teachers to be flexible and use only the activities that the teacher desires to complete. The activities in this packet can be completed in any order.