Camping Lesson Planning Ideas 

​Welcome to my Camping Lesson Planning Page. On this page you can find: links to preschool activities, book recommendations, suggested items to add to your learning spaces, and related Pre-K Printable fun products. 

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Print your free copy of this sample lesson plan below. Printable activities marked with an asterisk can be found inside the Pre-K Printable Fun Camping Activity Pack 

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Camping Sample Lesson Plan

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Print your free copy of this Preschool Camping Sample lesson plan!

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Camping Activity Pack

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Camping is such a fun summertime activity! Inside each of my activity packs you will find an assortment of easy to assemble activities. You can easily turn these activities into a variety of hands on learning centers. Use them to create tot trays or file folder games.

Help the children in your care learn literacy skills, and math skills. Some of the skills covered in this pack are: colors, shapes uppercase and lowercase letter identification, one to one correspondence, counting, and ordering numbers 1-10.

Inside this 61-Page Printable Activity pack you will find the following 20 activities:

Campfire Shape Clip Cards

Tent Shape Clip Cards

Camping literacy cards

Camping Shape Matching Puzzles

Color Matching Tent activity match up

Camping activity match up

Roll a S’more game

Camping Pre-Writing/Cutting Practice

Lantern uppercase and lowercase letter matching file folder activity

Camping Count and Clip Cards

Day & Night sorting activity

Camping Puzzles 1-10 & 11-20

Marshmallow Roasting counting mats 1-10 without frames

Marshmallow Roasting counting mats 1-10 with frames Tent

Backpack Size Ordering Activity

Camping Patterning Activity

“What’s your favorite camping activity?” group poll

Camping 3-part cards

Camping word wall cards

At the campground I spy…

Also includes Cover, Directions, TOS, and Graphics Credit

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Camping Dramatic Play Pack

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This resource is available FREE to Pre-K Printable Club Members inside the the Member Download Area.

Let's go camping! This 37-page dramatic play pack includes all of the printable props you'll need to set up your pretend play campground.

This pack includes:

• Campground Sign Welcome Signs
• Campground Host Signs
• Campground Check in Signs
• Campground Check In Sheet
• Camping Permits
• Campground Map
• Campground Slow Sign
• Firewood for Sale Signs
• Be Alert for Bears Sign
• Tent Camping Sign
• RV Site Sign
• Fishing Area Sign
• Signs for Garbage and Bathrooms
• Bird Watching Area Sign
• Swimming Area Sign
• Hiking Trail Sign
• Playground Sign
• Picnic Area Sign
• Firepit Sign
• The Campground is Open Sign
• The Campground in Full Sign
• Campground Store Open/Closed Signs
• Fire Danger Sign with Cards
• Site Labels
• Jobs at the Campground Descriptions
• Things to do when visiting the campground description cards
• Campground Flag Banner
• Directions/Suggestions, TOS

You might also like: Camping Activity Pack

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Set your Learning Spaces for this Theme: 

Dramatic Play space

Set up an Indoor camping space, or campground using our Dramatic Play pack. Add a tent, Camp Chairs, Pretend Trees, Sleeping Bags , Trees, Backpacks,  Camping Pots and Pretend Foam Marshmallows. 
Here are some fun camping spaces shared by our  Community Members.

Cheryl V.

Adventurous Learning

Adventurous Learning

Erica's Educare Learning Center

Erica's Educare Learning Center

Erica's Educare Learning Center

Erica's Educare Learning Center

Erica's Educare Learning Center

Here is a fun DIY for your camping space. Find out how to create this Lantern from Here we are Together.

Source Here We are Together

Ideas for your Construction Area/small world play space

Add Pretend Trees, and Scraps of Fabric, Tape and Popsicle Sticks and Tape for building Tents. Add woodland animals, and natural elements such as pine cones, Stones and small twigs to the building space.  Provide the children with Dark Fabric to practice creating a night time back drop. Small flashlights make a fun addition as well. You can also add a variety of small world camping sets to your space.

Fantastic Fun and Learning

Be sure to check out this adorable camping inspired small world space was created by Fantastic Fun and Learning.

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Camping Activities from Pre-K Printable Fun

Suggested Activities

Galaxy Dough from Growing a Jeweled Rose
Lantern Craft from Making Learning Fun
Hand print Campfire from the Measured Mom
Binoculars Craft from Cupcakes for Clara
Night Sky Art from My Nearest and Dearest
Paint with Marshmallows from Fun-A-Day

Consider adding Leaf Rubbing Plates to your  Science Space this week. If you didn't want to Buy them, the information on how to make these DIY Leaf Plates can be found on the 5 Orange Potatoes Blog.

This is a great week for teaching about the Animals that come out at night. Check out this cute Nocturnal Animals Sensory Bin, from My Nearest and Dearest.

Another fun Science activity this week is learning about Animal Tracks. Check out this Free Animal Tracks Printable Activity from Deceptively Educational.

S'mores are a favorite camping treat, Erica of Erica's Educare Learning Center created this fun alternative S'more Trail Mix for her kids using: Honey Graham Cereal, Mini Marshmallows, and Chocolate Chips. This indoor S'more maker fun Hershey is another fun alternative!

Day and Night Sensory Sorting Activity from Two Daloo

Pine Needle Discovery Bottles from Teach Preschool

Items to enhance your space this week

Freebies

Camping Kid Labels from Kidsparkz
Match the Objects Camping Clip Cards from Simply Learning
Camping Pre-K Pack from Over the Big Moon

Book Picks for this theme