Preschool Post OfficeTheme Activities
Here are some ideas to help you plan your Post Office/Mail Lesson. It's helpful to put a shout out to your Daycare families prior to starting your "Post Office" week. Ask them to save "junk mail", envelopes, small boxes, mailers, Magazines (anything the kids can deliver).
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Free Post Office Preschool Plan
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Post Office Theme Arts & Crafts Ideas for Preschoolers
Supplies to add to your creativity station: Small stickers (to be used as stamps), postcards, old greeting cards, extra envelopes, variety of pens and pencils
Make Your Own Postcard*
Use card stock to have children create their own post cards. Children can craft/dictate a message to be mailed home (Who doesn't love receiving mail!)
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Make Your Own Mailbag
Get crafty with your preschoolers by making a fun mail bag! Check out my easy to follow DIY Mail Bag Tutorial for step-by-step directions.
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More Ideas from Around the Web
Make a Kindness Postcard by Growing Book by Book
Stamp and Spell Activity from No Time for Flashcards
Fuzzy Monster Shredded Paper Collage Craft from Sunny Day Family
Junk Mail Paper from Craft and Repeat
Mail Carrier Hat from Making Learning Fun
Stamp and Spell Activity from No Time for Flashcards
Fuzzy Monster Shredded Paper Collage Craft from Sunny Day Family
Junk Mail Paper from Craft and Repeat
Mail Carrier Hat from Making Learning Fun
Post Office Dramatic Play
Adding a Post office to your Dramatic Play area adds great fun. This can be as simple as adding a few shoe boxes or bins to a table, or as complex as creating some personalized DIY mailboxes for your kiddos. Adding some satchels or fabric grocery bags to the area allows the kids to "deliver" and "pick-up" mail to their friends.
Our friend Liza D. created this pretend post office play in her space using our Post Office Dramatic Play Play Set.
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Liza complimented this pack with a variety of props to add to the post office play fun!
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Post Office Truck
Make your own post office truck. Visit your local appliance store for a large box, and allow the children to decorate it to look like a mail truck.
Post Office Small World Play
Add Post Office Trucks, Play Houses, Streets, and Mail Carrier Toys
to your Construction Space this week.
to your Construction Space this week.
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This Jolly Postman small world play space was created by Amanda Strachan.
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Build with Boxes
Put those left over shipping boxes to good use. Allow your students to use them to create their own structures. Simply tape them using packing tape. You can stuff some with newspaper to create weighted boxes which are also great for building gross motor skills.
Post Office Stamp and Envelope Letter Matching*
Invite your preschoolers to practice letter identification and matching with this set from my Post Office Activity Pack
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Stock your Writing Center*
Add some fun square stickers, lined paper and envelopes to your writing center this week to encourage children to write letters. Encourage them to write a letter or draw a picture to send to someone special.
Learn New Vocabulary
Create a wall of post office words! Teacher tip: use the labels in the post office dramatic play pack!
Practice Mailing Letters
take a trip to the mailbox to mail your letters.
Delivering Your Mail: A Book about Mail Carriers by Ann Owen and Eric Thomas*
A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
With Love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada and Leslie Tryon
It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton and Ben Clanton
Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
With Love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada and Leslie Tryon
It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton and Ben Clanton
Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
Mail Carrier Roll and Count*
Preschoolers can practice number identification, counting and basic addition with this fun roll and count game!
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Mailbox Number Match
Practice number recognition with this number matching activity from our post office activity pack.
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Sort Junk Mail by Size*
Put junk mail to good use by using it in your learning activities!
Collect junk mail over a period of time leading up to this theme.
Invite preschoolers to sort the mail by size. Children can also see what letters, words, or numbers they can identify.
When you're done shred it up to use in a sensory bin.
Collect junk mail over a period of time leading up to this theme.
Invite preschoolers to sort the mail by size. Children can also see what letters, words, or numbers they can identify.
When you're done shred it up to use in a sensory bin.
Envelope Card Match
Gather old greeting cards, and envelopes. Have your student practice matching each card to it's correct sized envelope. As your clients if they have any to donate.
Shredded Paper Sensory Bin
Create a sensory bin from shredded paper. Add in the colorful stamps from the stamp color matching activity from the Post Office Activity Pack.
As children dig through the paper and find the stamps they can match them up to the correct envelope. |
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Conveyor Belt
Provide your students with materials to build their own conveyor belt to transport miniature packages.
Post Office Pre-Writing
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Package Relay Race*
Set up a relay race where children act out the actions of a postal worker. Fill the boxes with different objects to make some heavy (but safe to lift) and others light to get children talking about weight as well.
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Weighted Boxes
Fill boxes with a variety of materials. Sort the boxes by weight (from lightest to heaviest, or heaviest to lightest)
Junk Mail Scissor Practice
Save your junk mail, and have your students practice cutting it for a great fine motor workout.
More:
Mail Tray from My Montessori Journey
13 Things you never thought you could mail from Kids Activities Blog
Mail Tray from My Montessori Journey
13 Things you never thought you could mail from Kids Activities Blog
Take a Field Trip to the Post Office
Write a letter to someone special and then take a trip to the post office to mail it. If a field trip doesn't work for you ask your mail carrier to come by to pick up the letter.
Children might also enjoy mailing a letter home to themselves and getting it in the mail in a few days.
Children might also enjoy mailing a letter home to themselves and getting it in the mail in a few days.
Learn more about your local mail carrier*
If possible take some time to visit with a mail carrier at the post office or along their route. Learn more about what they do in this video. Watch the Video: A Day in the Life of a Mail Carrier
Take a Look at Stamps Around the World
Use the internet to research what stamps look like in other countries.
Do this along with the children by bookmarking sites ahead of time or print out some examples for them to look at.
Do this along with the children by bookmarking sites ahead of time or print out some examples for them to look at.
Connect with a Pen Pal
Send a letter to someone who lives in a different state or country than you! Learn about different things they like to do for fun! How are you alike, and how are you different?
Set up Student Mailboxes
If you don't already have them consider setting up student mailboxes all year round. Little mailboxes are a great way for preschoolers to learn to organize their papers. Motivate your preschoolers to check their mailboxes by slipping these themed Positive Student Notes in their boxes.
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