Preschool Robot Theme

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Build a 2D Shape Robot

Cut out various sized shapes form different colors of construction paper. Have choose shapes and glue them together on a piece of paper to create their own robot.

Robot Helmets

Help your children transform into robots by creating robot helmets. You will need a medium sized to large box (large enough to fit over each child's head), tin foil, toilet paper tubes, glue, and markers/paint, stickers, etc. for decorating.

Cut semi circles on each side of the box so that it rests on the child's shoulders. Then cut out either a square or circular spot in the front of the box so the child can see when the helmet is on. Add toilet paper tubs to each side like the bolts holding on the head of the robot.

Robot Shaker

Create a robot inspired musical instrument using an empty plastic container, nuts and bolts, duct tape, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners. Have children fill their container a desired amount with nuts and bolts. Have them rattle their container as they fill until they get a sound they like. Cover the top of the container with duct tape to seal shut. Have children add googly eyes and pipe cleaners as antenna. Invite children to use their creation to make music! Description of activity

Nuts and Bolts Painting

Let preschoolers explore a fun process art activity by giving each child a tray with a piece of paper. Have them put a few squirts of different colored paint on the paper. Add nuts and bolts to the tray and shake and wiggle the tray around to create a unique painting!

Paint on Foil

Give children sheets of tinfoil to paint on. It will be fun to explore a different medium to pant on other than paper. Secure the foil to a table or easel with tape, or create a foil canvas by folding and securing the foil over a piece of cardboard. Tip avoid this try adding a drop of washing up liquid (dish soap) to the paint. Give children sheets of tinfoil to paint on. It will be fun to explore a different medium to pant on other than paper. Secure the foil to a table or easel with tape, or create a foil canvas by folding and securing the foil over a piece of cardboard. Tip: Top  avoid paint from flaking after drying add a drop of dish soap to the paint.

Magnet Painting

When you explore a robot's ins and outs, you will find plenty of magnets. Magnet painting is a fun way to utilize new tools during art projects. Place white paper with a few plops of chosen paint color in a bin that is easy for preschoolers to move around. Then add magnetic balls, place a wand underneath the container, and have preschoolers move the magnets around to create a fun piece of art. 

Robot Paper Tube Craft

The Preschool 3D Robot Craft Activity is a hands-on experience that encourages creative thinking and fine motor skills. Children will have the opportunity to construct their own robots using various craft materials, fostering imagination and problem-solving abilities. This activity will surely captivate and entertain preschoolers as they bring their robotic creations to life!

Robot Dress Up

Place items into the dress up area that can be used to dress up like a robot. Boxes with tinfoil and cutouts for arms legs, etc. If students have made Robot Helmets they can use these during their dramatic play. Make Paper bag Vest by cutting the front panel of a large paper bag, cutting a hole on each side for sleeves, and cutting a spot in the bottom of the bag for the head. Children can decorate the outside of their "Robot" costume with a variety of shapes. Have children pretend they are robots. You can even give them jobs to do as robots.

Robot Science Lab

Leave out lab coats and robot related science gear. Have children pretend they are scientists that work on robots.

Robot Charades

Have your student pretend to be a robot  doing different activities at home like eating dinner, chores,
getting dressed, etc. Guess their actions.

Recycled Robot

Leave out recycled materials such as boxes, paper towel tubes, milk jugs, toilet paper tubes etc. Have children design and build their own robot using the materials.

Robot Magnet Blocks

Invite children to use magnet blocks to build robots. You could even tape pictures of robot pieces to the blocks to help children get started.

Robot Small World Play

Create a small world set up with robot figures and nuts and bolts.

Build with Gears

Set out a variety of gear toys for students to build with.

Rhyming Robots*

Encourage preschoolers to practice their rhymes with these Rhyming Robots from the PKPF Robots Activity Pack. Identify the word on the robot and then the words on the right side. Next, work out those fingers by using clothespins to clip the rhyming word. 
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Gear Letter Tracing*

Get some pre-writing practice in with this tracing activity from our Robots Activity Pack. Flip a card, identify the object in the picture, then trace the letter that represents the first sound. 
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Robot Writing Tray

Fill a writing tray with sand or beans and given children a long bolt to write letters with along with robot themed letter cards. Have them practice writing each letter using the bolt.

Robot Vocabulary Cards*

Invite your preschooler to explore new vocabulary associated with robots by displaying the robot vocabulary cards in your language area.
These Robot Word Wall Cards are included in our Robots Activity Pack. 
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Find Objects that Start with R

Have the children explore the room and find objects that start with R like robot.

Gear Up Name Activity*

Cut out gears from construction paper. Have children write one letter of their name on each gear (or you can do this for them ahead of time) then glue the letters in the correct order to create a fun name craft!

Boy + Bot Pre-K Book Companion

Boy + Bot is a fun book by Ame Dyckman, follow up your read aloud with vocabulary review, discussion questions, a book review and engaging activity all included in our Boy + Bot Pre-K Book Companion
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Robots, Robots Everywhere by Sue Fliess
Hello Robots! by Joan Holub
Boy and Bot by Ame Dyckman
R Is for Robot: A Noisy Alphabet by Adam F. Watkins
Robo-Sauce by Adam Rubin

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Shape Matching Robot*

Preschoolers will love this robot themed shape activity. Identify the shape on the body of the robot, then place the matching shaped head on top! Included in our Robots Activity Pack.

Build a Robot*

Work on number practice in a fun way with these build a robot cards from our Robot Activity Pack. Have children pick a card and then count out the listed number of objects onto the robot's control panel.

Robot Part Patterns*

Have children use nuts and bolts, or Gears to practice creating patterns.
Have them practice AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, and more pattern types.

Robot Count and Clip Cards*

Use these robot themed clip cards to practice counting the robots and clipping to the corresponding number.
​Included in our Robots Activity Pack
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Measure the Robot*

Practice non-standard units of measurement with this fun measuring robots activity from our Robots Activity Pack
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Pattern Block Robots

Use pattern shape blocks to create robots.

Tinfoil Impressions

Give children a variety of objects and a roll of tinfoil. Have them put the tinfoil over an object and press down to create an impression. Have them pull off the tinfoil  and watch as the outline of the object stays! Extend to have other children guess which objects match each impression

Magnetic or Not

Since robots are made with metal, this week would be a perfect time to explore magnetism. Give children a variety of objects to test and a magnet. Have them predict which items they think will stick to the magnet and which won't.

Robot Insides

Explore how gears, cogs and other robot things work using a gear table or busy board. You can tell children that this is like the inside of a robot and all the pieces have to work together to make the robot work.

Coding Activity*

Practice coding by giving groups of children a robot figure and a maze with tape on the ground. Give them directions that are written only with arrows. Have some of the children read the directions to the other children to get the robot through the maze safely.
​This activity is included in our Robots Activity Pack​
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Robot Hand

Practice using a claw to pick up items and place them inside a basket or box.

Robots around Us

Read Robots, Robots Everywhere and then talk about all of the places we can find robots in our everyday lives. Discuss how Robots make jobs easier for humans. Some examples of robots found in homes include Alexa, or robot vacuums.

Activity Title-Fine Motor/Gross Motor/Visual Motor/ Health & Safety

Robot Play Dough Invitation to Play

Set up a tray with play dough, nuts, bolts, beads, pipe cleaners, etc. and invite children to make a robot.

Roll and Color a Robot*

Roll the playing cubes then color the shown part the color shown on the other cube. This is a great activity for fine motor development and learning to recognize color words! Included in our Robots Activity Pack
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Put together Nuts and Bolts

Leave out a container of nuts and bolts. Have children practice their fine motor skills but screwing the nut onto the bolt. You can make this activity even more fun by timing them to see how many they can put together in a certain time or having them draw cards to see how many they have to put together.

Robot Cut & Paste*

This Robot Cut and Paste activity from our Robot Activity Pack is a great way to practice fine motor and scissor skills!

Robot Dot to Dot*

Support fine motor development and math skills at the same time with a dot to dot from our Robots Activity Pack. 

Do the Robot

Turn on a robot themed song and have children pretend to walk and dance like robots.

Coding Maze

Create a maze for children to follow that use symbols that tell them where to to and how to go through the maze to get to the end. You can talk about how robots use codes just like these in order to complete tasks!

Program the Robots

Play and If/Then game to help introduce the idea of coding. Tell the children a small set of actions for example: If I hop, you walk like a crab, if I sit down, you jump.

Once students understand the rules, you can begin the game. You do an action in front of the children and then they have to do the action that corresponds to it. You can even provide visual cues if needed by holding up a card with the action as you do your action!

If you're a robot and you know it

Sing a modified version of If You're Happy and You Know It using actions that robots would do.

Gear Toss

Create a Robot out of boxes with a hole on his body. Give children small plastic gears (or you can use bean bags). Have them try to get the gears into the robot's tummy!

Build a Robot Together

Pair up children and give them a lego board and legos. One child will act as the programmer giving the directions and the other will complete the directions to make the robot. Give the programmer a template of what the robot should look like. Have them give simple directions to their partner to help build the robot. This is a great way to practice giving clear directions and following directions!

Robot Scavenger Hunt

Pair up children and have them hunt for pieces to build a robot. Once they find all the pieces they need to work as a team to build their robot.

Robot Yoga

Use a video like this one found on Youtube to do some robot yoga and talk about mindfulness

Teach the Robot Feelings

Robots don't have emotions, have children pretend to teach a robot all about emotions. They can act out the emotions and talk about what things invoke the emotions
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Robotics Club Guest Speakers

Invite students from your local high school's robotics club to come in and show off the robots they made to the children

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