Ready to feel more supported and save time this school year? Join The Whole Child Preschool Club and get instant access to my library of purposeful, playful resources!
C is for Caterpillar
We love reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar while learning about letter C. Here are some caterpillar activities and crafts that we do in our class.
Click here to see more caterpillar activities!
FREE Caterpillar Counting Worksheet
Use mini erasers, craft poms, or dot stickers to put on the caterpillar or put fingerprints in each circle.
C is for Cookie!
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a great book to read during letter C week! Check out these cookie math and literacy activities and printables, click on the pictures to take you to the resource.*
Pretend Cookie Bakery Craft
Check out THIS post for directions on how to make this fun cookie bakery craft! This activity is perfect for learning about the letter C!
Another great cookie book to read is One Smart Cookie, I love this matching stuffy from Kohl’s!
C is for Car!
Cars are always popular in preschool, and we love doing car activities while learning about the letter C!
- Car and Letter Roads FREEBIE– use toy cars to form each letter while driving them over the road.
- Letter Matching Parking Lot- Make a parking lot and label each car with a matching letter. Students can have fun parking the car in the matching letter space!
- Car Sensory Bin- Use toy cars or car containers (Car Easter Eggs from the Dollar Tree) and put them in black beans and pasta for a fun sensory experience.
Car Alphabet Letter Tracing Cards
Letter C Stickers
Using stickers is such a great fine motor activity for small hands! We love putting stickers on letters. Some ideas for letter C stickers are:
cars, cupcakes, cookies, carrots, cows, crabs, cats.
C is for Cloud!
Head to the Dollar Tree and pick up some shaving cream for some fun cloud activities!
*Cloud Paint: Mix glue and shaving cream to make this fluffy “cloud paint”. Add some paint for more colorful paintings.
*Cloud Dough: I was excited to find this kiwi conditioner and we had fun mixing it with cornstarch to make cloud dough! Mix 1 part conditioner with two parts cornstarch, adjust based on consistency.
*Cloud Fine Motor Play Dough Mat- Practice forming the letter C with this FREE CLOUD PLAY DOUGH MAT!
*Cloud Play and Writing- Have a fun sensory play experience with shaving cream clouds! Practice writing the letter C in the shaving cream or just have fun playing in the “cloud”. This is such a fun and messy (but clean!) sensory play activity!
Rain Cloud in a Jar Experiment
Materials Needed:
- A clear jar
- Water
- Shaving cream (representing the cloud)
- Food coloring (liquid form works best)
- A dropper or spoon
- Water (for the colored rain)
Steps:
- Fill the jar with water: Fill your jar about three-quarters of the way with water. This represents the atmosphere.
- Add shaving cream: Spray a layer of shaving cream on top of the water to represent the cloud. You want it to be thick, so pile it up high!
- Prepare colored rain: Fill a separate container with water and add a few drops of food coloring. Mix it well. This will represent the rainwater.
- Create the rain: Using a dropper or spoon, slowly drop the colored water on top of the shaving cream.
- Watch it rain: As you add more colored water, the shaving cream “cloud” will eventually become saturated and allow the colored water to start dripping down into the jar. This simulates rain falling from the cloud when it gets too full.
This experiment is a fun and hands-on way to learn about weather patterns, especially how rain is formed!
C is for Cupcake!
Cake and cupcakes are not only yummy, they are a fun way to make learning and fine motor skills practice more exciting! Use cupcake mini erasers and counters with fine motor mats and math activities. Cupcake containers and eggs from Dollar Tree are a fun addition to playdough and kinetic sand activities!
Cupcake Sensory Bin
Dye rice different colors and use silicone cupcake liners for a fun cupcake sensory bin activity! Add tools for extra fine motor skills practice.
C is for Colors!
Use colorful pom poms and ribbons to dance with while learning about colors! Color fine motor and playdough mats help children to learn color words.
The light table is so fun and adding some color makes it even more exciting! Use rainbow blocks and dots to have some colorful fun, add bowls to sort the different color dots.
C is for Carrot
Make a carrot sensory bin with black beans and carrot containers, I got these at Dollar Tree during Easter time. Play a carrot letter matching game with this Carrot Alphabet Matching Printable.
C is for Corn!
*Corn Sensory Bin: Make a fun sensory bin with corn or popcorn seed kernels. I love these corn holders that I got form the Dollar Tree, they are perfect for our sensory bin! Add some tools for extra fine motor skills practice.
*Corn Painting: Painting with corn on the cob was so easy and fun! My students loved rolling them in the paint and then on the paper and enjoyed seeing the texture that it makes.
C is for Cut!
Here are some fun ways to practice scissor skills and cutting! Teach children to cut up by drawing lines on chart paper and have them cut vertically.
Free Shape Cutting Worksheets!
Alphabet Printables
Find alphabet activities, worksheets, games, and printables HERE!
*Post contains affiliate links.
