Free Summer Learning Activities for Preschool Through Second Grade
Add these free interactive games, printables, and hands-on activities to boost fun and learning all summer long!
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Summer Boredom Busters for Kids
Wondering how to keep kids busy during summer break? Pick from these free summer activities for kids that combine fun with learning, including screen-free activities, printables, crafts, ways to stay busy at home, educational games and videos, and more! Find even more great resources by exploring our full collection of printable worksheets and puzzles, coloring pages, and activities.
Free Printable Summer Activities for Kids
Keep kids learning and having fun with free summer worksheets for preschool through second grade. These educational summer activities include printable math and literacy worksheets, along with fun summer printables like mazes, dot-to-dots, and coloring pages and provide an easy, low-pressure way to practice essential skills at home while still enjoying plenty of seasonal fun.
Here are a few examples of what you’ll find in our Summer Worksheet Collection:
Alphabet Worksheets
You’ll find all 26 letters of the alphabet here (in uppercase and lowercase letters) and opportunities to color, trace, and practice writing each of them. These are great to work on all summer long!
Color-By-Number Worksheets
Work on number recognition in a fun new way this summer with practice that focuses on coloring in pictures.
First Grade Story Problem Worksheets
These word problem worksheets give kids practice with addition and subtraction in real-word scenarios.
Second Grade Reading Worksheets
Here’s a variety of different ways to practice with vocabulary words, consonant blends, sight words, and more.
Summer Learning Games for Preschoolers & Kindergarteners
ABCmouse includes 13,000+ learning activities for your child, including hundreds of educational games. Here are a few free-to-play examples that your child can enjoy. Explore our full library of free-to-play games here.
Practice reading, spelling, and writing high-frequency words with a fun rainbow tracing activity! This game helps kids recognize sight words, build fine motor skills, and strengthen early literacy.
Black, White, and Brown Bubble Blaster
Blast the bubbles that are black, white, or brown! This quick and exciting game helps kids sharpen their color recognition skills through playful practice.
Kids can practice their counting skills in this math game, identifying which leaf has a different number of water drops on it before feeding it to the baby dinosaur.
In this more advanced game, kids work on vocabulary, reading, and the concept of similarities and differences while learning about Carla’s friends from around the country.
Summer Reading List for Kids: Books by Age & Grade
Discover the best summer reading books for kids ages 2 to 8 with this summer reading list organized by age and grade. These engaging children’s books celebrate beach days, nature exploration, gardening, and other fun summer adventures and are perfect for enjoying at home, on vacation, or during quiet time. Find even more great books with our list of 100+ Books for Preschool – 2nd Grade, and boost motivation to read with our free printable reading challenges and reward charts.
I See Summer by Charles Ghigna, illustrated by Ag Jatkowska
What do you see when you think of summer? Read this book together, then ask your child what other summer images come to mind.
Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies
Most of us only go to the beach during the day. Find out what it’s like at night with some playful bats who’ve come to enjoy their own time at the shore.
Cannonball by Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan
What does it take to make the perfect cannonball into the pool? Everyone has advice for the boy in this tale, but in the end, he has to do things his own way.
Songs and Lessons for Preschoolers & Kindergarteners
Fill summer learning with fun songs and videos to help keep kids engaged with learning. The ABCmouse app is loaded with videos and songs designed to teach and entertain. Here are a few examples, with even more available on the ABCmouse YouTube channel.
Explore the Grand Canyon
This 10-minute video takes children on a journey to the Grand Canyon, sharing facts while ABC and 123 lead them on an adventure!
Letter A Song
Discover songs for every letter of the alphabet, focusing on each letter’s name and sounds. Each songs is perfect for dancing and singing along.
Fly with Me Song
Kids can learn about animals and insects that fly while singing and dancing along with this songs that’s sure to be a favorite.
Learn the Days of the Week
Children practice with the days of the week and learning that a week includes seven days in this catchy tune.
37 Fun & Educational Summer Activities for Preschoolers
Discover engaging and educational summer activities for preschoolers that make learning fun all season long, including outdoor nature exploration, sensory play, science experiments, reading activities, crafts, educational apps, and more!
Examples of the Preschool Summer Activities You’ll Find:
Create Backyard Nature Art
Gather leaves, flowers, and sticks during a walk with your preschooler, then work together to arrange them on paper to create unique nature-themed artwork. You can glue the items down to make a permanent piece or shake them off the paper to reveal a blank canvas ready for the next piece of art.
Make a Beach-Themed Sensory Bin
Create a miniature beach on a sensory table or in a large bin using kinetic or regular sand, seashells, small buckets, toys, and shovels. Children can mold the sand, bury and find shells, and create their own beach scenes. This encourages tactile exploration, imaginative play, and fine motor skills development.
400+ Summer Words for Kids (Free Printable Lists)
Build vocabulary and spelling skills with this fun summer word list for kids organized by category. From summer activities and weather words to foods, animals, nature, and holidays, this educational summer activity is perfect for vocabulary practice, spelling games, and summer learning at home.
Simple Summer Words
| beach | bike | boat | camp | fan |
| float | fun | hot | ice | pool |
| sand | shade | shell | shorts | sun |
| sunny | swim | water | warm |
Summer Weather Words
| air | blue skies | breeze | breezy | bright |
| clear | clear sky | cloudless | daylight | dew |
| drought | dry | forecast | gust | hazy |
| heat | heatwave | hot | humid | lightning |
| melt | mist | moist | muggy | rain |
| rainbow | shade | sizzle | sky | storm |
| sultry | sunny | sunshine | sweltering | temperature |
| thunderstorm | ultraviolet | UV index | warm | wind |
Prevent the Summer Slide for Your Child
Researchers found that children who engaged with ABCmouse over the summer, completing at least 208 learning activities, demonstrated significant gains, showing progress equivalent to one month of instructional time and keeping the summer slide at bay.
Keep Kids Learning This Summer
ABCmouse is expertly designed for children ages 2–8. Each day of learning with ABCmouse brings more lessons, activities, and games to try. Kids can follow their personalized learning path, choose what they’d like to learn, explore within the safety of the app, or follow a list of activities planned by an adult.
ABCmouse Brings Your Child Play-Based Learning That Includes:
- Hundreds of educational games
- Over 400 digital books
- Online puzzles
- Catchy songs and engaging lessons
- Printable worksheets and coloring pages
- Open-ended play in My World environments: Pet Town, Safari Park, Aquarium, Bot Beats, Monster Stacking, and more
- A motivating reward system
How Much Time Does My Child Need to Spend Learning this Summer?
You can help prevent summer learning loss in just 15 minutes a day of reviewing concepts your child learned during the previous school year. The summer is also a great time to start previewing concepts your child will learn during the upcoming school year.
ABCmouse can help! Kids can explore the app independently, or you can sit with them to introduce new concepts, then follow up with hands-on activities that reinforce what they’ve learned. However you choose to use it, ABCmouse makes learning simple and flexible. Use it during quiet time, after meals, or as part of a morning learning session.
On-the-Go Learning Resources from ABCmouse
Beyond learning with the ABCmouse app, boost your child’s learning with our educational resources. Use these anywhere, whether you’re at home, in the car, or waiting at appointment, or while spending time outdoors.
More Fun Summer Activities for Kids
Printable List of 170+ Ideas for Summer Fun
Pick a few fun activities to try each week to fill summer with loads of fun for kids of all ages!
Outdoor Group Games for Kids to Play
Keep everyone entertained with backyard games for different ages. Just print out the directions, and start playing!
50 Fun Summer Activities to Try at Home
No need to leave home to have a blast this summer! Our list of at-home summer fun includes ideas for indoors and out.
Summer Crafts for Preschool and Up
With just a few household supplies, you can work in weekly summer crafts for the entire family!
Free Printable Summer Coloring Pages
From beac scenes and sunshine to classic summer themes, our free printable summer coloring pages make a great quiet activity for at home or on the go.
