Preschool Scavenger Hunt
Whether you’re looking for something fun to do at home or around the neighborhood, check out these fun suggestions for a preschool scavenger hunt!
Have you ever done a scavenger hunt? You’re given a list of items to find. You and your friends scour the neighborhood to find the stuff, and the first person or team to return wins.
Scavenger hunts are just as fun to do with your preschool children at home or at the park!
Preschool Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger hunts with preschool children are limited by a lack of reading skills. You simply can’t hand a preschooler a list of items to find and send them on their way.
There are two ways around this issue. First use drawings and simple symbols such as shapes, numbers, and letters.
The second is to verbally tell the children what to search for one item at a time. As they find the items, send the kids off to search for something else.
Scavenger Hunts at Home
Doing a scavenger hunt at home is a great way to reinforce counting skills or to teach shapes. Send the children running off to find letters, numbers, or pictures. Look for cans, boxes, or Anything works, so use your imagination.
Hand a preschooler a sheet with numbers and colors drawn on it. Ask your children to find two red items or three blue items. A few scavenger games, and your children will be eager to learn their numbers.
Letters and shapes work just as well. Ask your children to search for something with an ‘A’ on it or something in the shape of a circle. See if they can find stars or ovals. Are there soft items or rough items in the house for children to find?
Backyard Scavenger Hunt
A backyard scavenger hunt is just as much fun as those indoors. Have the children search for leaves, sticks and pine cones. Can they find yellow and purple flowers?
Keep working on your children’s counting skills as you play. Assign them to find 3 pine cones and two sticks. Search for 4 yellow flowers and 1 white one.
Encourage them to search for pretty rocks, ferns, moss, or oak leaves. What about different types of bark, shapes of branches, or types of seeds?
You could even print out a fun outdoor scavenger hunt sheet, and see if they can find everything on the list.
Scavenger hunts teach preschoolers about nature, shapes, letters, and numbers at the same time. Do you do scavenger hunts with your preschoolers?
Scavenger Hunt Games for Families
Check out these awesome scavenger hunt games for families. Most of them can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.
Family Scavenger Hunt Game – Family Scavenger Hunts gets families off the couch and moving!
The Family Treasure Hunt Game! – GoTrovo is an action-packed pirate scavenger hunt board game for the whole family!
Scavenger Hunt Game – Let your kids or class spot up to 16 things in the great outdoors! They’ll definitely have fun looking for colorful birds, flowers, fun shaped rocks, bunnies and more! Pack includes 50 game cards; perfect set for classroom field trips and big family vacations.
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Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.
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