25+ Wooden Block Activities for Preschoolers

All Things Kids is sharing back to school ideas today, and I’m happy to join in!  Today, I wanted to focus on back-to-school from a teacher’s perspective. While thinking and planning for the new school year, I like to gather ideas for my classroom. In doing so, I’ve collected some great wooden block activities for preschoolers!  These activities are great for older kiddos too – I’m just focused on my preschoolers right now.

fun block activities for preschoolers to try out

Are you following Fun-A-Day’s Games & Building Pinterest board?

How I organize my classroom’s block center and what I keep in it on a daily basis (including my structure book of buildings around the world)

Ways I’ve extended and enhanced block play in my classroom

Kid-decorated wooden blocks from The Imagination Tree

Fantastic Fun and Learning made a homemade wrecking ball for demolition

Learn with Play at Home added play dough to wooden blocks for brick-laying fun

Reggio-inspired wooden block play from An Everyday Story

PreKinders shares the different items she uses in her block center

Integrating real-life experiences into block play from Twodaloo

Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds added lights to her block area

Chalkboard blocks for kids to create from Picklebums

Amazing introduction to wooden blocks from Homegrown Friends

And Next Comes L made her own colorful see-through wooden blocks to build with

How Pre-K Pages set up and stocked her block center

Use wooden blocks in a math game from PreKinders

Teach Preschool shares a homemade sorting puzzle with blocks

Unusual items to add to wooden block play from Pre-K and K Sharing

Fun at Home with Kids shares how to dye your own wooden blocks

Building blocks and aluminum foil from One Perfect Day

Hands-On: As We Grow’s make-your-own puzzle using wooden blocks and tape

Create a village and people using wooden blocks and recyclables from An Idea on Tuesday

DIY block obstacle course for cars from What do We do All Day

The Imagination Tree made picture cards to inspire her kiddos to create with wood blocks

Play-Based Learning shares some awesome pictures and ideas for wooden blocks

Handmade Charlotte shares how to make gradient wooden blocks 

Chasing Cheerios shares how to create velcro blocks for kids to play with

Let’s Promote Play uses pendulums in the block area

Ideas for non-traditional block activities for preschoolers

My Nearest and Dearest’s Beyond Blocks: 10 Building and Construction Activities for Kids

Modern Parents Messy Kids’ 17 Building Projects for Kids Using New Materials

More back-to-school ideas from All Things Kids

Don’t forget to check out what the other ladies are sharing!  If you’re a blogger, feel free to link up your own back-to-school ideas in the linky below.

Block Sets for Block Center

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Below are what we have stocked in the block center all the time.  There’s a wide variety of items available, but I may add large colorful blocks sometime in the near future.

• Hardwood blocks
• Colorful wood blocks
• Multicultural families
• Wooden town blocks
• Colorful glass jewels
• Empty thread spools
• Empty cardboard boxes

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