Superhero Center Activities for Preschool | Morning Tubs / Bins

The Superhero Center Activities for Preschool is a digital download that contains a collection of 20 printable pirate math and literacy activities intended for use in centers and small groups with children in Preschool and Kindergarten. 

Superhero Activities for Preschool: Fine Motor & Literacy Activities

Following is an outline of the activities included in this unit and suggestions for preparation and use.

1. Superhero Fine Motor Practice Mats (5 Mats)
   • Preparation: Print and laminate for durability. Supply children with pom-poms, gems, buttons, beads, beans, or other small objects that fit inside the circles.
   • Activity: Children place a small object in each circle.
2. Superhero Pre-Writing Tracing Practice (9 Cards)
   • Preparation: Print and laminate for durability. Keep cards together by hole-punching the top left corner and securing with a key ring or pipe cleaner.
   • Activity: Children trace the lines with a whiteboard (dry-erase) marker, starting on the left and moving to the right.
   • Other Ideas: Trace paths with play dough, pipe cleaners, yarn, or sequins.
3. Superhero Alphabet Tracing Practice – Upper and Lower Case
   • Preparation: Print and laminate for durability. Hole-punch the top left corner and secure cards with a key ring or pipe cleaner.
   • Activity: Children trace the letters with a whiteboard (dry-erase) marker, following directional arrows.
   • Other Ideas: Trace letters with play dough, pipe cleaners, yarn, or sequins; use cards for sand tray writing.
4. Superhero Alphabet Match
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out all pieces.
   • Activity: Children match upper and lower case letters.
5. Superhero Beginning Sounds Match
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out all pieces and provide children with clothes pegs.
   • Activity: Children clip a peg on the two pictures that start with the focus sound.
6. Superhero Rhyming Match (30 Cards)
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out all pieces.
   • Activity: Children match the two pictures that rhyme.
7. Superhero CVC Read & Cover
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out all pieces. Attach transparent Velcro to each card (optional).
   • Activity: Children read a word on the mat and cover it with the matching picture.
8. Superhero Sight Word Match (40 Pre-Primer Sight Words Cards)
   • Preparation: Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Attach transparent Velcro to each card (optional).
   • Activity: Children find the matching sight word and place it on the board.

Superhero Center Activities for Preschool: Math Activities

1. Superhero Number Tracing Cards 1-10
   • Preparation: Print and laminate for durability. Hole-punch the top left corner and secure cards with a key ring or pipe cleaner.
   • Activity: Children trace the numbers with a whiteboard (dry-erase) marker, following directional arrows.
   • Other Ideas: Trace numbers with play dough, pipe cleaners, yarn, or sequins; use cards for sand tray writing.
2. City Tower Counting 1-10
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Supply children with counting cubes.
   • Activity: Children build the city by placing towers built from the correct number of cubes shown on the map.
3. Superhero Number Sense 1-10
   • Preparation: Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Attach transparent Velcro to each card (optional).
   • Activity: Children identify and match all the number representations to the correct board.
4. Superhero Sorting by Size: Small, Medium, Large
   • Preparation: Print and laminate the page for durability. Cut out all pieces. Attach transparent Velcro to the objects (optional).
   • Activity: Children determine the size of each item and sort it to the corresponding mat.
5. Superhero Shape Match (9 Shapes)
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out the cards. Provide children with clothes pegs.
   • Activity: Children clip a peg on the matching shape.
6. Superhero Color Match (11 Colors)
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out all pieces. Provide children with clothes pegs.
   • Activity: Children clip a peg on the two pictures that contain the focus color.
7. Which Picture is Different? Superhero Theme (4 Cards)
   • Preparation: Print, laminate for durability, and cut apart the cards. Provide children with clothes pegs or paper clips.
   • Activity: Children clip a peg on the picture that is different.
8. What Doesn’t Belong? Superhero Theme (4 Cards)
   • Preparation: Print, laminate for durability, and cut apart the cards. Provide children with clothes pegs or paper clips.
   • Activity: Children clip a peg on the picture that doesn’t belong.
9. Sorting Super People and Super Animals
   • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out all pieces.
   • Activity: Children identify and sort all the items to the correct mats.
10. Superhero Helping Sequencing Cards (4-Part Sequencing)
    • Preparation: Print, laminate for durability, and cut apart the cards. Attach Velcro to the back of each picture and box (optional).
    • Activity: Children order the cards to show the sequence of the superhero helping a boy.
11. Superhero AB Patterns (5 Cards)
    • Preparation: Print, laminate for durability, and cut apart the cards. Attach the pictures cut out from the bottom of the page to the end of a clothes peg/pin using a hot glue gun or use Velcro.
    • Activity: Children identify the pattern on the cards and clip the correct picture in the empty box to complete the pattern.
12. Superhero Shadow Matching (12 Card Pairs)
    • Preparation: Print and laminate pages for durability. Cut out all pieces.
    • Activity: Children match the pictures to their shadows.

Happy Teaching! 🙂