Whether your preschooler is curious about their favorite hobbies, favorite foods, or what makes them unique, we have a variety of activities to help them discover and celebrate themselves. These fun and engaging activities are designed to spark their imagination and foster self-awareness.
How Can “All About Me” Worksheets Enhance Learning for Preschoolers?
“All About Me” worksheets are a fantastic way to blend fun with education. These worksheets often include activities like drawing, matching, and simple puzzles that help young children develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and early literacy and numeracy skills.
By engaging with these worksheets, preschoolers can learn about themselves, their preferences, and their unique qualities in an interactive and enjoyable manner.
What Types of Crafts Can Preschoolers Make to Learn About Themselves?
Crafting is an excellent hands-on activity that allows preschoolers to express their creativity while learning about themselves. Simple projects like making “About Me” posters, creating sensory bins related to their favorite things, or making personalized puppets can help kids explore their interests and unique traits.
These crafts also encourage imaginative play and help develop important skills like following instructions and problem-solving.
How Do Worksheets and Crafts Foster a Love for Self-Discovery?
Worksheets and crafts centered around self-discovery can instill a sense of confidence and appreciation for their own individuality in preschoolers. By engaging in these activities, children can develop a deeper understanding of their likes, dislikes, and unique qualities.
Creating art related to their favorite aspects of themselves can build a personal connection, fostering a sense of pride and a desire to embrace their uniqueness as they grow older.
What Are Some Easy-to-Implement “All About Me” Activities at Home/School?
Bringing the theme of self-discovery into your home/preschool can be simple with the right activities. Printable worksheets, coloring pages, and cut-out shapes are easy to find online and can provide hours of educational fun.
Combine these with craft supplies like glue, scissors, and colored paper to create a mix of activities that celebrate each child’s individuality. Reading “All About Me” themed books and watching educational videos about self-awareness can also complement these activities, creating a well-rounded learning experience.
All About Me Literacy Activities for Preschoolers
Incorporate literacy activities into the “All About Me” theme by encouraging preschoolers to explore their personal stories. Through storytelling and creative expression, kids can develop a love for reading and writing while celebrating what makes them special.
Mini Book (Printable) – Have students write or draw their answers on the pages, color the pictures and letters, cut on the lines, and fasten the mini book together as they learn about themselves.
Word Strips (Printable) – These word cards are great for emerging readers & spellers. You can place them in a pocket chart for easy display or simply paste them to the wall. Then students can copy the word when they need it. Seeing the words repetitively helps to learn sight words faster. The strips also have the option for copying the word right underneath for handwriting practice.
About Me Worksheet (Printable) – Have students fill in the blanks or have help from a teacher to answer the questions about themselves and some of their favorites.
About Me Rainbow (Printable) – This activity allows each student to write a word, phrase or sentence within the arch cells of the rainbow about themselves. Images are included to support the younger students who aren’t quite writing but are able to make picture selections of their favorite choices to then cut and paste onto their rainbow all about me page.
Name Practice (Editable & Printable) – On the list, type a name in each space and each page will automatically be customized for the names entered on the list. Place a dot sticker under each letter of the name for easy tracking and have student say each letter as they tap it out. Have student form their name with letter manipulatives, and then have them trace it.
Positive Affirmations – Introduce positive affirmations to your preschooler. Write some positive statements on cards such as “I am brave,” “I am loved,” or “I am kind.” Encourage the children to repeat the affirmations to themselves. Make it a habit to encourage them with phrases like “I can do it” and “I believe in myself”.
I Love Me Jar (Printable) – This candy jar activity provides a way to build self-awareness and self-love. Kids must write down five positive descriptions or adjectives about themselves on the candies. They then stick them to the candy jar and can read to remember all these different things.
Name Search (Printable) – This sheet you will fill in yourself with the student’s name with one letter in each circle spread throughout the board. After you have the name on the page a bunch of times, fill in all the other circles with other random letters. Have them use dot markers or crayons to identify the letters in their name and spell it out.
Emotions Wheel – Divide a paper plate into four sections and have children color and label each section (for example, green for happy, red for mad, blue for sad, and yellow for excited). Encourage children to choose the emotion they are feeling that day and talk about it. You can keep these in an easily accessible area of the classroom for children to use each day.
Magnetic Name Learning – Write or type your student’s names and tape them onto a magnetic surface. Have student’s pick out the letters from magnets and spell their name right below it. Once they’ve mastered that, they can practice their friend’s names as well.
All About Me Math Activities for Preschoolers
Bring math to life with the “All About Me” theme by incorporating fun and personalized activities.
Preschoolers can count and sort objects related to their interests, measure their height and compare it to their friends, and create graphs about their favorite foods, colors, or activities.
These engaging exercises help children develop basic math skills like counting, measuring, and data representation, all while learning more about themselves and their peers.
Through these hands-on math activities, kids can discover the joy of numbers and develop a deeper understanding of their own unique traits and preferences.
Fingerprint Patterns – This math and sensory activity uses dot stickers to make a pattern. Then have students copy the pattern with finger paint right below it. For older kids, they may make their own patterns with the finger paint without copying the dot sticker pattern. You can also use this opportunity to explain to children about how fingerprints are unique to them and no two people’s fingerprints are alike.
Body Measurement – Have students use a non-standard way of measuring their own body parts using blocks. Show them how to line up the blocks to measure their arms, legs, feet, etc. as they learn about how each student comes in all different shapes and sizes.
How many letters are in your name? – Have students graph their name on this grid and count how many letters are in their name. This gives them a visual which numbers and names are more or less than others.
Family Counting Number Match – Have students cut out each side . Then match each number to its corresponding card after counting all the people in the house.
How Many Things Can Your Hand Hold? – Cut out and trace student’s hand. Place any manipulative on the table, such as blocks, beads, etc. The larger the item, the less they will fit. Have them count how many can fit on each hand. Have them experiment with all types of manipulatives to count up to different numbers.
All About Me Fine Motor Activities for Preschool
Enhance fine motor skills with engaging “All About Me” activities that celebrate individuality. Encourage preschoolers to practice cutting, coloring, and pasting while creating self-portraits, name crafts, and personal storybooks.
Activities like threading beads to make name bracelets, tracing their hands, or assembling collages of favorite things help develop hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
These creative projects foster self-expression and strengthen essential fine motor skills, preparing little ones for writing and other detailed tasks. Through these hands-on experiences, children can explore what makes them unique while building important foundational skills.
Self-Portrait Worksheets (Printable) – Have students draw and color in their faces, body, clothes, and more on these self-portrait sheets. Have them look in a mirror if they need help to remember what their face looks like. They can also use manipulatives, such as googly eyes, pipe cleaners, and blocks to complete this activity.
Draw Each Other With Sidewalk Chalk – During outside time, have students try to outline each other as they lay down on the ground with sidewalk chalk. They’ll love their creations that they made and describing who they drew. Try to get them to add as many details to the drawing as possible.
Rainbow Colors of Me (Printable) – This activity celebrates all the fun ways that colors represent us and our favorite things. Students will read the prompts and color the section of the rainbow with the color of their answer. Kids share their skin color, hair color, favorite vegetable color, favorite color, favorite fruit color, and more!
Clothespin Name Recognition Activity – Add letter stickers to a paint stick to form student’s name. As an option, you can paint the stick in their favorite color as well and add their photo to the top. Attach the same letter stickers to the edge of clothespins and have student pinch clothespin to match the letters to the paint stick. If you don’t have a paint stick, just use a piece of card stock.
Dot Names with Dot Markers – Write out student’s name and have them use dot markers or bingo markers to dot each letter as they practice learning their name. Using different colors for each letter is optional.
What I Like to Wear Craft (Printable) – Have students color and cut out the clothing items and picture to look like themselves and clothes that they would wear. Paste it on the body as a cute fine motor craft.
Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes Craft – Have student practice fine motor skills as they color and cut this picture. They’ll color the image of the person and then cut on the lines (or you can help). Then have them put the person back together.
I’d Still Like Myself If (Printable) – Have students check off all the boxes to show them that they would still love themselves even if they looked, acted, or talked differently.
Cutting & Tracing Strips (Printable) – Cut each sheet into 4 strips. Have students cut or trace along the dotted lines.
Build a Home – Build houses for our families starting with family counters blocks. Use fine motor tweezers to grab blocks and build each family a house.
All About Me Arts & Crafts Activities for Preschoolers
All About Me Crayons (Printable) – Have students write their responses on each crayon or recite their answers and the teacher will record the responses. Have them color each crayon and the crayon box, then cut them out, and paste it together.
Body Tracing Art – Have students trace each other on large pieces of Kraft or rolled paper. Have them decorate and color in their potraits and identify the differences between each other- from eye and hair color to height and weight.
Self-portraits– For this activity, have children look in a mirror and observe their features. You can point out the shape of their head, their hair color, eye color, and facial expression. Then give them paper and crayons and let them draw a self-portrait.
Rainbow Name Craft (Printable) – Name crafts work on strengthening fine motor skills with scissors practice, learn name recognition, & letter order! Each kid gets their own craft template to cut, color & paste their name. You will have to use Powerpoint to edit the name on the cloud and then simply print everything on one page. You can also paste the letters onto clothespins or use velcro dots so students can take on and off the letters to keep making their name.
Name Craft – Write the student’s name in marker on a sheet of paper. Have them cut small pieces of any color construction paper and paste it on each letter to trace their name.
Handprint Book – Use construction paper to trace and cut out the outline of the student’s hand. The cover will be All About Me and have each page filled with a picture or words about them. Punch a hole and lace with string and you have a little book made from their hand print!
Andy Warhol Portraits – Take student’s pictures with your own camera and print them out in black and white. Paste the picture to a piece of cardstock to make it more sturdy. Have students color their own picture and decorate the frame how they’d like.
Mirror Craft (Template) – Create the mirror which they’ll use to admire themselves. Simply use kid safe paint, glitter, feathers beads, sequins, aluminum foil to design and decorate a cardboard cutout of a mirror, Once complete, your preschoolers can practice telling themselves all the things they like when they see themself in their mirror.
Family Puppets – Created the members of our family as shape puppets! Use foam sticker shapes to create people by sticking them onto a craft stick. Use markers to draw a face and details and glue to add yarn, buttons, etc. for hair and other details.
Button Self-Portrait – Have students color and create a self-portrait of their face on a paper plate. Have them use crayons and buttons to make hair and all the facial features.
All About Me Gross Motor Activities for Preschool
Incorporate gross motor skills into the “All About Me” theme with dynamic and fun activities that get preschoolers moving.
Activities like “Mirror Me” games, where children mimic each other’s movements, help them explore body awareness and coordination.
These energetic experiences not only promote physical development but also encourage self-expression and confidence, allowing children to celebrate their unique abilities while staying active.
Alphabet Body Movements – Show students how to make the letters of the alphabet using their whole body. This guide shows all the letters and how to make them. Have students use their body to make all the letters or simply just the letters of their name.
Number Race – Use foam numbers and line them up at the opposite end of the room as students. Call out questions or math problems (depending on the age) and students race to grab the correct number. Questions include: How old are you? How many pets do you have? How many brothers do you have? How many sisters do you have? How many wheels are on your bicycle? How many teeth have you lost? How many candles will be on your birthday cake? What is your bedtime? How many eyes do you have?
Color Family Trip – This color family trip activity is a fun way to practice color sorting while getting energy out. Using washi tape in rainbow colors, create roads on the floor with a mixture of straight and zig zag lines. Tape a matching colored house at the end of each color road and fill a bin with colored family counters. Find all of the family members of one color, load them into a toy truck, then follow that color road to deliver them to the correct house.
Feeling Face Hop – This is an outdoor gross motor game to practice identifying feelings. Draw faces with different emotions on the ground with sidewalk chalk. Call out an emotion for students to run to. When they get there, they have to act out the emotion. After playing that way for a while, then have them hop from face to face and name each emotion along the way.
All About Me Science and Sensory Activities for Preschool
Body Labeling – Trace the outline of your student’s body on a large roll of Kraft paper. Have child identify and make comparisons of where their body parts are on their body vs where they are on the outline. Then, have them stick the images of the body parts exactly where they would go with tape or glue.
About Me Sensory Bin – Create a sensory table with various skin tones using chickpeas. Use acrylic paint to color the chickpeas in various skin tones. Mix a variety of brown, white, black, orange, and tan paint to get the various colors. Then add skin color buttons, people cookie cutters (aka gingerbread man), measuring spoons, wooden bowls, mini tongs, a spoon, and people cutouts.
Self-Portrait Play Doh Mats (Printable) – Kids can use playdough and loose parts to create themselves, a friend, or a family member.
I love how this activity engages a child’s creativity and of course it will keep little ones busy a long time! These free printables are the perfect way for young kids to develop fine motor skills through dough play.
Self-Portrait Snack – For this fun art meets snack idea, grab a bagel, a piece of toast or a sugar cookie! Spread it with your choice of topping – cream cheese, peanut butter, Nutella, or icing. Provide kids with items to create a face on their “snack portrait.” You might use cut veggies, raisins, cut fruit, candy, fruit snacks, etc.
Salt Tracing Names – Have students trace letters of their name in a bin of salt, sand, or rice. If you don’t mind a little bit of wet-messy materials, you can try shaving cream, yogurt, or finger paint! If they’re not too familiar with letter formation yet, make sure to put letter cards in front of them to help.
All About Me Theme Discussions and Graphing Ideas for Preschoolers
Me bags – Ask every child to bring three to five of their favorite items to school. Sit in a circle and allow every child to take turns and share their items with the class. This activity is a good way for children to explore each other’s interests.
Star of the Week – Pick a different student every week to be “star of the week.” Have them make a poster (at home with parent’s help) about them. This can include photos of them, their family, their pets, and their friends. It can also include their favorite things and anything else they love. Have each student share their poster with the class.
“I Like Myself” questions – Ask students questions about themselves to help build self-awareness and self-esteem, ie. What do you like about yourself? What do others like about you? Would you like yourself if you had a silly snout that snorts? Or purple polka-dotted lips? Why? Why not? What would you say if people said mean things to you?
They may struggle with these questions. But if they do need help, tell them all the things you like about them to get them going and help boost their confidence.
Graph Favorites – This theme is a great time to talk about everyone’s differences in terms of things that they like. Explain how everyone has a favorite toy, ice cream flavor, family member, food, or show. Make a graph and have each student come up to graph their preference.
Graph Boys vs Girls in Class – This is easy for preschoolers to distinguish so have them graph the boys and girls in their class and see/count the difference.
All About Me Books to Read Aloud for Preschool
“Ears, Nose, Fingers, Toes” by Judy Hindley – From a wiggle of their shoulders to a stomp of their feet, a group of lovable toddlers joyfully explore the many ways to use their bodies. Lips can be made small for kissing, while arms can go up and down or reach out to hug those we love. This book is perfect for children as they begin to discover the wonders of their bodies and the joy of learning to move.
“What I Like About Me” by Allia Zobel Nolan – The kids in What I Like About Me! are as different as night and day. And they love it. Some adore that their braces dazzle & gleam, others feel distinguished when they wear their glasses. Others wouldn’t trade their big feet for a lifetime of free video games. A mylar mirror embedded in the last page lets kids take a look at themselves and decide what they like best about themselves.
“All By Myself” by Mercer Mayer – Little Critter wants to show you all the things he can do for himself in this classic, funny, & heartwarming book. Whether he’s tying his shoes, coloring a picture, or riding his bike, both parents and children alike will relate to this beloved story. A perfect way to teach children about independence!
“It’s Great to Be Me” by Melissa Ahonen – This book highlights the positive affirmations of ten personality traits that make them unique, like being imaginative, kind, smart, talented, and brave. Filled with relatable examples of these affirmations, children will be captivated as the characters bake cookies, play a game, & win races.
“Marvelous Me” by Lisa Bullard – Alex is a marvelous little boy who is just like other people in some ways, such as getting angry sometimes, but also unique because of his special laugh, his grizzly hugs, and his own interesting thoughts.
“I Like Myself” by Karen Beaumont – Here’s a little girl who knows what really matters. High on energy & imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything about themselves—inside and out. Messy hair? Beaver breath? So what!
“National Geographic Look and Learn” – Filled with gorgeous photographs inspired by National Geographic Little Kids magazine, this book introduces curious children to the parts of the human body.
“My Magical Feelings” by Becky Cummings – Feelings are the language of the soul. That’s why it’s important to encourage our children to express themselves. This book helps explain feelings and emotions to young kids.
“Me on the Map” by Joan Sweeney – Where are you? Where is your room? Where is your home? Where is your town? This playful introduction to maps shows children how easy it is to find where they live and how they fit in to the larger world. This book will show readers how easy it is to find the places they know and love with help from a map.
“It’s OK to be Different” by Sharon Purtell – By highlighting the ways kids are different from one another helps children to accept themselves and others as the beautifully unique individuals that they are. This book encourages kids to be kind and befriend those who are different from themselves, showing young children that they don’t have to look alike or enjoy doing the same activities to be kind to one another.
All About Me Songs for Preschool
That’s Me, Complete
I have ten little fingers and ten little toes, Two little arms and one little nose
One little mouth and two little ears, Two little eyes for smiles and tears
One little head and two little feet, One little chin, that’s ME, complete!
“Special Me” Sung to the tune of: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Special special special me, How I wonder what I’ll be
In this big world I can be, Anything I want to be
Special special special me, How I wonder what I’ll be
“I Am Special” Sung to the tune of: Are You Sleeping
I am special, I am special,
Yes I am. Yes I am.
I am very smart and very kind.
Yes I am, Yes I am.
Some Little Faces Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”
Some little faces I have seen
Some were sad and some were mean
But the one little face with the smile was the best
That was the happiest of all the rest.
(You can use this with face puppets on craft sticks)
All By Myself Sung to the tune of: “Three Blind Mice”
All by myself, All by myself, See what I can do, See what I can do
I can brush my teeth and my hair so neat
I can put my socks and shoes on my feet.
I can get my napkin and snack to eat.
All by myself, All by myself
All by myself, All by myself, See what I can do, See what I can do
I can clean up my toys. I can ride my bike
I can kick a ball and match pictures alike
I can read a book and sing songs that I like
All by myself, All by myself
With each activity, you’re not only nurturing essential developmental skills but also inspiring a sense of wonder and appreciation for the natural world that will last a lifetime.
Incorporating the “All About Me” theme into preschool activities offers a wonderful opportunity for young children to explore and celebrate their individuality. Through a variety of engaging and educational activities—from literacy and math to fine and gross motor skills—children can learn more about themselves and each other. Whether through crafting personal storybooks, creating self-portraits, or graphing class favorites, these activities foster a sense of self-awareness and community.
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