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21 New Year Activities for Preschool

Preschoolers are too young for many New Year festivities, but they can celebrate a new year safely using these New Year activities for preschool. Use these activities to round out your preschool STEM activities!

Preschoolers love festivities as much as older kids and adults, but most preschoolers won’t make it to midnight and many New Year’s activities are reserved for the much older.

But preschoolers don’t have to miss out on the fun with these New Year activities for preschool!

These activity ideas are perfect for New Year’s eve, daycare, or the preschool classroom. Even older kids will be delighted with these New Year’s activities.

Over 20 fantastically fun and safe New Year activities for preschoolers! Activities to use in the classroom or at a New Year's Eve party at home!

21 New Year Activities for Preschool 

If you have a preschooler, they may not make staying up until midnight, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a blast during the new year!

You don’t have to do these activities just on January 1st, these New Year activities for preschool can be done any day during January!

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Supplies for Preschool STEM Activities

If you have STEM centers in your preschool classroom, then you’ll want to keep them fully stocked! Here are my favorite STEM supplies to add to preschool STEM bins that will help preschoolers develop a lifelong love of STEM!

These STEM supplies and teacher resources are perfect for preschool teachers, kindergarten teachers, and primary grade STEM classes!

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Outdoor Learning Math Classroom Set

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Science Explorer Table

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Ozobot Primary Grade Coding Lessons

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Primary Science Classroom Kit

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Play and Learn STEM Kit

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Primary Grade STEM Bins

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Space Themed Reward Jar for Teachers

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Rubber Blocks Classroom Set

Easy New Year Activities for Preschoolers to Do in the New Year!

Try these preschool New Year’s Day activities! Preschoolers will love doing these arts and crafts during any new year countdown or on any day in January!

20 Easy Preschool Activities for New Year's Day

There are so many fun crafts and activities for kids to try to ring in the new year! Preschool teachers, parents, and daycare workers will love doing these New Year activities with their students.

And you can do these fun preschool activities any day in January, not just on December 31st!

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