Explore a Little Blue Truck’s Springtime Weekly Activity Planner filled with farm-themed preschool activities, crafts, sensory play, songs, and spring books inspired by the beloved story.
Perfect for playful learning at home or in the classroom.
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Little Blue Truck’s Springtime Weekly Planner
Spring is the perfect time to explore stories about baby animals, farms, and new beginnings, and one of our favorite books to celebrate the season is Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Schertle. With its cheerful rhymes and playful lift-the-flaps, this sweet story invites preschoolers to join Little Blue Truck and Toad as they drive through the countryside discovering adorable baby animals along the way.
To help bring the story to life, we’ve created a Little Blue Truck’s Springtime Weekly Activity Planner filled with hands-on learning, songs, crafts, and playful farm-themed activities. These simple ideas are designed especially for preschoolers and can be used at home, in the classroom, or during circle time. Throughout the week, children will explore counting games, sensory play, creative crafts, and fun snacks inspired by the farm animals and springtime discoveries in the book.
Whether you follow the planner for a full week or simply pick a few favorite activities, this book-inspired plan makes it easy to turn storytime into a week of playful spring learning.
Book: Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Schertle
Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Schertle
Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Schertle is a cheerful book that celebrates the joys of spring. Little Blue Truck and his friend Toad take a sunny drive through the countryside, greeting their farm animal friends along the way.
As children lift the flaps, they discover adorable baby animals—ducklings, piglets, bunnies, and more—just born on the farm. With rhyming text, bright illustrations, and interactive surprises, this sweet story invites young readers to explore springtime, learn animal names, and enjoy the excitement of new life on the farm.
We’ve featured the Little Blue Truck in a previous weekly planner too, go take a look!
Don’t have the book? You can listen to a Read Aloud of Little Blue Truck’s Springtime on YouTube.
Spring Songs for Preschoolers
Welcome the season of sunshine, flowers, and new beginnings with these fun Spring Songs for Preschoolers! Singing and moving to music is a wonderful way for young children to celebrate the changes of the season while building listening skills, coordination, and language development. Many spring songs include simple actions like hopping, stretching, and dancing, making them perfect for circle time, brain breaks, or at-home learning.
Below you’ll find a collection of cheerful spring-themed songs your preschoolers will love. These videos invite children to sing along, move their bodies, and explore the sights and sounds of spring—from blooming flowers to buzzing bees. You can also explore these Spring Virtual Field Trips for Kids!
Spring is Here | The Learning Station
Hello, Spring is Here | Pinkfong Baby Shark
Spring Freeze Dance – THE KIBOOMERS
Springtime Cheer! | Jack Hartmann
Baby Animals on the Farm | Pinkfong
Spring Farm Animal Themed Schedule of Activities for Preschoolers
Each week we provide a simple plan of activities for you and your preschoolers to do together. Although we don’t have a strict schedule the one shown below works really well if you are planning a full week.
If not you can always carry out the activities on a single day or across a couple.
Spring Farm Animal Weekly Planner for Preschoolers
Little Blue Truck's Springtime Weekly Planner
A collection of activities inspired by the book Little blue Truck's Springtime.
If you have a farm animal lover or are planning a farm theme, check out this farm animals sensory bin! Easy to make & great for counting & sorting.
You can also make this adorable Little Blue Truck's Spring Themed Sensory Bin.
Kids love farm animals, and these free printable puzzles are a fun way to help them learn baby animal names while improving their visual and reasoning skills!
You can also make this DIY Mystery Farm Animal Easy Reader.
Fun farm math games for a farm theme, or any time really! Two themed dice games for the kids to play together or independently.
You and your kids will love these farm themed snacks. They will love that they are animals, and you will love that they are healthy!
Finding ways to create a hands on activity with a book can be such fun. This Little Blue Truck craft is the perfect way to make your own story book craft.
You can also make these Sheep Crafts or Paper Plate Baby Farm Animals.
Spring Books for Preschoolers
Take a look at our favorite Spring Themed Books for Kids! These cheerful stories celebrate the changing seasons, blooming flowers, and the excitement of warmer days ahead. Perfect for preschoolers, these picture books capture the wonder of spring through playful stories, colorful illustrations, and lovable characters that young readers will enjoy again and again.
Many also introduce themes like nature, friendship, and new beginnings—making them wonderful choices for springtime storytime at home or in the classroom.
- Spring is Here: A Bear and Mole Story by Will Hillenbrand
- Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson
- Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak
- And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
- Barn in Spring by Chambrae Griffith
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! by Lucille Colandro
Take a look at our favorite Spring Themed Books for Kids!
Plus you can explore our Little Blue Truck Weekly Planner for more.
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