Letter P Activities for Preschoolers

Here’s a page packed with letter P activities for preschoolers. These ideas and word lists are organized into categories so you can pick and choose as you plan out learning activities for your little one.

Whether you’re incorporating a letter of the week or just looking for creative ways to inspire curiosity, these letter P activities will provide lots of fun learning opportunities designed to give your child new learning experiences to build on.

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Letter P Activities for Preschoolers

• Paint the house (or outside play toys) with water.
• Practice putting puzzles together.
• Play with playdough.
• Try reciting the nursery rhyme Peter Piper for some silly tongue-twisting fun.
• Make your own paper with a Paper Making Kit.
• Make instant pudding
• Learn the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag
• Sing Patriotic Songs
• For your next family movie night, consider watching Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, The: A Veggie Tales Movie. Other Movies that start with the Letter P you may like are: Planes, Pooh’s Great Adventure, Piglet’s Big Movie Peter Pan, Paddington, or The Polar Express. A quick look at movie reviews can help you decide if they’re appropriate for your little one.
• Make a homemade pizza together
• Have a pajama, pizza party, followed by a friendly family pillow fight.
• Pack a lunch and go on a picnic
• Learn how to recognize patterns
• Does your child have access to a piano? A toy one will do – they can make some music.
• Visit a post office to mail something (maybe a postcard) to a friend or distant relative.
• Jump in puddles
• Put on a puppet show
• Play a game of putt-putt
• Theme Ideas
  • Pets – Talk about pets.
  • Pink and Purple – go on a color hunt or color pictures using these colors
    • Explore color mixing.
      • Red and white make pink
      • Red and blue make purple
  • Plants
  • Police – Learn to recognize the police officer. This would be a great opportunity to touch on stranger awareness.
  • Polar Animals – learn about penguins and polar bears
  • Pond Life
  • Presidents

Letter P Sound

The Letter P makes the sound /p/ as in pig. ( For little ones just learning the letter p sound I’d skip ‘ph’ words that sound like /f/ as in photo.)

Animals That Start With P

There are several birds starting with the letter P, that would be fun to learn more about. There are also several fascinating animals on this list that you can try to see at a zoo or locally, depending on where you live.

• polar bear
• panda bear
• penguin
• peacock
• pigeon
• pig
• panther
• parakeet
• parrot
• pelican
• porcupine
• puffin
• puppy

Letter P Crafts for Preschoolers

A week’s worth of easy, fun Letter P craft ideas for preschoolers.

• Draw with colored pencils
• Paper Plate Pufferfish Craft by There’s Just One Mommy
• Paper Plate Polar Bears by Kids Craft Room
• 10 Painting Activities for Preschoolers (Without a Paintbrush) by Tothood101

Letter P Bible

Share stories using a children’s Bible like My First Hands-On Bible or The Beginners Bible. For older preschoolers, The Complete Illustrated Children’s Bible might be a good choice.

Topics for Bible Letter P you could use:

• Prayer
  • How we use prayer to talk to God
    • Model praying short prayers, so they have an example.
    • For instance: Start with “Dear Heavenly Father”. Praise and thank Him for things in your life, make any short requests and then close, “In Jesus’ name, Amen”.
    • The Lord’s Prayer
• Praise
  • Share Psalms David wrote that praise the Lord.

Letter P Books

Here’s a fun collection of Letter P books your preschooler is sure to love!

• A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
• A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester
• I Wish I Were a Pilot by Stella Blackstone
• Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears by Cynthia Rylant
• Our Pledge, Our Promise: The Pledge of Allegiance Explained by Sheri Wall
• Penguins in Paradise: A Flap Book About Colors by Matt Mitter
• Pet Show by Ezra Jack Keats
• Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin
• Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
• Pocahontas Looking for Meeko by Suzanne Ferguson
• Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow
• The Empty Pot by Demi
• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
• The Pledge of Allegiance by Scholastic
• The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• Poppleton Books – there are a number of Poppleton books in this series by Cynthia Rylant
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• The Three Little Pigs by Patricia Seibert
• There’s a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss

Letter P Worksheets for Preschoolers

You can find more ideas to use with the Letter P in Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers.