February is a lovely month for preschool learning, filled with themes that focus on love, kindness, community, and important events. February preschool themes often blend winter ideas with social emotional learning, simple celebrations, and opportunities to learn about helping others. From Valentine’s Day and friendship to Black History Month and community helpers, February offers plenty of meaningful theme ideas that work well for preschoolers, toddlers, and pre-k students.
These February themes for preschool are designed to support lesson plans, circle time discussions, hands-on activities, and playful learning throughout the month. They also work well for classrooms, daycare, and home learning, making it easy to plan your preschool themes for February with confidence.
February Preschool Themes List
This February preschool themes list brings together classic winter ideas, Valentine themes, and meaningful learning opportunities that work well in preschool, pre-k, and daycare settings. These themes are easy to build into lesson plans, circle time, crafts, and play-based activities, helping preschoolers learn through connection, creativity, and hands-on fun throughout the month.
Click any of the linked words in each of the themes below to go to a relevant activity of ours – crafts, printables etc
Hearts
A hearts theme is a classic choice for February preschool themes. Preschoolers can explore heart shapes through art, take part in heart shaped fine motor activities, and simple math games.
Heart stamping, tracing, and sorting activities are all fun ways to support early learning while tying into the Valentine season.
Love
Love is a gentle, age-appropriate theme that focuses on caring relationships. Activities can include reading books about families, drawing pictures of people they love, or talking about what makes them feel safe and happy.
This theme supports social emotional learning and helps preschoolers express feelings in positive ways.
Friendship
Friendship themes fit beautifully into February lesson plans. Preschoolers can practice sharing, taking turns, and using kind words.
Simple role play, friendship bracelets, or cooperative games help students learn how to be good friends while building social skills.
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a fun and familiar February theme for kids. Preschool activities can include card-making, heart crafts, and simple party ideas that focus on kindness rather than candy. This theme works well for fine motor skills, art, and creative play.
Kindness
A kindness theme encourages preschoolers to think about how their actions affect others. Activities might include random acts of kindness charts, role playing kind behaviors, or reading stories that celebrate helping others. Kindness themes are perfect for reinforcing positive behavior in preschool classrooms.
Dentists
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM) in the US so February is perfect for this theme.
A dentist theme introduces children to dental health in a friendly way. Dentist pretend play is a whole lot of fun. Preschoolers can explore what happens at the dentist, practice brushing on pretend teeth, make an animal dentist craft, and talk about keeping smiles healthy or print some dental health coloring pages.
This theme supports early health education and helps reduce anxiety around dental visits.
Teeth
Teeth themes work well alongside a dental health theme in February. Activities can include counting teeth, brushing practice with oversized models, making your own egg carton teeth and simple science discussions about why teeth are important. This theme also supports fine motor development through brushing and cutting activities.
You can tie in the tooth fairy here too with these tooth fairy coloring pages or tooth fairy craft.
Mail & Post Office
A post office theme is a great way to explore communication and community helpers. Preschoolers can write letters, sort mail, and set up a dramatic play post office.
This theme encourages early literacy, social play, and learning through pretend play.
With Valentines day, you can also tie this theme into posting cards into Valentines boxes.
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day comes right at the beginning of February on February 2nd.
Groundhog Day is a fun February preschool theme that introduces simple ideas about seasons and weather.
Activities can include shadow crafts, predicting the weather, and reading Groundhog Day stories as well as having fun with Groundhog crafts like this paper bag ground hog puppet. This theme is lighthearted and works well for short lesson plans and circle time.
President’s Day
President’s Day offers an opportunity to introduce preschoolers to leaders in a very simple way. Activities can focus on the idea of helping the community and learning about the United States through symbols like flags and landmarks. Keep lessons brief and age-appropriate for preschool learners.
Black History Month
Black History Month is an important February theme for preschool classrooms. Activities can focus on kindness, fairness, and learning about inspiring people in history in a simple, respectful way.
Reading picture books, exploring black history month art projects, and talking about helping others are meaningful ways to celebrate Black History Month with young students.
Colors (Red & Pink)
Red and pink are fun colors to explore in February themes for preschoolers. Sorting, painting, and scavenger hunts help kids learn color recognition while connecting to Valentine and winter themes.
This theme works especially well for toddlers and younger preschoolers.
Shapes (Heart)
Focusing on the heart shape supports early math learning in a playful way. Preschoolers can trace, make shapes in a pre-writing tray, build, and create heart shapes using blocks, paper, and play dough, or make these heart shaped animal crafts.
This theme combines shape recognition with creativity and fine motor skills.
Firefighters
A firefighter theme introduces preschoolers to community helpers who keep people safe. Activities can include dress-up play, fire truck crafts, and simple safety discussions.
This theme encourages dramatic play and builds respect for helpers in the community. You can also make this cute firefighter craft with the children.
Fire Safety
Fire safety is an important theme that can be taught gently at the preschool level. Activities may include practicing emergency routines, learning about smoke alarms, and talking about staying safe at home.
Keep lessons calm and reassuring while focusing on basic safety ideas. This color mixing activity with red and yellow is a fun way to make fire pictures.
Holidays and Dates in February
February includes several notable dates that can be woven into preschool lesson plans. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14 and is a popular theme for love, friendship, and kindness activities.
Groundhog Day on February 2 offers a fun seasonal learning opportunity, while President’s Day in the United States (falls on the 3rd Monday in February) encourages simple discussions about leadership and helping others.
Black History Month runs throughout February and provides meaningful opportunities for learning, storytelling, and celebrating diversity.
This year Ramadan and Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year are also both starting mid-february.
Download All 12 Months of the Year Preschool Themes PDF
If you want to simplify your planning, you can download our February preschool themes as part of a complete 12-month preschool themes PDF.
This resource is designed to support preschool lesson plans, theme ideas, and classroom organization all year long, making monthly planning easier and more enjoyable.
If you just want February choose the appropriate page when printing.
Terms of use: These monthly preschool theme pages are free for personal use and classroom use.
February preschool themes bring together warmth, learning, and connection during the winter months. From Valentine activities and friendship themes to Black History Month and community helpers, these themes support social emotional learning, creativity, and early skills development. Whether you are teaching preschoolers, toddlers, or pre-k students, February offers many ways to learn through play.
More February Activities for Kids
Looking for more winter learning fun and February activities? We have lots of great crafts, activities, and preschool theme ideas to keep kids engaged during February.
- Rose Petal Valentine’s Sensory Bin
- Free Printable Valentines Mazes
- Valentine Slime Recipe And Free Printable Slime Valentine Cards
- Snowflake Sensory Bottle
- Black History Month Coloring Pages (Free Printables)
More Monthly Classroom Theme Lists
If you’re planning ahead for the year, we have monthly classroom theme lists to help you stay organized and inspired. Each month includes preschool theme ideas that work well for lesson plans, activities, and play-based learning, making it easy to find themes that fit your classroom, daycare, or home learning setting.
If this post helped with your preschool planning, please consider sharing it with other teachers, parents, or caregivers who are planning February themes for preschool. Sharing helps others discover new ideas and supports playful learning for kids.
Anna Marikar, mum of four and seasoned blogger, has spent over a decade sharing her parenting journey and passion for kid-friendly crafts and free printables.
Her easy-to-follow craft ideas and practical parenting advice have transformed In The Playroom into a cherished resource for parents.