Teach easy screen free coding for preschoolers as the beginning steps to coding through this free printable earthworm activity sheets. Coding activities without a computer starts with simple sequencing while engaging their minds in creativity, problem solving and math.
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SCREEN FREE CODING FOR PRESCHOOLERS
I’m a firm believer in letting my preschooler explore and learn through hands on activities. I find myself drawn more towards the screen free coding activities as she is so young and I truly feel like the manipulative only strengthen her fine motor skills. I hope you’ll use this free coding worksheet as a resource to help you out!
You may wonder how preschoolers can learn coding at such a young age, you have to start somewhere, right? Starting with basics and simple coding with the end goal being to one day code for computers. This is a preschool coding activity without computers to prepare them for the next step in learning to code. As an activity focused around screen free coding for preschoolers it’s the first step for early learners in the world of coding with sequence and following patterns.
EASY CODING FOR PRESCHOOLERS
Today I’m sharing our most recent STEAM activity for preschoolers centered around earthworms. For you moms or preschool teachers this is an easy worm activity for preschoolers to plan and prep for. I’m all about easy for us…plus it only requires the FREE Printable and a few other materials needed.
Earthworm CODING FOR PRESCHOOLERS
I strongly encourage you to let your little three and four year old preschoolers explore the materials first. If you don’t let them explore you will frustrate them as well as yourself…giving them the time to explore the materials allows them to engage strongly in the activity. It’s a very healthy way to start an activity, otherwise they are too excited, won’t listen and everyone ends up frustrated! With me on that one?
Prep: Go ahead with two wiggly eyes and hot glue them onto your pipe cleaner. (create a little circle for the “face”)
What you need:
Earthworm Activity Sheet – Go Here –> Free Printable
Pony Beads
Wiggly Eyes
Hot Glue Gun
Pipe Cleaner
HOW TO CODE FOR PRESCHOOLERS
1- Laminate: I always laminate my printable first, so this way we can use them over and over…with easy clean up if need be.
2- Sort Colors: Have your preschooler sort all of the pony bead colors.
3- Talk and Ask: Talk about the different colors and ask questions as you are sorting.
4- Follow Pattern: Let them begin to sequence and pattern on their printable, matching the colors.
5- Art: Now go ahead and let them place the pattern on the pipe cleaner earth worm.
6- Complete: At the end of the pipe cleaner once the pattern is complete, circle around the last bead and push the remaining piece of pipe cleaner through other pony beads. Feel free to cut extra off if needed.
Remember the entire process with STEAM is so vital and important. If you are new to the idea of STEAM Activities for Kids and the process please be sure to hop over to my article on Everything You Need to Know about STEAM. Here I try to go in depth on why STEAM is important in Early Childhood Education.
- Investigate – what I just talked about in letting them explore the materials leads to #2.
- Discover – let them discover the materials, talk about the materials and what they are made of.
- Connect – connect earthworms to their lives, go outside and talk about where earthworms live, talk about the colors they are using.
- Create – create the patterns/coding and place on pipe cleaner.
- Reflect – ask them about earthworms, ask them about the patterns they created – get them to talk!
Also remember STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. So within this one preschool earthworm activity you are able to incorporate:
Science – talk about earthworms and the importance they are within our soil and gardens.
Engineering – building earthworms and problem solving patterns
Art- Talk about colors and the fun activity of putting together your earthworms.
Math- We always counted our pony beads as well as counted how many earthworms we made!
For more SCREEN FREE CODING ACTIVITIES:
Forget Computers: Easy Coding for Preschoolers
Coding for Preschoolers – FREE Printable
As Preschool Steam says ” You can get your children to start thinking like a coding programmer with very few supplies and no screen time.” high-five to getting started with teaching your preschoolers coding!
We are a husband and wife team, pairing our strengths together to teach our preschooler in the most fun and engaging way we possibly can. The mister is a high school educator at Northlake Christian school in Covington Louisiana and over the Innovation Center, which is all things STEAM. I am a SAHM that blogs pretty much everything we do in our little paradise, from what we eat, to where we travel to how we teach our little one. We hope you are inspired to incorporate STEAM into learning with your children.
Nancy Sawyer says
Hello, I am having a hard time downloading the free printables. I have subscribed to your sight and received the password. I did download one item but when i went back to download something else it wouldn’t let me until i joined again and when i went all the way back to the email you sent me the second time it didn’t ask for the password. Very confused. I am interested in your earthworm coding activity. Thank you for addressing this issue.
Sixth-Bloom says
Nancy,
Thank you for notifying us of this, we are working to get it solved. In the meantime I sent you an email with the direct pdf. Let me know if you have any further questions!
Lori says
I would like the PDF also. I would like this activity.
Thank you
Angel says
I am having trouble downloading the printable earthworm coding activity. I have subscribed to your site. When I click on the link to print it goes back to sign up for the site. I am confused. Thank you Angel
Sixth-Bloom says
Angel, I just emailed you! I’m sorry!
Elizabeth Martin says
hello! I cannot print the free earthworm printable either. I subscribed to your site and it still won’t let me print it. Could you email it to me as well? Thank you! Elizabeth
Sixth-Bloom says
Sorry about that! Working on getting it fixed! I sent you an email 🙂
jay says
hi i cant print the earthworm coding , it keeps taking me to another site
Stacy says
Hello,
I signed up for your site but I was never sent the email for the free printable.
Thanks
Stacy
Sixth-Bloom says
I am terribly sorry about this – I’m going to work on the issue! in the meantime can you email me and I’ll send you the pdf?
erin@sixthbloom.com
Joyce says
I would love this coding worm activity. Not sure where to sign up?
Sixth-Bloom says
Shoot me an email and I’ll get you taken care of: erin@sixthbloom.com
Terri says
I can not get the earthworm to print either
Nora Venegas says
I cannot download earthworm sheet
Sixth-Bloom says
Please email me and I’ll send it to you: erin@sixthbloom.com
Paula Perry says
Hi i was wondering if i could have the PDF for the worms
Sixth-Bloom says
yes, please send me an email! erin@sixthbloom.com
Julia Kim says
Hi Erin, Thanks for your work. May I get the PDF for the worms as well? I have sent you an email to your email today. Thank you.