Volcano Theme

MAKE (Art Center) 

• Crafts Shaped Like the Letter V/v
• Volcano Crafts Shaped Like the Letter V/v - Color Me Sweet
• Letter V/v Filled in with Paint for Lava
• Letter V/v Filled in with Volcano Stickers
• Fingerprint Crafts
• Handprint Volcanoes - All Done Monkey
• Handprint Volcanoes - Diapers to Diplomas
• Footprint Volcanoes - The Pinterested Parent
• Fingerprint Volcanoes
• Recyclable Crafts
• Paper Plate Volcano - littlesmartypantspreschool.blogspot.com.au
• Paper Plate Volcano - princesswithahalfpricetiara.blogspot.com
• Toilet Paper Roll Volcano - The Activity Mom
• Other Crafts
• Puffy Paint Volcano Craft - Erin Denney
• Chalk Volcano Pictures - ac-nancy-metz.fr
• Volcano Clean Finger Paint with Wax Paper over the Paint - Karin Hendricks
• Cut Out Volcanoes, Have the Child Blow Paint Through a Straw - cpsunprints.blogspot.com
• Free Art
• Have art materials accessible to children such as a volcano coloring page, a volcano stencil, an easel, markers, stamps, colored pencils, crayons, play-dough, and tissue paper/construction paper/fabric squares for children to work with if they'd like as well.

EXPLORE (Sensory Centers)

• Play Dough Volcano - Happy Brown House
• Practice Tracing the Letter V/v in Brown, Orange, and Red Paint or Brown, Orange, and Red Sand
• Snow Volcano - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Pop Rocks Volcano - Inspiration Laboratories
• Easy To Make Tape Volcano - Inspiration Laboratories
• Ice Volcano - Reading Confetti
• Coconut Volcano - Parent Teach Play
• Apple Volcano - Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
• Sand Volcano - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Moon Sand Volcano - Mommas Fun World
• Backyard Volcano - Kids Activities Blog
• Lava Paint - In Lieu of Preschool
• Mini Rainbow Volcanoes - Kids Play Box
• Salt Volcano - What Do We Do All Day
• Make Your Own Lava Lamp - I Can Teach My Child
• Make an Exploding Volcano for Prehistoric Small World Play - Go Science Girls
• Dino Science Play Sensory Bin - 123 Homeschool 4 Me
• Color Surprise Eruptions - Learn Play Imagine

PLAY (Inside and Outside Games/Activities) 

• Puzzles/Board Games
• Landform Memory Game - Classroom Confections
• Block Center/Building Ideas
• Baking Soda Lego Volcano - Little Bins For Little Hands
• Building Volcanoes from Blocks or Legos
• Dramatic Play
• Volcano Dramatic Play - Heather Reames
• Dinosaur Dramatic Play - Play to Learn Preschool
• Geologists
• Quiet Activities
• Exploding Felt Volcano - The Craft Revival
• Dino and Volcano Felt Play Mat - Serving Pink Lemonade
• Volcano Lap book - Photo by jimmiehomeschoolmom on flickr.com
• Felt Parts of a Volcano - Lori Karmazin
• File Folder Activities/Worksheets
• Color By Number Worksheet - My Teaching Station
• "V" is for Volcano Curriculum - Hands of a Child
• Active Games/Outside Play Activities
•  Escape the Volcano Shape Game - Toddler Approved

READ (Circle Time/Books for the Book Center)

• Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes  - Anita Ganeri
• Magic School Bus Blows Its Top - Gail Herman
• The Krakatau Eruption - Peter Benoit
• 100 Facts - Volcanoes - Chris Oxlade
• Eye Wonder: Volcanoes - DK Publishing
• Everything Volcanoes and Earthquakes - Kathy Furgang
• My Mouth is a Volcano - Julia Cook

SING (Circle Time Songs/Poems)

• Volcano Poem - sciencepoems.net
• V is for Volcano - The Measured Mom

EAT (Snack Center)

• Cheerios Volcano - Catch My Party
• Ice Cream Cone, Twizzlers, and Chex Volcanoes - Jenny Howell 
• Volcano Potatoes - Bacon, Butter, Cheese & Garlic
• Nacho Volcano - Mary Makes Dinner
• Volcano Sushi Rolls - Peas and Crayons
• Strawberry Volcanoes - Show Food Chef
• Jello Volcanoes - Melody Mowrey
• Volcano Sandwich - Creative Kids Snacks
• Molton Lava Volcano Cakes - Be Different Act Normal

VISIT  (Visitor/Field Trip Ideas)

• Guest Speaker - a geologist or person who knows a lot about rocks/volcanoes