Columbus Day Preschool Theme Ideas

Columbus Day is coming up and I thought I’d share with you some of the things I will be doing with my preschool class. Of course, I’m going to start with songs, because nothing gets the kids attention better than a song!

Songs:

Sail Your Ship
to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”
Sail, sail, sail your ship.
Sail it night and day.
Look for land, look for land
All along the way.

Columbus’ First Voyage
to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
Ocean blue, ocean blue.
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
In 1492.

He sailed west to reach the east,
reach the east, reach the east,
He sailed west to reach the east
In 1492.

Asian shores he never reached,
Never reached, never reached,
Asian shores he never reached,
In 1492.

Instead, a whole new land he found,
Land he found, land he found,
Instead, a whole new land he found,
In 1492.

Columbus Discovered America
(this is not a familiar tune, I learned it from another teacher, but you can just use it as a poem)
Columbus discovered America in 1492
With 3 small ship and a very small crew
He found this land for me and for you
With the Nina, the Pinta the Santa Maria
He sailed the ocean blue

Papers and Crafts:

Columbus color and talk paper: