Set up four tables in your preschool classroom with four cards on each picturing a familiar nursery rhyme such as "Little Miss Muffet," "Itsy Bitsy Spider," "Humpty Dumpty" and "Jack and Jill." Jumble the four cards up so they are out of order. Send four preschoolers to the tables so each has one nursery rhyme to unscramble. Go behind them to check their word and to scramble them for the next one. If your preschoolers know the nursery rhymes well, start them on one table and have them do all four. When they finish, they can come back behind themselves and scramble the cards for the next preschooler.
Play a sequencing game with sounds that your preschoolers have to mimic. Create homemade musical instruments using common materials such as oatmeal containers or cardboard rolls. Make a simple noise with your instrument and tell your preschoolers to make the sound, too. Next, make two sounds with your instrument and tell your preschoolers to match your sounds. Increase your sounds and rhythms and see how long your preschooler can remember the sequence. Also, sing sequencing songs such as, "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "B-I-N-G-O" to help preschoolers remember sound sequences.
Using imaginative play, act out sequences of common activities that happen during each of the four seasons. For fall, act out the sequence of carving out a pumpkin. Pretend to pick out a pumpkin at the store, put it in the car, find a sharp knife, cut off the top, take out the seeds, carve a face, place a candle inside, light the candle and place it outside. For winter, act out building a snowman by putting on winter clothes, going outside, rolling three different size balls, placing the middle one on the big one, the small one on the middle one and making the face and limbs. For spring, pretend to plant flowers by buying flower seeds, digging holes, putting the seeds in the holes, covering the seeds with dirt, watering the seeds, waiting for them to grow, picking the flowers and placing them in water. For summer, pretend to wash the car by getting a bucket, soap and rags, turning on the hose, getting the car wet, washing the car with the rag, rinsing the car and dry the car. Try skipping some steps to see if your preschoolers pick up on your forgetting what to do. Encourage them to add as many details as they can as they learn the importance of doing things in order.