Preschool Outdoor Activities
Preschool activities to keep your little guy busy. Preschool is all about developing skills for kindergarten. We have many preschool activities sorted by subject. From getting your child comfortable with the alphabet, to number recognition, we've got fresh preschool activities to keep your kid learning on the fly, all year long.
Tissue Paper Butterfly Hunt
Need a little "Spring" in your step? Try Tissue Paper Butterfly Hunt! This fun craft activity is easy enough for your child to help, and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.
Play Twist 'N Turn!
Play Twist 'N Turn! Trace out shapes on the ground, and let your preschooler walk, hop, and skip her way to learning all about rectangles, triangles, and circles, oh my! All you need is some sidewalk chalk and a bit of space to get started.
Sunny Summer Sky Collage
Build artistic awareness and explore color and texture combinations by making a sunny summer sky collage. The next time the weather is warm and the sky is clear, try doing this fun craft project with your preschooler.
Play the Card Challenge Game!
Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to get very excited. But turn it into a game and it's a different story. This game of challenges is a blast to play, and in between all the hopping, jumping, and drawing, it helps develop important skills.
Keep a Garden Journal Sketchbook
Invite your child to venture outside during the Spring and Summer months to observe the natural world around her with a garden journal sketchbook. She'll collect natural items from the outdoors and make sketches and prints of what she sees throughout the seasons.
Soda-Bottle Bowling
This simple bowling game improves eye-hand coordination and visual tracking, while offering experience with cause and effect! All you need are some empty bottles to get started.
Play Turtle Tag
In addition to being fun â and requiring children to think about how turtles move â this tag game provides practice with running and falling.
Play Simon Says!
Simon Says is a classic outdoor game that young children love. You can promote your child's skill development by playing this game in a new way. Here's how.
Picture This! An Outdoor Game
This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!
Musical Magical Hoops!
This fun game tests your child's memory and helps her recognize colors, build her listening skills, discriminate between sound and silence, and develop her reflexes. More importantly, it's a whole lot of fun!
