Preschool 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.
Go Label Crazy: Games that Help Kids Learn to Read
Building fluency is the key to learning to read smoothly, and learning sight words can help. This activity lets you and your child go label crazy! You'll pick a set of words to work with, and then play a series of games to help your child remember what they look like.
Go on a Direction Scavenger Hunt
This scavenger hunt is like a revamped version of the childhood game, "Hot and Cold". Instead of telling the seeker if he's getting "warmer" or "colder" as he narrows in on a hidden object, you'll use words like up, down, over, and under.
Homemade Beads: 3 Ways
Stringing beads is a fun way to give boredom the boot. Plus, it helps kids practice a key skill...patterning. You can buy a sack of beads at any craft store. But here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.
Make an Alphabet Book
Let your child play with scissors! Put her to work, creating a book that will keep her busy, and help her practice her letters, too.
Bake Alphabet Cookies
This cookie dough handles like modeling clay, but it also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills, to show him where to sit for dinner, or just to have an unexpected treat.
Play Musical Motor Stations
Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course of sorts. You'll set up 8 stations and invite a bunch of your child's friends. When the music stops, each child jumps up and switches to the next station down the line.
Mix Colors with Cookies!
Young kids love to bake. This activity lets them go frosting crazy, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix. Once the science experiment is done, it's time for milk and cookies!
Make Rice Pictures
Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry!
Hands-on Measurement!
Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.
Design a Weather Calendar
Preschoolers are very interested in the weather. Make this a part of your daily routine and you may soon have a meteorologist on your hands! This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.
