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.
Make Buttermilk Chalk Art
If your preschooler is tired of the usual watercolors and finger paints, why not try this fun art project: make colorful designs on paper using colored chalk and buttermilk.
Practice Shapes With Bubble Wands
Your child will do a little kitchen chemistry when making the bubble solution and will get to practice making bubble-wand shapes. Throw in a little counting and motor skills in the fresh air and you're got a lovely day of learning ahead of you.
Fossilize Your Footprints!
Paleontologists, best known for studying dinosaurs, investigate prehistoric life by digging up and looking at fossils, or remains (like imprints or skeletons) that have turned into rock.This fun-filled plaster cast activity is sure to leave an impression!
Make Straw Necklaces
Your young child can create a charming, colorful necklace using just yarn and colored straws. She will experiment with creating patterns and improve her fine motor skills with this simple activity.
Build a Rolled Paper Construction
This creative activity is a great way to recycle old magazines and newspapers while teaching your preschool or kindergarten class about construction. Your kids will work on their fine motor skills and learn about the physics of making a structure stand.
Make a Bungee Scale
Teach the concepts of weight and scales to your child with this fun bungee scale. By becoming familiar with the weight of household objects, your child will get ready to understand more complex scientific principles.
Play Egg Carton Shake!
Strengthen your child's understanding of numbers while improving her reaction time and critical thinking skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!
Plants Suck: Observing Natural Capillary Action
How do flowers get water up from the ground or a vase and into their stems, leaves, and petals? Use food coloring to demystify this gravity-defying feat of nature, and watch as a white flower changes color before your eyes!
Make Water Flow Up With Capillary Action
Can water flow up? This simple experiment will teach your child about the different ways liquids can move. This may seem like complicated science, but it's just a matter of coffee filters and water!
How Do Mirrors Work?
When kids are young, they're fascinated by their own reflections, and it's no wonder mirrors are amazing tools! With a few household items, your child will experiment with the properties of light and play a fun and informative "making whole" picture game.
