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 a Paper Plate Purse
This inexpensive and fun activity keeps little hands and creative minds busy and uses materials from around the house. It also makes the perfect carrier for your child's Valentine's Day cards!
Make Gummy Worm Ice Cubes
This Halloween, make kooky, spooky gummy worm ice cubes with your preschooler! He will delight in creating ice cubes with a slightly creepy yet cute surprise tucked inside.
Trim the Tree with "Glass" Candy Ornaments
Using cookie cutters and a little help from an adult, youngsters can turn hard candies into colorful faux glass ornaments for the holidays. They will be fascinated as the hard candies melt when heated and harden again when cool.
Make Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments
Decorate your Christmas tree with beaded candy canes made by your child. This activity teaches your child an AB pattern which is taught in kindergarten and essential for learning number patterns. You can even make enough for relatives and friends or attach them to holiday gifts!
Christmas Tree Counting
Here's an activity that combines counting, Play-Doh, and arts and crafts! What could be better?
Make a Festive Holiday Garland
Get out all your craft collections and see what your child can use to make a festive garland! This activity teaches your child to pattern, which she'll learn in kindergarten and use in number patterns.
Oh Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...
Improve you child's fine motor skills and sense of rhythm by helping him make a jingle bell instrument. He'll love ringing the bell and dancing to popular holiday songs such as "Jingle Bells," or even creating a holiday harmony of his own.
Make a Thanksgiving Cornucopia
This Thanksgiving, make your own "horn of plenty" with your child while you teach him about the first Thanksgiving, the Fall harvest, and why we eat so much on Turkey Day.
Craft Your Own Holiday Gift Bags
You and your child will mutually benefit from this decorative gift bag project! You can expect to cut down on costs this holiday season, while your child will occupy his time while it's cold outside.
Make Handprint Turkeys
Take finger painting to the next level as you show him how to stamp turkeys with his hands as his sense of touch is awoken by the cold, squishy paint. The final product can be used to make coasters, place cards, note cards and more!
