Preschool Activities

Browse through our large selection of preschool activities. We've got tons of activities to keep your preschooler learning on the fly, all year long. From fun crafts to easy math activities, you'll find our selection of preschool activities below. Looking for preschool worksheets? Check out the Preschool Worksheets section of the site before you leave!

Experiment with an Outside Oven

Experiment with an Outside Oven

In this activity, your child gets to be the chef while she learns about how heat changes food. On the next warm and sunny day, head outdoors to make a yummy treat in an outside oven with your child.

Play Number Leap Frog

Play Number Leap Frog

In this leap frog activity, your child will use her muscles to jump over her friends and onto lily pads, as she practices early math skills.

Make Homemade Face Paint

Make Homemade Face Paint

Make your own face paint for Halloween or anytime you please. It's fun and a lot easier than you might think.

Plants Suck: Observing Capillary Action

Plants Suck: Observing 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.

Make a Mixed Up Animal Collage

Make a Mixed Up Animal Collage

Mix it up and match it up! This imaginative project for preschoolers combines sorting skills, shape recognition, scientific exploration, and the visual arts into one fun activity.

Create an Underwater Ocean Scene

Create an Underwater Ocean Scene

Even on the chilliest of days, you and your preschooler can reminisce about summertime fun in the sun. Bring the spirit of the beach home with this underwater ocean scene!

Make a Scrimshaw Pendant

Make a Scrimshaw Pendant

Etch designs into discs of plaster of Paris using a traditional whaler technique to create a beautiful artisan necklace that your child will love to wear.

Play Tape Letter Learning Games

Play Tape Letter Learning Games

In preschool, letter learning is the name of the game, and there's no end to fun and easy ways to practice. In this activity, you and your child can play several different games with taped down letters to help reinforce letter recognition while playing.

Get Revved Up About Preschool Physics

Get Revved Up About Preschool Physics

Teach your preschooler some physics that she can relate to with this fun and simple activity!

Create a Cozy Poncho!

Create a Cozy Poncho!

Whether your child is making a cool poncho for himself or designing one to give to another as a gift, this is a great activity for the development of fine motor skills and patterning.

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