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.
Practice Early Math with Patterned Paper Chains
Craft a colorful paper chain with this activity that lets your child create an imaginative prop or house decoration by alternating two colors in a repetitive pattern. Expose your preschooler to this basic math skill early or do it with your kindergartner to help her master her patterning skills!
Shake, Rattle, & Roll with Marble Art
Looking for a colorful painting project to do with your preschooler? Try Marble Art, an exciting art activity that uses marbles instead of paint brushes. The results are always unique, and it will let your child practice her prediction and observation skills!
Make Dried Apples
Drying apples is an age-old tradition and a way to harvest nature's bounty and save it up for winter. Here's an activity to help your child create this sweet snack.
Taste the Rainbow: Create a Rainbow of Healthy Food
Make a Healthy Foods Rainbow! In this activity, your child will color a rainbow, glue on colorful fruits and vegetables, and keep track of which healthy super-foods she eats throughout the week.
Make Your Own Rubber Stamp Flashcards
Here's an activity to inspire your child to learn to recognize numbers and count than by using fun and funky rubber stamps to make her own flashcards!
Sorting and Ordering: Collect Autumn Leaves!
Here's a fun fall activity: have your preschooler take a nature walk, collect leaves, and make a pretty autumn collage while learning valuable science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering at the same time!
Underwater I Spy Alphabet Bottle
This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping her recognize letters in a creative way.
Pumpkin Math: Learn Shapes While Carving
This fall, boost your child's math skills with the time-old tradition of pumpkin carving! Here's an activity that has your child improve her shape recognition by identifying, drawing, and carving geometric shapes out of a Jack-O-Lantern face.
Create a Bread Sculpture
Nothing speaks better of a cozy home like the smell of baking bread. Here's an activity that will get your child to have some holiday fun while making something delicious to eat. Create bread dough sculptures!
Branch Out: Create an Alphabet Tree!
Help your child to begin a life long love of the printed word by connecting simple letter recognition exercises with alphabet trees!
