Play Musical Statues
This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.
Make Popsicle Puppets...and Practice Communication
How many times a day do you say "Use your words, not your hands" to your young children? Probably more than you'd like to count! Preschoolers need to learn about conflict resolution. And puppets can help!
Practice Storytelling with a Plot Potluck!
Think of this as a potluck of sorts; but instead of bringing a chicken casserole, everyone brings an idea. Remember the old "I'm going on a trip" game? This game offers a different spin, by building a story in a similar fashion.
Bake Aggression Cookies: Playdough Cookies Kids Can Pound!
These cookies are a great way to deal with upset feelings. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes the dough, the better the cookies will taste!
Hopped Up Hide and Seek
This game may seem like nothing more than a slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" but, don't be fooled. Sure it's fun, but it also reinforces verbal listening skills. Plus, it gives kids practice with positional words and number concepts.
Create a Post Office Play Station
Want to help your preschooler with a creative play station that's loads of fun? Set up a post office in your home!
Play Vocab-Building Improv!
There is no better time than the present to begin fostering your talented and creative young learner's knack for improvisation. With this anytime, anywhere game, kids can get a giggle while increasing their vocabulary.
Peanut Game
Who's got the peanut? Kids can use their observational skills as they try to figure out who has the peanut in this fun game.
Reward Good Behavior with a Crown
Reward good behavior with a glamorous homemade crown and your child will start behaving like an angel all the time... well, almost!
Play the Card Challenge Game!
Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to get very excited. But turn it into a game and it's a different story. This game of challenges is a blast to play, and in between all the hopping, jumping, and drawing, it helps develop important skills.
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