Glue a Bumpy Alphabet!
Hands-on activities are fantastic for your preschool child. While kids learn when they see or hear, they learn even better when they can touch, too! Get your child's fingers walking the alphabet with this easy project. All you need is glue and a few other simple supplies.
Make a Dialogue Journal!
Want to put the fun back into writing? This journal is a back and forth project you do together. It models good writing, plus helps kids learn to get their true thoughts down on paper. Tag, you're it!
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!
Rock the Alphabet
Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection. Handwriting, letter recognition, phonics--this activity has it all!
Play Musical Motor Stations
Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course of sorts.
Make Your Own Scratch Prints
Making prints can be a fun and exciting way to introduce the young child to the artistic process. Here's an activity that uses household materials to let any preschooler create multiple masterpiece scratch prints!
Play Action Word Charades
In first grade, kids commonly learn to tell the difference between nouns and verbs. While they may learn quickly to tell you the definition of each, by saying something along the lines of "a verb is an action word," a full understanding usually takes more time. Here's a fun skill-boosting game ...
Craft Personalized Postcards
Making personalized postcards is the perfect rainy day project--especially when your child gets to decorate the photos and write meaningful messages. And while it feels like a craft, it also gives kids a chance to hone writing skills-- key to third grade.
Make an ALL ABOUT ME! Book
Kids love talking about themselves - their likes, their dislikes, and details about everything in between. Spark their interest in writing with a mini-book about their favorite subject - them!
Practice Story-Telling with Fairy Tale Dice
Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your child to weave fantastic fairy tales! Not only will this help your child learn about story sequencing, but he'll also get practice building up his reading and writing skills.
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