Stuck Indoors: Stay Active on a Rainy Day
No-Cook Play Dough!
Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!
Homemade Periscope
Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.
Home Bowling Alley
This simple preschool bowling game improves eye-hand coordination and visual tracking. All you need are some empty bottles to get started.
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!
Make Homemade Castanets
Why buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets quicker than you can say, "ole!"
Hopped Up Hide and Seek
This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.
Play Animal Exercises
Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?
Illustrate a Famous Book!
What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.
Tin Can Phone
Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't - a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.
Make Your Own Beanbag Game
Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.
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