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Preschool Social Studies Activities

Does your preschooler think learning social studies skills will be boring? It doesn't have to be! With these fun preschool social studies activities you can foster a lifelong love of social studies. Kids can learn important figures in history and cultural awareness of holidays and traditions. Using materials preschoolers love and that parents and teachers have handy, these social studies activities will make any preschooler light up.

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Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Make Your Own Rainstick

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Make Popsicle Puppets...and Practice Communication

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Spaghetti Ornaments

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

Rules of the Road Signs

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

Make a Paper Plate Reindeer

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Make a Bunny Paper Bag Puppet

Jump into pretend play this Easter with a classic preschool arts and crafts activity: make a bunny paper bag puppet!

Play Musical Statues

This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

Land, Air, Water

Help your preschooler understand that the surrounding world is made up of a varied combination of land, air and water with this simple activity.

Yankee Doodle Three-Cornered Hat

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

Learning about Land and Water

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Handprint Turkey

Make a handprint turkey with your child to celebrate Thanksgiving. A handprint turkey makes a great base for Thanksgiving coasters, note cards, or place cards.

Post Office Pretend Play

Want to help your preschooler learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Hopped Up Hide and Seek

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

Our Environment

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

How to Set a Table Diagram

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Make Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments

Candy cane ornaments bring some cheer to your Christmas tree. Make a batch of candy cane ornaments with your child to practice patterning and fine motor skills.

Paper Cup Maracas

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

Bake Aggression Cookies: Playdough Cookies Kids Can Pound!

It can feel good to hit something when you're mad. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes this dough, the better these play dough cookies will taste!

Make Spooky Bat Wings

Here's a Halloween arts and crafts activity for your preschooler, pre-kindergartener, or kindergartener: make bat wings of poster board and ribbon.

Have your preschooler lend a hand when it comes to the Easter decorations by making this adorable popcorn lamb.

Reward Good Behavior with a Crown

Craft a glamorous crown that your preschooler can wear when he demonstrates good behavior!

Thumbprint Christmas Tree Cards

With a little guidance from parents, youngsters can create a Christmas tree using their thumb as a stamp.

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