During difficult times many of us have been thrown, without warning or prep time, into the role of homeschooling our children. When paired with the tasks of everyday life as well as the stress of these uncertain times, it may feel overwhelming. This list of 10 Preschool Activities will help you plan fun, simple, entertaining, and inexpensive ways to keep your children learning, playing, exploring, and imagining. The best part is, you probably already have most, or all, of these supplies at home.
Paper Towel Drip Painting
This awesome process art project allows children to use their imagination, work cooperatively, and explore the color theory in a fun and engaging way. Win/Win!
Bubble Wrap Printing
This easy activity turns trash into treasure! Just three things are needed – paint or markers, bubble wrap, and paper!
Unicorn Fizz
This exciting science experiment sneaks in some science and fine-motor skills. It’s truly “magical!”
Best Play Dough Recipe Ever
This incredible play dough recipe is simple, soft, easy for little hands, lasts forever, and has a wonderful texture. This one is a keeper!
Calm Down Bottles
These calm down bottles encourage kids to sit down, take a deep breath, and regroup. They can be made with common items you might find around your house. Simple!
Ice Cube Painting
Ice painting is a process art activity that is both a fun sensory experience and a science experiment that helps children to explore the color theory.
Pet Rocks
This painting project sneaks in some fine muscle control, hand-eye coordination, decision making, problem-solving, imagination, creativity, and lots of smiles!
Color Theory Finger Painting
This finger painting project is part science project, part artistic expression, part sensory experience, and all fun!
Picasso Shape Art Project
Kid-tested and approved. This little project encourages imagination and creativity to produce masterpieces! It also provides important gluestick practice.
Tape Resist Name Art
This project finds the perfect balance of process art and fridge-worthy finished products!
There are some other activities for preschool.
1. Play Dough Recipes
The oldest trick in the book is to let kids be creative and build whatever they can think of to make it last forever and not be harmful in any manner.
2. Calm down bottles
Kids can be a handful and at times, having them sit down calmly is something almost all parents wish. Create these bottles that will help your kids relax & have fun with the sparkles!
3. Digging in the dirt
Exploring different realms of creativity can only be achieved if the kid is in the outside environment and can learn around their surroundings. This gives them the skill of observation and broadens their view. Make sure to read the guidelines before you let your kids play in the dirt.
4.Baking together
Doing baking activities can help the parents bond with their children and spend some fun time with them.
5. Build a house of cards
This might be the most common activity but only because it’s the most fun!
6. Playing dress-up
For all those mothers wanting to dress up their daughters and make them look magnificent in those beautiful dresses, this is undoubtedly the best activity for you to bond over with your daughters!
7. Make an igloo
Snow is one of the most fun things to play with, and what better way than to have your kid build a snowman and igloo with you to have a fun wintery day! The sense of achievement after the task finishes can also be a good booster for your child.
8. Blowing balloons with baking soda and vinegar
Science can never get boring, and even the simplest and easiest things can be made into exciting, fun activities that can broaden your little one’s knowledge and imagination.
9. Playing Red Light, Green Light
Simple games that you might have played as kids can also be attractive to the new-age preschoolers.
10. Paper Towel Drip Painting
This art activity helps preschoolers explore and experiment by expanding their boundaries of creativity and imagination.
