Preschool Activities Ideas

You can do this at home, it's cheap and fun

Feeling and Emotions

helps teach toddler about feeling and emotions

Materials :  Color art paper, marker, ice cream stick, disposable paper plate, glue

Directions : Create face board by glue the art paper into the disposable plate and use marker to create eye brows, eyes, nose and mouth. Make different faces to show them the emotions eg happy, sad, angry, smile, crying etc. To make easier to hold, we can put the ice cream stick to hold the plate

Science : Colored ice

Toddler observe changes and "discover" melting during early learning activities

Materials : Ice cubes that have been colored with food coloring, re-sealable plastic bags

Directions : Put ice cubes into plastic bag. Let the kids watch the ice cubes during the day. Ask them what's happening. Then they can play with bag of water as the ice cube melts

Green environment : Tissue roll cardboard story telling

Encourage toddler to use recycling materials and making it fun

Materials : Tissue roll cardboard, unused wrapping papers or newspaper, markers, glue

Directions : cut the papers and glue into half of cardboard to make it looks like cloth. Let another half becomes a face. Use the markers to draw eyes, nose and mouth.

And ta-da, you have dolls that you can play for story telling

Self Feeding Training : Spooning Activities

Practice fine motor skills and self feeding without getting a mess

Materials : two colorful plastic bowls, beans, spoon, tray

Directions : Place two bowls in the tray and place one handful of beans into one bowl. Ask the child to scoop the beans from one bowl to another bowl using spoon.

Drinking from a cup : Pouring activities

Practice fine motor skills and train the kids the technic of drinking from the cup without spill

Materials : two clear disposable cups, color water, tray, sponge

Directions : Place two cups in the tray and put water into one cup, ask the child to hold the cup and pour into other cup. Use sponge to clean the spilled water in the tray

Soup is for learning and sharing too

Kid can help parents prepare the soup and experience while they cooperate to complete the task

Materials : a pot with cover, vegetable peeler, knife, cutting board, soup bowl

Ingredients : water, chicken bouillon cubes, variety of vegetables (carrots, potato, french beans, peas)

Directions : Put the water into pot, add the vegetables and bouillon cubes. Cover and bring to boil and simmer for about one hour

What kid can do :

- choosing their favorite vegetables (decision making)

- measuring water and put into the pot (pre-math skills)

- placing vegetables into water

- listening for the timer (anticipating event and listening skills)

Counting Groceries

have the kid helps to put the groceries away. At the same time, give him/her practice with counting

Example : ask : how many carrots I buy?

Finger Paint

Ingredients : 1/2 cup boiling water, 2 tbsp corn starch, 6 tbsp color water, Food coloring

Directions : Dissolve cornstarch in cold water in a cup. Add mixture to boiling water. Stir Constantly, Heat mixture until it becomes glossy. Add food coloring and cool completely before using

Learning to sort objects

Involve kid in sorting chore. Example : have kid sort the plastic fork or spoon before putting them away.

Help them match clean socks in pair before putting away