15 Engaging Activities For Preschoolers To Try At Home
Engaging activities that will channel a preschooler’s energy into creative learning.
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5. Young Yoga:
Get your exercise along with your child. Teach him simple bending and stretching exercises, breathing and repeating different mantras. Also focus on how yoga and other meditative practices help him- this will help him develop this healthy habit right from the beginning.
6. Indoor Basketball:
This one will get your kid more active and will help him develop his motor skills. Fix a hoop over your doorway and make newspaper balls for your child to throw into the hoop. Basketball and other similar indoor activities are a good way to develop the habit of physical activity in your kid.
7. Puppets:
Toddlers love everything that’s colorful and playful, and there’s nothing better than getting him engaged in a playful puppet act. Make paper-bag puppets and create a story which your child and his friends can enact. You can also get your toddler to create some simple paper puppets himself to help him explore his artsy side.
8. Concert Fun:
Invite all the parents over and have a regular concert evening where your child and his friends can showcase their talents like singing, dancing, skits, gymnastics, etc.
Since this will need weeks of practice, this can occupy most of the summer holidays!
Charge a small fee for tickets and the children can get themselves ice-creams or soda at the end.
9. Table Tents:
This can be fun and can go on for hours!
Hang a large bed sheet across your dining table and another one round the legs.
This makes a cute, cozy tent for your preschoolers.
10. Gardening:
Teach your child to grow plants and care for them:
- Buy small pots and fill with garden soil.
- Get easy and fast growing plants/seeds which your child can water and care for every day.
- Write your child’s name on the pot.
11. Outings:
Day outings are the best thing you can have with your tot. Make sure to have a wonderful time together!
Take your child to banks, post-offices, railway stations, parks, zoo and other places of interest.
Carry a picnic lunch and make it a fun day for both of you.
12. Sorting:
How about some sorting games? Try these with your tot:
Mix a huge jar with beans, grains, pulses etc. and get your child to sort out the different items.
This is a great activity for learning sorting skills.
13. Dress-Up Fun:
Collect different items of clothing, old jewelry, hats, bags, shoes etc.
Your child will have hours of fun dressing up as a favorite movie star/celeb.
Make sure you click lots of pictures and upload on your computer!
14. Cotton-Swab Painting:
Fix some large sheets of paper on your wall.
Get cotton swabs, poster colors and aprons.
Let your child paint on the sheets of paper by dipping the cotton-swabs in the paint.
15. Sound Recording Studio:
Does your tot sings in his own unique voice? Why don’t you encourage it with a simple activity?
Get a pair of headphones and a karaoke mike.
Hours of fun for your child to record his own favorite musical numbers!
When your baby transforms into a preschooler, you watch them evolve into an ever-energetic, inquisitive, and exploring individual. It is essential to keep them engaged with the right kind of activities for preschoolers that are age-appropriate, fun, and interesting. These activities are bound to keep them busy and aid in the development of several vital skills, gearing them up for the rapid learning process. You may pick an activity as per the time and preference of your little one and watch them explore, learn, and develop.
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