Sometimes parents ask me what they can be doing with their children to prepare them for kindergarten. Practicing ABCs, numbers, counting, and writing their name are basic skills that help tremendously. I also found another blogger who listed wonderful activities that can be done independently. She uses these for her preschooler while she home schools her other children, but these would be great for anyone to do with preschool age kids at home.
-coloring
page
-books
on table {choose about 5 books just for them to flip through...could be library books or off of your shelves.}
-preschool
skills
activity page {Just a preschool skills page from one of those huge
preschool books. It might have drawing, cutting/pasting, circling,
etc.}
-puzzle
The
next list are the activities that change each day. You can keep a special box
on top of one of our cabinets that holds some of the "extras" that
aren't regular toys so that they are new to your child each time they play with
them.
-activity
of the day:
1.
Muffin
tin sorting: buttons; cotton swab writing: alphabet {You can print off
several alphabet pages to use during these types of
activities. Use a cotton swab and paint to trace the letters on an
alphabet page.}
3.
Legos;
stacking cups {these are just plastic solo-type cups}
4.
Rice
and coins; Animal Logic lineup {rice and coins: store them dumped in a plastic bag kept in the special box}
5.
Play
dough/spaghetti/cheerios; balloons {ball of play dough, uncooked spaghetti stuck into it, put cheerios on the spaghetti}
6.
Train
bin; Uno cards
7.
Magneticdress up book; sock match {pull a bunch of socks out of your drawer, mix them up in a basket, and have them match them.}
8.
Puzzles;
pet shop box
9.
Muffin
tin sorting: crayons; fill the bag: choose a color {fill the bag: choose
one color, like red, and say find all of the toys that are red and put
them in this bag}
10. Count the
lights; zingo
{I printed a bunch of pages with the numbers 1-20 on them, and she has
to walk through the house and cross off a number each time she sees a
light.}
11. Duplo blocks;
cut magazines and make collage
12. Cookie
sheet
with flour; spoon matching activity {put a little flour on a cookie
sheet and let them draw in it; spoon activity: plastic spoons with
capital and lowercase letters...they can match them.}
13. Play dough;
phone number practice {Write your phone number on a piece of paper, and have them copy it several times.}
14. Chalk board
painting; cotton swab writing: numbers {chalkboard, water, paintbrush}
15. Strainer/pipe
cleaners;
sticker book {picked up a huge sticker book where the stickers go
somewhere in the book, they have to find the "shadow" of the sticker and
put it in the right place}
16. Sorting pie;
wash tupperware/plastic dishes
17. Wooden
blocks;
fill the bag: choose a letter {choose any letter and have them find toys
that start with that letter, put them in the bag}
18. Count the
windows; dry beans {same as count the lights; you can have dry beans for play similar to the rice and coins}
19. Day and night activity; write name with pens, markers, crayons, etc.
20. Sort
laundry; teddy bear counters {teddy bear counters are from our math curriculum}
22. Quirkle;
count the cabinet pulls
23. Marshmallows/toothpicks;
pattern blocks {build things with marshmallows and toothpicks}
24. Jenga blocks; table fort {throw a blanket over the table and play}
25. Build
a
letter; white board/markers {build a letter is a book that we have with
pieces that allow you to build a letter along with the book...can't find
a link for it}
26. Dominos;
cutting practice
27. Legos; Rummikub
28. Popsicle
stick free play; junk mail {save your junk mail and let them open it, cut it, write on it, etc.}
29. Dot markers;
memory match {basically a memory/match game}
30. Chalkboard drawing; muffin tin sorting: coins
If you have any links or ideas to share, please do!
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Enjoy!
