Arts and crafts enhance creativity and fine motor skills. Encourage kids to finger paint, use stamps, make collages, mold play dough and develop language by describing actions.
Sensory play with rice, beans, bubbles, or goop enhances senses via touch, sound, and movement. Provide safe containers for exploring different textures.
Getting outdoors daily promotes exercise, fresh air and nature discovery. Engage in walks, play with balls, hula hoops, bubbles, water toys, dirt digging, and playground climbing.
Cooking projects are educational and tasty. Let kids measure, stir, pour, and identify ingredients. Try making cookie/pizza dough, fruit salad, and yogurt parfaits.
Sharing books exposes kids to language patterns & imagination. Use various voices, engage with questions, make predictions, and retell favorite stories together.
With dress-up clothes, play food/kitchen items or a dollhouse, pretend play supports social skills and creativity. Role play different characters and scenarios to act out stories.
Singing and dancing/yoga helps dispel energy while improving coordination. Use scarves, pom poms, or DIY instruments as props. Switch to fun music videos for variety.
Songs that incorporate movements keep them engaged and build pre-literacy. Examples include “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” or “If You’re Happy and You Know It.”
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