Circle Around the Rhymes
Prep: 15 Minutes / Activity Time: 10-15 Minutes
Rhyming is a skill that takes a lot of practice. Your child can practice rhyming through this fun game that incorporates music, movement and rhyme.
At-Home Activities for 4-Year-Olds
Rhyme Basket
Prep: 5 Minutes / Activity Time: 5-10 Minutes
Use common objects from around your house to play this simple rhyme game. Children benefit from fun and engaging rhyming activities to help them master this important pre-reading skill.
Erase the Letter
Prep: 2-3 Minutes / Activity Time: 5-10 Minutes
Young kids love to make things disappear. Let your child find and then erase the letters you name as you chant: I see the letter ___ today. Can you make it go away?
Hard or Soft? Rough or Smooth?
Prep: 10-15 Minutes / Activity Time: 10-15 Minutes
Help your preschooler understand and use descriptive words as she collects and sorts household items by defined characteristics. A strong vocabulary will help your child become a better reader.
Happy Face, Sad Face
Prep: 5 Minutes / Activity Time: 7-10 Minutes
Self portraits are always fun. This activity can give your child an opportunity to express herself while giving you a glimpse of what makes her happy or sad.
Gel Writing Bags
Prep: 10 Minutes / Activity Time: 10-15 Minutes
Children need lots of experiences exploring letters. In this activity, your child will have fun making letters in a homemade gel bag.
Memory Game with Names
Prep: 1-5 Minutes / Activity Time: 10-15 Minutes
Through early and repeated exposure to printed names, your child will start to understand that written letters stand for the spoken word. In this activity, your child will play a memory game using his name.
Sorting Treasures from Nature
Prep: 5 Minutes / Activity Time: 20-30 Minutes
Through this activity, you will help your child develop her observation skills, increase her ability to express herself and, without realizing it, she will be using mathematical and scientific language.
Does It Rhyme With Your Name?
Prep: None / Activity Time: 3-5 Minutes
Helping your child become more sensitive to sounds in words is an important skill needed for future reading success. In this activity, your child will have practice identifying and isolating rhymes using a very special word – her own name!
Air Writing
Prep: 1-2 Minutes / Activity Time: 5-10 Minutes
Air Writing is a process that gives your child a whole body experience when writing uppercase and lowercase letters in the air.
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