Rhyme Time Cleanup
Preschool children enjoy hearing and experimenting with rhymes. Next time you ask your child to clean up his toys, turn it into a fun rhyming game!
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Nursery Rhymes With a Twist
Children love nursery rhymes. Have fun as you and your child rewrite traditional nursery rhymes with a more modern and silly twist.
Can You Draw What I Say?
This activity gives your child practice with both beginning writing and phonological awareness. As you say a word in a funny way, your child will figure out the word and draw a picture to represent it.
Gel Writing Bags
Children need lots of experiences exploring letters. In this activity, your child will have fun making letters in a homemade gel bag.
Mystery Bag Detective: Making “Sense” of It
In this activity, your child will use some of her five senses to guess the mystery content in a brown paper lunch bag, encouraging her to use their oral language skills.
Memory Game with Names
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.
A Fancy Dinner
This activity helps build your five-year-old's beginning writing skills. Next time you plan dinner, get your child involved in creating name tents for the table.
What Can It Be?
Stimulate your child’s vocabulary and conversation skills by playing this guessing game.
A Few of My Favorite Things
Help your child create her own book showcasing some of her favorite things. She will be both the author and the illustrator for this book (with your help, of course!).
What Do You Think the Kid Should Do?
In this activity, you can help your child talk through some difficult scenarios that they are likely to face when interacting with other children.
