Skills this child development activity enhances: Visual Discrimination Imagination For ages: Preschool 4 years + Flip It Materials Needed: Quarter Flip It Instructions: Show both sides of a quarter to your child. Explain the difference between heads and tails, … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #12: Flip It
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Child Development Activity #11: Which Way?
Skills this child development activity enhances: Visual Discrimination Imagination For ages: Preschool 4 years + Which Way? Materials Needed: Quarter Which Way? Instructions: The next time you take a walk with your child, bring along a quarter. Assign an action to … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #11: Which Way?
Child Development Activity #10: Leaf Tracings
Skills this child development activity enhances: Sorting Visual Discrimination Problem Solving For ages: Preschool 3 years + Leaf Tracings Materials Needed: Paper Pencils or Crayons Leaf Tracings Instructions: Create tracings or crayon or pencil rubbings of … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #10: Leaf Tracings
Child Development Activity #9: Leaf Match
Skills this child development activity enhances: Sorting Visual Discrimination Problem Solving For ages: Preschool 3 years + Leaf Match Materials Needed: 2 each of several different leaves Leaf Match Instructions: Lay out several pairs of leaves from different … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #9: Leaf Match
Child Development Activity #8: Leaf Comparisons
Skills this child development activity enhances: Sorting Visual Discrimination Problem Solving For ages: Preschool 3 years + Materials Needed: 10 leaves Bright Light Leaf Comparisons Instructions: Gather about ten leaves with your child. Sort through them with … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #8: Leaf Comparisons
Child Development Activity #7: Wacky Painting
Skills this child development activity enhances: Creativity Gross Motor Skills For ages: Preschool 3 years + Materials Needed: Paint Fly Swatter Butcher Paper Wacky Painting Instructions: Pin up a large sheet of butcher paper on a clothesline outside, or lay it … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #7: Wacky Painting
Child Development Activity #6: Crayon Revelation
Skills this child development activity enhances: Creativity Observation Discovery For ages: Preschool 3 years + Materials Needed: White Paper White Crayon Watercolor Paints Crayon Revelation Instructions: Have your child make a drawing using a white crayon on a white … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #6: Crayon Revelation
Stone Creatures Child Development Activity
This fun child development activity is a great way to enhance your preschooler's creativity, imagination, and Fine Motor Skills! This is a guest post that I wrote on Cori’s Coupon Corner. Please check it out and drop me a comment over there letting me know! … [Read more...] about Stone Creatures Child Development Activity
Child Development Activity #5: Balloon Tennis
Skills this child development activity enhances: Gross Motor Skills Hand-Eye Coordination For ages: Preschool 4 years + Balloon Materials Needed: Masking Tape or Glue Paint Stirrer or Ruler Balloon Balloon Instructions: Make a little "tennis racket" by using … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #5: Balloon Tennis
Child Development Activity #4: Bat The Ball
Skills this child development activity enhances: Gross Motor Skills Hand-Eye Coordination For ages: Preschool 3 years + Bat the Ball Materials Needed: Knife or Scissors Tennis Ball String Small Button Plastic Bat Bat the Ball Instructions: Using a knife or … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #4: Bat The Ball
Child Development Activity #3: Cotton Ball Race
Skills this child development activity enhances: Hand-Eye Coordination Cause and Effect For ages: Preschool 4 years + Cotton Ball Race Materials Needed: Cotton Balls Straws Cotton Ball Race Instructions: Have a race blowing a cotton ball from a starting line to a finish … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #3: Cotton Ball Race
Child Development Activity #2: What Happened?
Skills this child development activity enhances: Language Skills Imagination For ages: Preschool 4 years + What Happened Materials Needed: Several different pictures of everyday events. What Happened Instructions: Show your child a magazine picture of an ordinary, everyday … [Read more...] about Child Development Activity #2: What Happened?
