Just in time for Back to School uKloo Kids, Inc. brings you the children’s literacy game Early Reader Treasure Hunt. Developed as a reading game with the help of teachers, parents, kids, and special needs family testers, kids use clues and a “picture helper” poster to search and follow directions to the next clue. As […]
Child Development Activity #12: Flip It
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, then ask your child to choose one. Toss the coin in the air and let it […]
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 heads and tails, for example, heads means "turn left," and trails means "turn right." […]
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 several different types of leaves, and encourage your child to place the correct leaf over the corresponding tracing. !Monitor […]
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 plants, mix them up, and encourage your child to match up the leaf pairs.
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 him/her and look at the different features. Hold them up to the light and look at the different […]
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 flat on the lawn (weigh down the corners with rocks.) Pour several colors of […]
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 piece of paper, encouraging your child to press down hard with the crayon. (You may also […]
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!
FREE: Cinderella Printable Games and Activities
I hope you enjoy all of these fun printables based around Cinderella! Find clickable buttons for Cinderella activities, recipes, coloring pages and puzzlers below You can buy the new Cinderella 2-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-Ray/DVD combo and more on Amazon! DISCLAIMER – All information and videos or pictures provided by Disney. I received no compensation!*
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 masking tape or glue to attach a paint stirrer (or ruler) to the back of a paper […]
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 scissors, make a small slit in a tennis ball. Tie a button to the end […]
