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Articles in Home | Preschool Activities

  • Let's Pretend  By : Anita DeFrank
    Children have amazing and wild imaginations. The next time you hear "I'm bored" or "What can we do", give them a few household items, or let them make their own and watch them expand into endless hours of fun and entertainment. The following are just a few ideas to get the fun started and be sure to use your imagination too!
  • Make Your Own Sandwich  By : Anita DeFrank
    When lunch or snack time rolls around sometimes it can be difficult to keep children occupied and make the meal at the same time. Letting the children help prepare the food is an easy solution to a difficult situation. The following are some ideas of sandwiches that most children can help make themselves.
  • Co-operation Soups & Salads  By : Anita DeFrank
    Most children enjoy helping in the preparations of their lunches and snacks. Choose meals that the children can help with and everybody has a great time. As you prepare the food together you can also take the time to teach colors, numbers, and nutritional importance.
  • Make Your Own Sandwich  By : Anita DeFrank
    Most children enjoy helping in the preparations of their lunches and snacks. Choose meals that the children can help with and everybody has a great time. As you prepare the food together you can also take the time to teach colors, numbers, and nutritional importance.
  • Co-operation Soups & Salads  By : Anita DeFrank
    Most children enjoy helping in the preparations of their lunches and snacks. Choose meals that the children can help with and everybody has a great time. As you prepare the food together you can also take the time to teach colors, numbers, and nutritional importance.
  • Outdoor Games and Activities for Toddlers  By : Kara Kelso
    It's a beautiful day and your toddler or preschooler is begging to go outside. What to do when you get out? Here's some simple ideas:
  • Ornament Dough Recipe  By : Nancy Murphy
    Are you looking for a new way to help your children learn “hands-on” the letters of the alphabet? Would your child like to make a gift for a relative? Are you looking for a project for a rainy day? Creating play dough letters and ornaments is a fun way for your child to do all these things.
  • Play Dough Recipes for Children  By : Nancy Murphy
    Are you looking for some art projects for your children to do? Do your children want to play with play dough, but there’s none around the house? Would your children like to make presents for their friends? Are you trying to teach your children their colors? Would you like to hand out party favors for your child’s birthday party without spending a lot of money? Here’s an answer to these questions. Make your own home made play dough for the kids!
  • Craft Ideas for Kids - Kids and Pasta  By : Audrey Okaneko
    Discover the many ways you can use pasta to create great art projects for the kids.
  • Having Fun with Colors  By :
    An activity to help your preschoolers learn about colors.
  • Family fun for your little Picassos!  By : Barbara Ryan
    Yes, these glaze and snack, personalized pottery emporiums were all the rage a few years back for our own generation, but it’s time to rediscover them again with your little ones.
  • Learn About Plants with Preschoolers  By : Ruth Willms
    Spring is here! However, depending on where you live it may not look very much like spring outdoors. In our Canadian prairies spring comes late. Winnipeg still has lots of snow and here in Calgary it is still too cold to plant gardens outdoors. We are fortunate there are many ways to enjoy gardening indoors.


    In this experiment we will learn what plants need to grow and be healthy.
  • Where is the Mouse?  By : Ruth Willms
    Children love to look for things. So why not incorporate it into their learning activities?

    This game is a wonderful way to teach your child or class of children the different colors. They will be wondering which house that mouse is hiding in but of course you won’t let them look in the house unless they can tell you the color first. Then when they find the mouse it will be their turn to hide it so you or another child can guess where it is.
  • A Mother's Day Gift  By : Ruth Willms
    Following is the history of Mother's Day and a simple but very meaningful gift for children to make for their mother on Mother’s Day. Of course, if you're a mother reading this article, you will want to share it with your child’s father or other caregiver as a hint for your Mother’s Day gift.
  • Good Feelings; Bad Feelings  By : Ruth Willms
    Just like us, their parents and grandparents, a child has mixed emotions. One minute he can feel giddy with happiness and the next he can be crying over a broken toy. Making “feeling finger puppets” with your child and then helping him identify his feelings is a good way to help him understand and accept his emotions.
  • Making a Friendship Collage  By : Ruth Willms
    Having a true friend is a wonderful thing. We can help our child make good friends by teaching them to be a good friend. We can also teach them to be a friend to the needy or friendless child. When you call the other child’s parents ask them to have some pictures available that their child has chosen. The children can then make each others pictures into a collage and keep them to remind them of their new friend.
  • Foot Painting  By : Ruth Willms
    Children love to paint. While painting they are in control. They can choose the colors they want and they can paint any scene they desire. The colors and flowing movements of painting can be very calming to the child. Foot painting might be more of a challenge to them than the usual brush method.
  • 5 Easy Activities for Daddies to Do With Their Kids  By : Rebekah Kogelschatz
    Moms are naturals at providing entertainment for their children. They can make the contents of their purse become hours of fun and distractions. Some dads seem to have more difficulty. They trouble finding fun things to do without spending money or turning on the TV. Here are some easy tips for dads when they are in charge of entertainment.
  • Teaching a Child to Embroider - An Easy Embroidery Project for Young Children  By : Denise Willms
    Embroidery was once a skill every young girl was expected to learn. While it's no longer compulsory, there are few reasons why embroidery is still a valuable skill to teach your children. Here's an easy embroidery project you can do with your older preschooler.
  • Dyeing Pasta for Craft Projects  By : Rachel Paxton
    Your children will love to use these dyed pasta shapes for a variety of creative craft projects.
  • Finger Jello Recipes  By : Rachel Paxton
    Easy recipes for finger jello that your preschooler will love.
  • Preschool Party Games  By : Rachel Paxton
    Fun games that are a big hit at preschool birthday parties.
  • Fall Leaf Placemats  By : Rachel Paxton
    Making placemats from fall leaves is a fun activity for kids of all ages. Even toddlers will have fun collecting leaves and creating their own placemat.
  • Fall Leaf Collage  By : Rachel Paxton
    This easy collage is a fun fall activity for preschool aged children.
  • Summertime Crafts for Kids  By : Rachel Paxton
    These craft ideas are great summertime craft projects for preschoolers or kids of any age.
  • How to Make Valentine’s Day Fun for Toddlers  By : Arlene Pellicane
    Ten easy ways to make a memory this Valentine’s Day
  • Smart Things Your Preschooler Can Do With Smarties  By : Melissa Pedersen
    One of my favorite things to bake with preschoolers is Smartie Cookies. Not only are they fun to eat, they have fun ingredients too! Here are some fun things and educational things to do with Smarties, and my favorite recipe for Smartie Cookies.
  • Preschool Beading Activity  By : Rachel Paxton
    Your preschooler will love this beading activity. It will keep him busy for hours!
  • Earth Day for Preschoolers - Recycle Plastic Bottles into Preschool Fun  By : Melissa Pedersen
    This Earth Day, look around the house and see what kinds of items you can recycle into fun. A good pick is plastic bottles - the kind you get soda pop in. Here are some of my favorite uses for those bottles when I want to help save the earth and keep my preschoolers busy at the same time.

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