Activities for Preschoolers During School Time

Here are some ideas for activities for preschoolers to keep them busy and happy during homeschool time! Remember to spend a little one-on-one time playing with them first thing in the morning as well! They will be much happier throughout the day if you make that a priority!

 

Magnetic Building Blocks

Sensory Bins

“Washing” dishes in the sink

A hose and a shovel

Paint the deck/gate/wall with water

Glue sticks, tape, and miscellaneous paper products you have around the house

A BIG box (check department stores) and crayons

Masking tape and recycling materials

Puzzles

Pattern blocks and cards

Lacing cards

Pony beads and pipe cleaners or shoelaces

Busy/Quiet Book

Cutting the grass with age-appropriate scissors

DUPLO Blocks

Playdough/Modeling Clay

Bag/bowl of buttons and muffin tins for sorting

Sandbox or Sand Table

Kinetic Sand

Dried beans/lentils and different sized spoons and bowls

Kiddie Pool or Water Table

Chalk and Easel

Freeze big containers with little treasures inside and let them hammer away

Small Tent

Paper and child scissors

Ball Pit

Homemade hammock for under the dining room table

Audio Books

Train Set

Rod and Staff ABC workbooks

Math Games and Activities

Number Bonds Towers
Number Bonds Buildings & Walls
Having a Party!
What’s in the Box? – Part One
What’s in the Box? – Part Two
Jelly Beans Game
Go to the Dump
Tens Concentration
Math War – Part One
Math War – Part Two
Making Tens and 100
Multiplication Strategy Game
Hidden Products
What’s in the Box? – Multiplication/Division
Times-Tac-Toe
Multiples-Tac-Toe
Multiplication War
Race to 200
How Crazy Can You Make It?!?
How Crazy Can You Make It?!? – Part Two
Fractions War
Improper Fractions War