Independent Preschool Activities

Some days  you just need your child to work on something by himself. Usually when you’re really stressed it’s hard to think of activities for him to do.

Here’s a list that might be helpful to print out for those occasions!

Let your child put coins into a piggy bank.

Lacing cards

Arts and Crafts box

Playdough with cookie cutters

Use sidewalk chalk

Blowing bubbles

Make a necklace with yarn and ziti pasta or fruity loop cereal.

Play beanbag toss into a basket.

Give your child a couple of large boxes to play with.

Puzzles

A pencil and a pad of post-it notes

Play with magnets and the refrigerator door.

Sort shells and put in an egg carton.

Have your child put a sock on her hand and help “dust” the furniture.

Get a bag of 15 bean soup. Let your child sort beans or glue onto a piece of cardboard.

Shine a large flashlight on the wall and let child make hand shadows.

Building blocks

Let him measure objects around the house with a small retractable measuring tape.

Give him an old magazine and tell him to cut out his favorite pictures. (use safety scissors)

Need : Christmas wrap tube and a paper towel tube, small sponge ball. Put the smaller tube inside the larger one. Then place the ball in the top of the large tube. If you push the small tube up quickly, the ball will pop out. This activity can go on for hours!

Cut out as many letter A’s as you can find in a magazine.

Pitch a tent! A large sheet over a card table or 4 chairs makes a great imaginary playground. Invite some stuffed animals over for extra fun!

Make large faces on the fronts of paper plates. Just need crayons, some paper scraps, and glue.

My niece loved this activity –even before she could walk! I’d give her a small bowl of water, a toothbrush, and some baking soda. She’d sit and “scrub” the kitchen floor and keep pointing to more baking soda!

Put a penny on the floor or sidewalk. Using a large playground ball, try to hit the penny and make it bounce.

Stickers and a piece of cardboard or paper can keep a little one occupied for a while!

Make leaf rubbings by placing a sheet of paper over a leaf and coloring over it with a crayon. You can do coin rubbings, shell rubbings, etc.

Chalk on dark paper makes for a fun activity.
 

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