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Blistering heat or chilling cold keeping your preschooler cooped up indoors? Get your preschooler off the couch and stomp out boredom with fun games, projects and imaginative play tailored just for the inside of your home or classroom. Turn an “inside day” into a spectacular adventure and opportunity for social bonding and memory-making with these fun indoor preschool activities. It's just the cure for your preschooler's indoor blues!
Almost Sleepover Preschool Activity
The Almost Sleepover Preschool Activity is a great alternative to a traditional slumber party. Most preschooler's like the idea of spending the night at a friend's house, but issues like separation anxiety and potty training hinder them from being away from mom and dad all night. An Almost Sleepover will give preschoolers all the fun of sleeping over without actually sleeping over.
Activity Preparedness - Create an On-the-Go Activity Kit
Do you often find when you're visiting a friend's house or stuck in the doctor's waiting room that you suddenly need something for your preschooler to do? Be prepared to entertain your preschooler in any situation by keeping an On-the-Go Activity Kit in your car.
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Touch and Feel Seasons Wallhanging
Learn the month's of the year and all about seasons by crafting this fun and unique wall hanging.
Preschool Tissue Box Crafts
Don’t throw away those empty tissue boxes! Recycle them with these quick and simple preschool summer craft ideas. Create a guitar, pretend mailbox, bank, planter, robot feet, and a back-to-school preschool teacher gift all out of some empty tissue boxes.
Chalkboard Window
An easy and inexpensive project for your preschooler's bedroom or playroom is a chalkboard made from a recycled window frame. If you dont' have an old window frame handy, don't despair. Chalkboard paint is so versatile, you can apply it to most any surface, from plastered walls to closet doors. Let your preschooler's imagination run wild with their very own chalkboard!
New activities need low-pressure introduction. Set the activity up invitingly and let the child approach at their own pace β forcing participation in new activities creates resistance. Joining the activity yourself (playing with the materials in their presence) is the most reliable way to ignite curiosity. A child who watches a parent enjoy something usually wants to try it.
Short attention span for activities is developmentally normal in preschoolers and shortens further when activities are too easy or too difficult. The sweet spot is a challenge that requires real effort but is achievable. Also consider time of day β activities attempted during tired or hungry periods have dramatically shorter engagement windows. After-nap or mid-morning are typically the richest activity windows.
Related reading: See also our painting ideas and our chalk activities for more ideas on this topic.