🎓 Skills Your Child Will Develop

• 🧠 Brain-Body Connection — Research consistently shows that physical activity directly improves concentration, working memory, and academic readiness — making fitness time one of the highest-return educational investments in a preschooler's day.
• ❤️ Cardiovascular Health — Vigorous physical activity that elevates heart rate and quickens breathing builds cardiovascular fitness — and active preschoolers develop not just physical health but the energy, sleep quality, and mood that support learning.
• 🤸 Flexibility & Agility — Stretching, bending, and quick direction changes develop flexibility and agility — the physical qualities that support athletic movement, injury prevention, and the body confidence that active children carry through life.
• 🤝 Social Skills & Teamwork — Physical games with partners or groups teach children to cooperate, cheer for others, follow a leader, and recover from competitive disappointment — the social-emotional skills that classroom cooperation requires.

The winter season often brings the yearly return of cabin fever. Both young and old can feel the effects of being cooped up in the house -- and once the holiday hubbub settles down, you may feel a lack of inspiration when it comes to cooking up new activities.

With a variety of fun preschool cabin fever activities, you can get everyone in the house up and moving. Whether you choose an outside activity that takes advantage of the cool, crisp weather, or an indoor activity (if that crisp weather is just too darned cold!), your family is certain to find the following preschool cabin fever activities a nice change of pace.

Preschool Winter Activities 
With the temperatures dipping, it’s time to look to preschool winter activities to cure the wintertime blues. If you live in a snowy climate, there are opportunities to do a variety of preschool winter activities that get little bodies moving.

Preschool Horse Race Game 
Enjoy a fun activity that really lets your preschooler "horse" around! Set up your track and let the race begin -- practice coordination skills with different trots and gallups. The preschool horse race game is certain to be a hit!

Preschool Happy Feet Activities 
Discover fun preschool Happy Feet activities, based on the hit movie about Emperor penguins. Let the Happy Feet character Mumble provide the inspiration for dancing, waddling and racing -- penguin style!

Preschool Fitness Videos and DVDs 
There are a variety of preschool fitness videos and DVDs on the market that your child will enjoy -- each promoting preschool physical fitness and good health through dance, motion and exercise.  

Preschool Dance Party 
It's a party! With the Preschool Dance Party activity, your preschooler can groove to the beat and show off some of their best moves. This is a great indoor activity when the weather gets too cold. Plus, the only setup you need is music!

Indoor Obstacle Course
Beat the winter blahs when you create an indoor obstacle course that's guaranteed to get your preschooler moving!  

Preschool Cabin Fever Activities When Entertaining

If you’ve got a party or playdate planned, don’t overlook the fun that preschool cabin fever activities can provide for the children visiting your home. Set the children up with any of these activities to enjoy while the adults are engaged in conversation!

Hullabaloo by Cranium This is a great game that can be put on “auto-pilot” for kids. The speaker console provides all of the silly instructions they need!

Preschool Simon Says and Preschool Dance Game 
Update common games with a fitness spin! Preschool Simon Says and the Preschool Dance Game can include movements to increase flexibility and coordination.

Preschool Jumping Game 
The Preschool Jumping Game is a fun and educational activity, promoting movement and learning at the same time. Create colorful mats with numbers, letters, animals, etc. for your preschooler to hop on.

I'm Wendy Michaels, the Preschool Fitness writer for PreschoolRock.com. With an active preschooler of my own, I know how easy it is to include exercise and healthy habits into a preschooler's daily activities. I'd love to hear your ideas for promoting fitness with your own preschooler. Please contact me with any suggestions, ideas or questions.