Activities for pre-schoolers
Here are some Children's Day activities for preschoolers.
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Three things I love about you
Parents, tell your child three things that you love about him/her. Write them on a sheet of paper or a special piece of card and give it to your child to keep.
Crown your child King or Queen of Children's Day
Help your child to make a crown. Officially crown them King or Queen of Children's Day. Tell them they get to make some decisions about what to do for the day.
Make a plan together
Talk with your child about what they'd like to do on Children's Day. Look on the Children's Day website to see whether there are any events in your area that you could go along to.
Drawing and storytelling
Allow your child to draw and colour anything he or she wants. When finished, ask your child to tell you about his or her picture. Write your child's story and then read it back to him or her.
Colour walk
Draw pictures together with lots of colours. Take turns talking about your pictures. Then ask your child to name the colours that he or she used. Afterwards take a ‘Colour Walk' with your child. Ask him or her to point to all things that are (choose a colour).
Give old toys and clothes to charity
With your child choose some old toys and clothes to give away to charity so that other children can enjoy them.
Water play
Get a variety of objects and experiment with what floats and sinks. Maybe you could include objects that are found at sea such as shells, stones and seaweed.
Afternoon tea with the neighbours
Have an afternoon tea – get together with the neighbours and their children and have tea on the lawn or in your local park. Children could help Mum or Dad make shaped biscuits.
