Making your preschool’s midterm break worthwhile is important in ensuring that he continuously develop his sense of creativity and remain active instead of sitting in front of the computer or television throughout his break.
Since preschool children have short attention span, make sure that you prepare educational preschool home activities that are fun at the same time. It’s a great opportunity for you to bond with your child and discover new things together.
Arts and Crafts
This is the ultimate foolproof activity that preschool children love to do. Preschools always want to get down and dirty so there’s no way your child wouldn’t enjoy doing arts and crafts. There is a wide variety of arts and crafts activities available on the Internet that has simple instructions you and your preschool can follow. Some of them include:
- Clay Craft. You can either make your own clay from scratch or just buy some in the store and you’re good to craft. From cute little insects, adorable animals, to household treasures and faux food treats-your imagination is your limit.
- Cut-Up Collages. A no fuss activity you can do with your preschool. Look up for old photos and give it silly makeovers with this creative and cutting project.
- Printable Games and Puzzles. You’ll find all sorts of fun games and cool puzzles that you can print straight off the Internet and play with your preschool. The best part is your preschool can choose whatever he wants without spending so much money.
Cooking and Baking
Try making healthy and delicious food with your preschool. Letting them help with the cooking will encourage them to it the food. You can try crunchy vegetable burritos, bread pizza, jam tarts, candy-colored cookies and other pastries that your preschool can help prepare and decorate. It will be a creative and delicious activity that both of you will surely enjoy.
Preschool Reading Activities
Unleash your creative side by making story telling a fun and enjoyable activity for your preschool. Use colorful props such as special story time mat, story time pillow or chair or a story time song that will entice your preschool to listen. You can also create after story fun activities related to the story to make it more exciting and help your preschool better understand the message of the story.
Finding a good way to spend your preschool’s midterm break can help him discover and even develop his inner talent that he may want to pursue later on in life. Hence, doing constant creative activities is important to help him enjoy his childhood better and encourage him to explore and discover.
