Children learn best through play way methods. They tend to advance their talents this way. Toddlers can experience more adventure in early learning sessions rather than playing with gadgets. These activities assist in changing the approach they use to customarily do the things.Toddlers may get equipped for kindergarten or nursery school in this way. Some learning activities that one can organize at home to get the toddlers ready for school are given as follows.
Numbers and Letters
Resources required
Paint
Cards
Printer (optional)
Create or make a print of bubble letters and numbers on cards. Let the child to color the stock of cards. Teach him the name of the letter or number when they are coloring the card. Later, use these cards as flashcards after they have completed coloring those cards.
Memory
Resources required
Cardstock
Scissors
Pictures
Assess the reminiscence power of the child by creating a memory game for him. With the help of a cardstock, cut eight or sixteen equal pieces of cards. For making a more interesting and challenging memory game, cut more number of cards. Representation of animals and characters to the cards will make children learn better.
Finger Puppets
Resources required
Finger puppet design
Felt
Take a print out of finger puppet design which is available for free online. By means of diverse color fragments of felt, smidgeon the outline on the felt. These finger puppets may help the child to learn the names and appearance of different animals and the reverberations they make.
Shapes and Colors
Resources required
Cardstock
Shapes
Coloring material
Draw and cut a lot of squares on cardstock. Color all these cardstocks with different colors. Similarly, cut some circles, rectangles, triangles, ovals and other shapes that are required. This assists in teaching the toddlers both shape and color at the same time.
Make a weather calendar
Resources required
Cardstock
Felt or foam pieces
Velcro
Calendar
Create a calendar out of cardstock. Make clouds, snow and sun out of foam or felt pieces. Attach velcro on all the days in the month and additionally place them on the rear part of the weather condition, denoting the area. This method will help children to learn everything about the various kinds of meteorological conditions. It will help them to learn all the days of the week.
Matching Game
Resources required
Black, brown and other color felts
Glue
Velcro
Use a part of black felt as board. By using brown felt make a cluster of ice cream cones. Take various colored felts and create two different colored half circles. These circles will serve as ice cream scoops. Either stitch or stick the felt scoops with cones. Place small pieces of velcro on the board as well as on the hind side of the ice cream cones. This is an amusing way for the child to relate the correct colors to each other.
Dress up Bear
Resources required
Brown felt
Colored felts
Picture of a bear
Print a picture of a standing bear. Trace this picture on the top of a section of brown colored felt. Add the features of the face and create some type of diverse colored felt tops, wash pants, caps and shoes. Toddlers will know in what way the bear is dressed and will get the idea of various items used for dressing of the bear. This game helps in teaching children all the parts of the body.
Tell the time
Resources required
Felt sheets
Foam sheets
Glue
Marker pen
Metal clasp
Cut out felt in the shape of a big circle. Create numbers from foam sheet pieces and with the help of dexterity glue, stick the numbers to the felt clock. Use a marker pen and augment trivial strokes for every single minute concerning the hours. Sort two timepiece pointer hands from felt and phasedown a trifling hole in the mid part of the timepiece and on the pointers hands of the timepiece. Secure the pointer hands to the central part of the timepiece with the help of a metal clasp.
Shape hopping
Resources required
Big size colored paper
Phasedown various figures out of the big edifice paper or A4 size paper and place the paper on the floor. Mention the shape and color of a particular paper and let the toddler to mark that particular figure of that color and shape.
Touch & Feel box
Resources required
Shoebox
Scissors
Little objects
Cut out a hole in the shoe box. Take an object and keep it inside the box. Conceal the box and let each child describe the product and name it. Also, decorating the box will attract the kids and upsurge their involvement in this game. This game is a fun way for the toddlers to learn new terminology and working with defining stuffs. For preschoolers, one can do a little more complex explanation or use longer phrases to describe the object.
Making unit boxes
Resources required
Unit boxes
Pictorial representation of shapes
This game is all about making squares and rectangles with the help of unit blocks. It also works on relating the color to the suitable square while constructing each shape. Keep a pictorial representation of the shape of the object to be constructed in front of the child. This will help him to refer to the structure and create the shape using the unit cubes. Try mentioning the name of the structure to the toddler while he/she constructs the shape. One can also use two different shades for a bit of spectrum recognition.
Skeeball fun for toddler
Resources required
Big box
Empty containers
Knife or scissors
Small balls
Printer for printing
Place the three containers on the top of a box and draw a circle around the base. Use a knife or scissors and cut the holes, a little bigger around the lines. Take a print out of the numbers or letters. Cut them out and stick them to the inner part of the container. Place the container in the holes made for them in the box. Let
the toddler throw small balls into the containers. You can also give scores for every pocketing of the ball. This will make the child play the game more enthusiastically.
Creating Collage
Resources required
Cardboard
Paint
Glue
Leaves
Take some leaves and let the child to paint the leaves using different colors. Allow the leaves to dry completely. Stick the leaves onto the cardboard in whatever way he/she likes to place it. This will help the child to get to know various colors and painting styles. Stay besides the child while he/she does the painting.
Play Dough
Resources required
Play dough
Cardboard
Glitter
Essential oil (optional)
Place small pieces of play dough onto a plastic or card board. Allow the toddler to make different kinds of shapes using the play dough. For a more exciting activity, try adding glitter to the dough mix. One can also add essential oils to make it smell good. An elder person’s presence is required for this activity.
Watering plants
Resources required
Watering pot
Water
Small plant
Take the child along with you while watering the plants. Buy small watering pots available in toy stores. Assist him/her in watering small plants. This will help the child in knowing the goodness of nature and its importance of preserving plants.
