The pandemic has impacted the lives of families across the globe. Preschools have been closed, parents and caregivers are working remotely, and all have started practicing social distancing. It is indeed a lot to process and navigate for all of us. For younger children, their daily routines have been upended. They yearn to go back to their daily routines, such as, going to preschool, meeting their teachers & friends, going out to play in the evenings, meeting relatives, neighbours, and playmates. The list is long.  While preschools may have closed, learning doesn’t really have ..read more

Stories are one of the most popular and widely used preschool activities. They don’t just help in the development of language skills, but also contribute in a lot of other aspects. Preschoolers enhance their vocabulary and take their language skills higher simply by listening to more and more stories. They get transported to a world of imagination and easily relate to the characters of the story. By listening to stories, preschoolers can learn various personal and emotional skills, such as sharing, helping others, keeping the environment clean, etc.  We bring to you another short and fun ..read more

  This simple preschool activity can contribute to many aspects such as development of fine motor skills, sorting out colours, counting, making a pattern, etc.  Let’s find out how. At their age, preschoolers are still developing basic fine motor skills such as holding objects between their thumb and index finger. This is commonly known as the pincer grasp. Why is it important? It is important so that they are able to properly hold a writing tool such as a crayon or pencil at a later stage when they are just about to begin writing. Stringing beads is an activity that supports the deve ..read more

  Often preschoolers see many colours around them and as adults, we name it for them thinking the job is done and now they know this/that colour. This is not true as for children to develop the concept of colours, they need to be supported to recognize and match different objects of the same colour and finally name it. The colour matching board is a helpful play material which you can easily create at home. It allows children to learn to name different colours as they play with it. Let’s begin! Age Group Children in the age group of 2 – 5 years What do you need? A colour matching board St ..read more

  Pattern making activities allow children to practice and develop the skill of logical thinking at the kindergarten stage. This enables children to organize their thoughts and approach a problem with logic at school and in life. Additionally, these activities are also known to be influential for learning to read as words on paper are patterns made up of letters. Some examples of patterns could be – Red, Blue, Red Blue, Red Blue… OR Leaf, flower, Leaf, Flower, Leaf, Flower… OR  abcabcabcabc….. etc. Preschoolers should be encouraged to recognize patterns, copy patterns, create their o ..read more

  As children grow up, they face more problems to solve, both at school and at home. Preschoolers must be engaged in activities and games that allow them to build cognition and solve problems by making use of memory, logic and creative thinking. This preschool activity ‘Can you tell?’ is a memory game that requires children to listen carefully, recall information and solve a problem. The best part about the activity is that children may think of it as play while they’re engaged and in that process, they use and refine their skill of problem solving. So let’s begin and see what this activi ..read more

Someone has rightly said – “There is nothing that a good story can’t do”. Storytelling is one of the most popular and widely used preschool activities. It not only helps in the development of language skills, but contributes to a whole set of other aspects. You can help your preschooler enhance vocabulary and take language skills higher simply by listening telling more and more stories. While listening to a story children’s mind is teleported to a world of imagination when they start relating to the characters in it. Just by listening to stories, young children learn various personal and emoti ..read more

Matching pairs and understanding why they go together contribute immensely to a preschoolers cognitive abilities. The activity encourages preschool-aged children to match letters and their sounds which in turn prepares them for reading later on. Match-making is an easy activity that encourages children to put items that go together, for example, lock and key, shoes and socks, table and chair etc. You can keep your child occupied in this fun game using real objects or picture cards. Let’s see how it is played! Age Group Children in the age group of 2 – 5 years What do you need? Decide the 5-7 c ..read more

Essentially, memory games enhance a preschooler’s ability to retrieve information from their working memory which improves their executive function. This preschool activity improves brain functions such as attention, concentration and focus. Also, it makes way for critical thinking and helps preschool-aged children begin to pay attention to detail. Through this memory game, a parent can easily engage the child. Let’s find out how you can perform this simple preschool activity from home. Age Group Children in the age group of 2 – 5 years What do you need? 3 real-items of daily use, for example ..read more

I Say… is a preschool activity you can do at home, that hones your child’s listening skills and ability to follow instructions. A preschooler’s ability to listen, comprehend, and remember all that is told becomes an important precursor to following instructions at home and what the child learns later at a preschool.  Through this engaging preschool activity, your little one would learn to listen comprehend, remember, and eventually act on an instruction. This interesting activity can be played anytime and does not require much preparation. It allows for as many family members to play toge ..read more