Pre-K

Fine Motor Skills

*Have your child draw on plain paper with crayons

*Play with playdough. Practice rolling snakes, balls, breaking off pieces, cutting, and rolling.

*Place a pile of small snack items on the table. Have your child pick up each item using a pincer grasp (thumb and pointer finger).

*Have your child use kitchen tongs or tweezers to pick up different items around the house (cotton balls, dry pasta, small toy cars or figures, etc)

*Draw with sidewalk chalk

*Puzzles

*Building with blocks or legos

Following Directions

*Play follow the leader. Have your child complete the tasks that you are doing.

*Play simon says

*Give your child a set of 2 directions. Examples: “Pick up the book and put it on the shelf”, “Put on your shirt and then put on your shorts”, “Put the car in the cup and put the doll on the chari”. See how well they can follow your directions.

Social/ Emotional Skills

*FREE PLAY: Let your child explore with their toys. Give them time to be creative and see what they come up with. Can they make a restaurant and pretend to serve you food? Can they set up a vet and take care of all their stuffed animals? Maybe they have a garden and need to plant all the flowers and vegetables and take care of them. Let them have time to really get into their play and create different play scenarios.

*Help your child label their feelings. Sad, happy, angry, excited, etc. Talk to them about what each feeling looks like.

Self- Help Skills

*Practice washing hands, going through the following steps: Wet hands, put on a squirt of soap, scrub hands together (covering all areas) while singing happy birthday 2 times, lastly rinse with water.

*Practice putting on a coat and zipping it up

*Practice putting on shoes. To make it more fun, set a timer and have your child try to beat the timer. Each time set the timer for a lesser amount.

Literacy/Math Skills

*Play I spy using color or shape descriptions. This can help your child practice identifying shapes and colors.

*READ: Let your child pick out a pile of books and sit and read with them. Point to the words as you read and let them follow along. Let them look at the pictures and see if they can tell some of the story using the pictures. While reading, ask questions about what is going on in the story.

*Count: Count out snacks, toys, books, etc. For example: “How many goldfish are in your bowl? Let’s count them together”, “Wow you built a tower using (let’s count how many blocks)”.