| er what time of the year it is, you can always find fun | | | | flowers, like D for daisy. Other ideas could include going |
| seasonal activities to do with your preschooler. | | | | to a local park or garden and letting your child smell the |
| Whether it’s sunny, snowing, raining or windy, | | | | flowers, making flower finger puppets, or making |
| you can use the turning of the seasons to teach your | | | | jewelry necklaces or potpourri out of flowers. |
| preschooler valuable lessons. What could be a better | | | | 4. Summer Activity — Sun |
| way to explain topics like water, light, trees, plants, | | | | Discover the joy of light with your preschooler! Cut out |
| animals, and everything between? | | | | Styrofoam ball and color it yellow. Shine a flashlight |
| Doing activities and crafts with your preschooler is a | | | | through it to imagine it’s the sun. Walk outside |
| perfect way to help your child understand concepts | | | | and look for differences of light and shadows on the |
| through interaction. When he’s young, your | | | | ground. Explain how the sun is high in the sky and how |
| preschooler will like to explore by touching, smelling, | | | | it goes down at night and up in the morning. Other |
| tasting, hearing, and feeling the world around him. Using | | | | ideas include going to a local store and buying |
| their senses is an essential way children learn. Young | | | | sunglasses and explaining why we wear them, make |
| children’s amazement and wonder at even the | | | | a sun catcher, or painting pictures of the sun. |
| smallest things reminds us that learning starts with | | | | 5. Fall Activity — Leaves |
| curiosity. Using the seasons, the possibilities of teaching | | | | Jump into fall and do fun leaf-themed activities with |
| are endless! Not sure where to start? Here are a few | | | | your child! Collect fallen leaves from outside and |
| ideas to try. | | | | create crafts by pasting them to pieces of paper. |
| 1. Spring Activity — Rain | | | | Punch holes in paper and hang up with yarn around a |
| Teach your preschooler about rain with fun, | | | | room like streamers, or cover leaves with wax paper |
| water-themed activities! Create fluffy clouds out of | | | | and rub the leaf shape with colors. Explain why leaves |
| cotton balls and paste them to a piece of paper. Then | | | | have veins and a stem. Other ideas include raking up |
| draw raindrops from the clouds, and explain how the | | | | leaves and jumping into them, exploring the different |
| rain falls to make the grass grow. You could cut grass | | | | colors leaves turn, or coloring pictures of trees during |
| from the lawn and paste it on the paper too. Other | | | | the different seasons. |
| ideas : Walk in the rain with your preschooler, color | | | | 6. Winter Activity - Snow |
| pictures of an umbrella, or sing songs about the rain. | | | | Bundle up and do some exciting snow-themed |
| 2. Spring Activity — Wind | | | | activities! Cut out or draw a snowman and make |
| Enjoy the wonder of the wind with your child with | | | | snowman clothes to go along. Dress a real snowman |
| wind-themed activities! Make a home-made kite out of | | | | outside with gloves, scarves, and a face. Cut out |
| sticks or wire and newspapers. Find a ribbon to try on | | | | paper snowflakes and hang them on the window. |
| the end. Be creative and let your child color different | | | | Watch snow fall outside, or show your child how to |
| sections. Fly the kite together and explain how the | | | | catch a snow flake with his tongue. Go sledding or add |
| wind carries the kite. Other ideas could include using a | | | | food-colored water to squeeze bottles, and let him |
| fan to explain the concept of wind, watch birds fly or | | | | draw in the snow. Other ideas include making snow ice |
| buying colorful pinwheels and blowing them together. | | | | cream, looking for animal tracks in the snow, or making |
| 3. Summer Activity — Flowers | | | | snow angels. |
| Explore the beauty of plants with flower-themed | | | | Obviously, seasonal activities for your preschooler are |
| activities! Draw or cut flower shapes with your | | | | endless, but these fun preschool activities are a good |
| preschooler explaining the names of the parts of the | | | | place to start; they even could jump start some of |
| flower. Plant some seeds together in a small pot | | | | your own ideas! Remember to do preschool activities |
| indoors and watch the flowers grow. Let your | | | | your child is interested in. If you wanted to explore |
| preschooler color letters that start the names of | | | | bugs, and he wants to dig in the dirt, just go with it. |