
Preschool Activities

Preschool Activities
SOCIAL / EMOTIONAL
Meeting new friends
Learning to identify and express emotions
Learning to taking turns and share
Helping others
Following directions
Learn about ourselves and the world around us
Fantasy play
Developing responsibility
Developing good manners
LANGUAGE / VOCABULARY
Build language through songs, finger plays and games
Discuss weekly theme
Story time / repeating stories
Show and tell
Sharing news
Recognising own name
Following directions
Identify initial sounds
Numbers (counting)
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
Drawing (free drawing, colouring, body image)
Painting and finger painting
Pasting Cutting & tearing paper
Puzzles
Building blocks
Stencil work
Manipulating playdough
Threading beads
Weaving
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
Hopping, galloping, climbing, running, jumping and marching
Walking on tiptoes
Walking on a line
Catching beanbags
Catching, kicking and throwing a ball
Obstacle courses
Playing with hoops
Rolling
Riding bikes, running races
Jungle gym , monkey bars
SCIENCE / SENSORY
Exploring smells, noises, tastes and visuals
Explore textures: jelly, shaving foam, spaghetti etc
Discovering how things grow
Experiments
Observing seasonal changes
Naming days of the week/months of the year
Mixing colours
Baking
MATH READINESS
Counting, rhymes and songs (Rote counting)
Beginning to recognise numerals
Identifying shapes
Identifying similarities
Identifying differences
Sorting by size, shape and colour
Science experiments
Matching objects
Problem solving
BIBLE
Weekly Bible activity (Evangeli Christian Curriculum)
Bible stories
Christian songs
Saying grace
MUSIC
Making instruments
Dancing
Singing songs
Games to music