• Scavenger hunt in neighbourhood. Im sure there are picture hunts on-line that you can use or else make up your own.  (cars, dogs, bird, tree, fire hydrant, store, plane, etc)
• Play I spy with colors.  Ask children to find something that is blue etc and bring it to you.  
• Make a collage with things collected from a walk
• Make play dough and then play with it.  
• Make a cereal necklace
• Make a musical parade using items from the kitchen as instruments
• Host a tea party.. bake cookies and then ask Dad to join in
• Bowl using empty bottles as pins
• Make a car wash for bikes or riding toys
• Race pompoms by blowing them with a straw
• Make masks with paper bags or paper plates and decorate them
• Play the game WAR… or Go Fish…..you may have to look up the rules online
• Do a puzzle
• Let your child read you a story by looking at the pictures or make up a story together and they can draw and color the pictures
• Plant a seed and watch it grow.  
• Keep a balloon in the air as long as possible
• Play hot and cold with a hidden object
• Get the kids helping in the kitchen, doing dishes, scrubbing potatoes, peeling carrots
• Use cooking tools to play in water. Add some food colouring for fun
• Set up a sheet(fort) in the living room and let the children make a bed and bring fav toys into it.
• Yard work, bagging leaves, raking etc.
• Hopping outside on the grass in a pillow case

Some ideas children can work on independently:

• Children like sorting, so if you can think of about 4 items that you can mix in a bowl then have them separate them into 4 smaller bowls.  
• Folding laundry…. it can be pretend laundry that you don’t care if its folded properly or dropped on the floor.
• Sweep the floor using a small broom and dust pan
• Make hand or body shadows using a flashlight in a dark space
• Snowball toss…..use socks or crunched up paper for snowballs and children throw them in a basket.

Here is a link for more preschool ideas
https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/preschool-activities/

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