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Educational Activities for 3 Year Olds

Looking for things to do with your child? Check out these learning and educational activities for 3 year olds for at home or outdoors.

Like many moms, I wanted to engage with my 3 year old at home, providing him with activities that were not only fun, but educational as well. I was that mom who collected leaves and counted the steps on stairs we took.

At the same time, I also understood that educational activities can get… over the top. We don’t need to stress out about “teaching,” so much as inspiring our kids’ curiosity and desire to learn.

You see, so many of us can feel like we’re not doing enough educational activities. That we’re somehow “behind” what other moms are doing with their kids. We assume that every moment spent should be a learning opportunity, or that we need to provide better toys or experiences.

Educational activities for 3 year olds

But thankfully, it doesn’t take much to teach and engage with your child. These educational activities for 3 year olds can keep her entertained while learning the fundamentals along the way. They’re geared for even the shortest attention span, or for kids who easily tire of doing the same thing for long stretches.

They’re also perfect to give your caregiver ideas to do with her during the day while you’re at work. You don’t need expensive toys or classes galore to make sure she’s off to a great start. These easy, doable, and even practical activities are more than enough to teach and engage:

1. Activities that promote fine motor skills

One of the best activities to practice with your 3 year old is his fine motor skills. Developing dexterity and muscles in his hands will set the foundation to hold a pencil, cut with scissors, and button his clothes.

Writing with pencils and crayons aren’t the only ways to develop fine motor skills, either. Take a look at these activities that will also do the trick:

• Threading string through items. Start with large pieces, like dry rigatoni pasta and shoelaces, before moving onto smaller items like beads and thread.
• Pipe cleaners and a colander. Sticking the ends of pipe cleaners into a colander was one of the activities that intrigued my 3 year old for a long stretch. Turn a metal colander (one with circle holes) upside down. Then, have your child stick one end of a pipe cleaner into one hole, and the other into another hole. See what creations and patterns he can make!
• Glue sticks. Make a collage of pieces of paper and glue sticks. First, tear paper into small pieces—start off with 2″ pieces and gradually cut them smaller. Then, show him how to glue one side and stick it onto a larger piece of paper.

Check out these Montessori fine motor activities for more ideas.

2. Writing letters and numbers

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Even if your 3 year old can’t read or write just yet, you can begin practicing writing letters and numbers.

Incorporate playful and unconventional ways to write, like tracing her finger on sand, or making letters with play dough. Teach her the alphabet by finding the letters in your environment. You can always make learning letters and numbers fun—no pressure needed!

Take a look at these ideas:

• Go down the alphabet. Pick one letter and talk about it throughout the day. You might color a page of the letter, describe the different sounds it makes, or find things in the room that start with that letter.
• Use a dry erase board. Peel-away “markers” leave less mess than traditional markers, and allow her to write and erase as often as she’d like.
• Write letters and numbers with chalk. Whether on the sidewalk or a chalkboard, writing with chalk is another fun way to practice holding writing tools.
• Combine magnetic letters and a cookie sheet. Have a set of magnetic letters and numbers? Combine them to make words on a cookie sheet! The cookie sheet makes for a fantastic portable “board” she can place on her lap or take with her.

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3. Daily tasks and lessons

A simple way to incorporate learning activities for 3 year olds is to use your daily tasks as “lessons.” So much of what your child sees is an opportunity to learn without needing to do things too differently in your day.

A few ideas you can do:

• Counting. Count how many times you push her on the swing, the steps you take up the staircase, or the peas on her plate.
• Measuring. Invite her into the kitchen as you cook. Say out loud how many cups, tablespoons, or pounds you need with each ingredient.
• Sorting. Doing laundry? Sort the piles into types of clothes (and encourage her to find pairs of socks). Playing with blocks? Sort them into piles of the same color.

4. Educational games

Games are a fantastic way to practice social skills, have fun, and learn new things. Board games, simple card games, puzzles, and “conversation starters” work well. Here are a few ideas:

• Puzzles. Don’t be afraid to challenge her with bigger puzzle pieces. Even if she doesn’t finish a puzzle in one sitting, encourage her to keep trying to finish it at another time.
• Card games. Memory games (finding and pairing similar cards) and matching games are simple to do just about anywhere. Find “kid-friendly” card games like these instead of a standard deck so she has an easier time identifying the cards.

• Board games. Many board games are now available for your 3 year old, but keep an eye out for the age recommendations. Some are still geared toward older kids, so stick to those suitable for the younger crowd.

Get more activities for 3 year olds.

5. Open-ended play

Don’t think that letting your child play is “wasted” time to learn—the opposite is true, in fact. Kids learn best through play, especially open-ended play where they’re not bound by preset limitations. This allows them to think creatively and come up with unique solutions.

Take a look at these ideas to nurture open-ended play:

• Blocks. The simpler the blocks, the better. Allow your child to create whatever he’d like from the blocks in front of him.
• Dress up and pretend. Set aside a box filled with costumes and dress-up clothes. These can be “career” outfits like a firefighter outfit, or even your knickknacks like old necklaces and hats. A pretend kitchen was also a big hit in our house, as my kids were able to come up with pretty amazing stories and games as they “cooked.”
• Art supplies. Don’t feel like you have to come up with cute crafts—a box of art supplies is all your 3 year old needs to get creative. Crayons, pencils, play dough, and finger paint can make for a fantastic experience crafting and creating. You can also introduce labels by pointing out the shapes she makes from play dough or the colors of the paint.

Get more tips on how to encourage open-ended play.

6. Field trips

Feeling cooped up at home with your 3 year old? Plan a few “field trips” to local spots! Not only will you fill your time together, you’ll also expose her to new activities and lessons while you’re out. Nearly any outing will be a learning experience, but look for places catered to kids. A few ideas include:

• Child-friendly museums. Some museums are geared to children (My favorite is Moxi in Santa Barbara). Others are for general audiences with a children’s area. Hands-on exhibits will make the experience fun for both you and your child.
• Library story time and activities. Many libraries host these events for toddlers and preschoolers. From playing with building toys to making magnetic slime to creating your own jewelry, libraries are fantastic places to take her.

7. Activities that encourage curiosity

Take advantage of your 3 year old’s natural curiosity with just about everything. Encourage her questions, no matter how silly (or “annoying”). Expand her world through books and resources, and show her just how many amazing creatures she can discover.

Here are a few ideas to nurture her curiosity:

• Explore your local outdoors. Step outside to your backyard, garden, or local park and look for bugs and creatures she can observe. Use a kids’ magnifying glass like this one to talk about different leaves and flowers. Let her help you garden by filling pots with soil and pulling weeds from the ground.

• Show her a map or globe. My kids love looking at a map of the world, even from a young age. Your child can compare countries, point out where she lives, and learn about the different continents and oceans.
• Read nonfiction books. Don’t forget to include nonfiction books in your regular reading. Books about the weather, how plants grow, or outer space are fantastic ways to explore the world from the comfort of books.

Check out these preschool outdoor activities for summer.

Best practices for educational activities for 3 year olds

Now that you have a few ideas on what to do with your 3 year old, take a look at these best practices for helpful tips:

• Stick to a weekly schedule. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with all the things you “have” to do. Keep it simple by focusing on a few topics a week. For instance, one week you can focus on circles, the color red, and the letter “A.” The next week, you can focus on squares, the color green, and the letter “B.” Get more tips on how to create a 3 year old daily schedule.
• Keep the activities short and frequent. It’s common for kids to lose interest quickly—don’t feel bad if yours can’t sit still for long periods. Instead, keep them short—no longer than 30 minutes at a time. Or intertwine these conversations and activities frequently throughout the day.
• Follow your child’s interests. Kids will learn and pursue their interests. Nurture what’s already there rather than forcing something you think your child should do. If she loves farms, find children’s books about farm animals, visit a local farm, and sing songs about the sounds animals make.
• Rotate toys and materials regularly to reignite her imagination. Old toys will feel new once again after they’ve been out of sight for a while.

Conclusion

Finding educational activities for 3 year olds has just gotten easier, especially with these ideas. Practice fine motor skills with threading and glue sticks. No need for a formal curriculum when you turn daily tasks into lessons. Play board games and solve puzzles, and practice writing letters and numbers.

Encourage open-ended play with toys and games, and go on “field trips” like child-friendly museums and library activities. And finally, be curious with your child, exploring your local environment like curious scientists.

As you can see, you’re nowhere near “behind” when it comes to helping your 3 year old learn—even collecting leaves and counting steps can do the trick.

Get more tips:

• Best Building Toys to Nurture Creative Play
• 10 Physical Activities for 3 Year Olds
• How to Encourage Your Child to Keep Learning in the Summer
• 25 Awesome Outdoor Activities for 3 Year Olds
• 20 Easy Activities for 3 Year Olds You Can Do Any Day

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36 Fun And Interesting Learning Activities For 3-Year-Olds

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Three-year-olds are very active and keep parents and other family members on their toes all the time. Interesting activities for three-year-olds can help parents channelize their energy in the right direction. While their concentration span increases with age, they may be more restless to satiate their curiosity to explore new things. No number of toys or games can hold a three-year-old’s interest for very long. So to keep them engaged in a particular activity for more than just a few minutes, it is inevitable for parents and caregivers to come up with meaningful activities that would cater to their preferences and interests. Read this post where we bring some amusing and educational indoor as well as outdoor activities that keep your three-year-old engaged.

35+ Activities For Three-Year-Olds

Arts And Crafts To Improve Creativity

Art and craft activities are said to improve children’s cognitive abilities as they enable them to use multiple areas of the brain. Using both their hands and fingers also encourages the development of muscles in those areas and could improve their fine motor skills.

Here are a few art and craft activities for three-year-old kids.

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1. Fabric painting

For a three-year-old child, fabric painting could be something basic to teach them a few painting techniques, shapes, and colors.

You will need

Old fabric or T-shirts, fabric colors, stencils or chart papers, small sponges

How to do

• Get ready-made stencils or take a thick chart paper and make some shapes like stars, hearts, drops, etc., in it to make your stencil.
• Tape the stencil on the fabric and ask your kids to fill it with color using the sponge.
• Once they are done, remove the tape and stencil to find surprisingly perfect shapes.
• Repeat the process in different parts of the fabric to get a beautifully painted fabric.

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2. Drawing or Painting

You cannot ask a three-year to draw a masterpiece. Instead, you can help them paint or draw something with easily available tools.

You will need

A paper or a drawing book, water colors or acrylic paints or crayons, pencil, fork, brushes, or sponges.

How to do

• Get them an appealing coloring book and ask them to fill the images in it with colors as in the reference image.
• You can also draw some simple geometric figures like squares, circles, or triangles and ask them to color them.

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3. Pot Painting

Get a plain terracotta or a clay pot from your garden and let your kids add color to it. Be open-ended so that your kids use their creativity to make it beautiful in their way, even if it is not perfect.

You will need

A small empty clay pot, bright colored acrylic paints, a wax paper, and a newspaper.

How to do

• Spread the newspaper on the floor, followed by the wax paper. Keep the clay pot upside down on the wax paper.
• Squeeze acrylic paints around the pot’s edge so that it drips down and colors the sides of the pot. Take one color at a time and do it one after the other.
• Don’t let the paints dry in between. Once the pot is completely covered, let it dry for at least a day.
• You can also keep the canvas clear with a base coat of white or black and ask your kids to paint whatever they wish.

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4. Stamp Painting

This is one of the easiest ways to make your kid paint different patterns without much effort. You can use a variety of objects to create beautiful patterns with this art form.

You will need

Potatoes, lady’s finger, onion, natural flowers, leaves, cookie-cutter, knife, paints, drawing paper, and brushes.

How to do

• This depends on the kind of object you choose. Let’s take a big potato, cut it into half, and with the help of a cookie cutter or a knife, make some shapes out of it. Remove the excess portion, and your stamp is ready.
• Hand it over to your little one along with some paints.
• Simply dip the stamp or paint the stamp with color and press it over a drawing paper or a fabric.
• Once they stamp at different places, you can simply join them with branches, add leaves and pot to make a flower pot or bouquet.

You can also use other objects like onions, ladyfingers, flowers, and leaves to make natural patterns.

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Related: 20 Unique And Fun Painting Ideas For Kids To Try

5. Cup Painting

You can paint the cups and also make different creatures using painted paper cups and everyday items.

You will need

White paper cups, paints, brushes or sponges, chart papers.

How to do

• Give a base coat to the cups with the color of the creature. Let’s say you’re making a chicken. Paint the cup yellow.
• Draw its eyes with black and white, and nose red.
• Cut the red chart paper to make its crown and feet and paste them on the top and bottom of the cup, respectively.

Similarly, your kids can create different characters like Peppa pig, angry bird, frog, etc.

6. Paper Plate Crafts

Just like paper cup crafts, the paper plate painting is quite interesting to do. You can make paper plate fans, paper plate turtles, and paper plate sunshine.

You will need

Disposable paper plates, paints, brushes, color charts, ice cream sticks, etc.

How to do

• Take a paper plate, flip it towards its bottom, and color it with your favorite color or multiple colors.
• Take the colored paper and cut it into six shapes: four feet, one head, and a tail.
• On the head, draw the turtle’s eyes, nose, and mouth.
• Stick all six shapes to the turtle, and that’s it, your paper plate turtle is ready.

You can also make a ladybug in the same way.

Caution

Use only non-toxic colors and paints to protect your little one from hazardous chemicals.

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7. Bird Feeders

A nature craft idea for three-year-olds is bird feeders of different varieties, shapes, and sizes. A well-made one is sure to attract birds to your garden.

You will need

Empty tissue paper rolls, birdseed, twine thread, vegetable shortening, popsicle sticks, and a plate.

How to do

• Using the popsicle stick, ask your kid to spread the vegetable shortening on the empty tissue roll. This makes the paper roll water-resistant and helps it to hold the feed in place.
• Take the bird feed on a plate and roll the tissue roll over the feed. Make sure the feed gets stuck to the roll completely.
• Pass the twine through the tissue roll and tie it at one end, and your handmade bird feeder is ready.
• Hang the feeder to any tree in your garden.

You can also use pine cones or cardboard to make different feeders.

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Sensory Developmental Activities

Sensory activities for kids stimulate their senses like touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance, and movement. The benefits of sensory activities could include language development, development of fine motor skills, and problem-solving. Listed below are a variety of sensory development activities that would stimulate your child’s senses differently.

8. Playdough Crafts

Playdough is a popular activity that encourages creativity in children. But if your three-year-old has the habit of putting everything in the mouth, you need to exercise some caution. In such cases, you can opt for homemade edible playdough.

You will need

Colorful play dough, cookie cutters, play scissors, popsicle sticks, etc.

How to do

Ask your kids to use the play dough to make a simple ball, roll into a snake shape, flatten it with hands or a rolling pin.

Once they master doing these simple things, they know how to use their hands to shape the dough. Then you can ask them to make shapes using a cookie cutter or play scissors and slowly progress into making some small animals and objects.

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9. Pasta Bin Activity

This activity can develop the senses of touch and sound in your preschoolers. With a few items available at home, you can try this activity.

You will need

Pasta noodles, a big basket, bottles with caps, measuring jars or cups, a blanket.

How to do

• Take a big basket and fill it with pasta or macaroni.
• Give the empty bottles to your kids.
• Ask them to fill the bottles with pasta using the measuring jars.
• Once they fill all the bottles, they need to empty them and refill them.

For the sense of sound, ask them to fill each bottle to the half, secure the lid and shake it. Ask them to observe how each bottle is sounding differently, quieter, or louder. Change the quantity of pasta and ask them to check the sound again. Albeit a bit noisy, this activity can be fun.

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10. Frozen Treasure

This sensory activity for three-year-olds requires pre-planning and execution by the parent. It is quite apt during the summer to beat the heat.

You will need

Fresh fruits or small toy figures, freezer-safe containers, a kid-friendly tool kit with a hammer, screwdriver, and pliers, and a big tub.

How to do

• A day before the activity, fill the freezer-safe containers with small fruits like berries, grapes, and cherries, add water, and freeze them. Fill four to five containers with different colored fruits and freeze them overnight.
• On the day of the activity, remove all the ice blocks from the containers and put them in a big tub.
• Hand over the tool kit to your toddlers and ask them to dig and find what’s hidden.

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11. Animal Sound Game

This activity of guessing the sound helps your child develop the hearing ability and also the ability to memorize things. It’s simple and does not require any crafting supplies.

You will need

A phone or a laptop.

How to do

Download some animal sounds, vehicle noises, bird chirpings. Play them for your children and ask them to guess the sound.

If they’re not familiar at first, tell them what the sound is. When they can imitate the sounds and recognize them, you can play the guessing game.

12. Smell It and Tell It

This is similar to the Guess the Sound game; only here, kids have to smell different objects and identify them. They could be edible or non-edible items but must have a unique that makes it easier for them to guess.

You will need

Fresh fruits, flowers, soaps, perfumes, a cloth to blind old, etc.

How to do

• Blindfold your children with a soft cloth and keep various objects before them.
• Ask them to pick one at a time, smell it, and guess what it is.
• Score them for every correct guess and keep aside the incorrectly guessed objects.
• Once they remove the blindfold, show them what they missed.

13. Treasure Hunt in a Sandbox

Kids love playing in the sand. So why not create a sensory game out of it?

You will need

A sensory bin or a big container, sand, coins, jewelry, etc.

How to do

Hide the coins, jewelry, and other toys in the sand. Ask your little one to explore and find all the hidden treasure. To make it more exciting, ask them to find it within a time frame.

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14. Pasta Sorting

This is both a sensory and learning activity. If your kids are aware of colors, this activity helps improve their knowledge of different shades of colors.

You will need

Pasta, food color, color bowls, a big container.

How to do

A day before the activity, take four portions of pasta, add different food colors to it and dry it.

On the day of the activity, mix the pasta in a big bowl, and keep the colored bowls beside it. Ask your kids to sort the pasta based on color.

15. Transferring or Shifting Activity

Shifting objects from one container to another, or from one place to another, might be easy for adults. But for toddlers, it’s a challenging activity.

You will need

Two containers, small objects like toys, cushions, etc.

How to do

Keep two containers at different places and fill one with toys. Ask your child to transfer them from one container to the other.

Learning Activities

There is some learning in activities designed for children. However, certain activities are specifically targeted at teaching specific things like colors, letters, numbers, or names. Listed below are such learning activities that keep your three-year-old engaged and entertained.

16. Color and Shape Sorters

This is a fun activity to teach colors and shapes. Your toddlers would enjoy and also learn something new.

You will need

Objects in primary and secondary colors, readily available shape sorter set.

How to do

Place primary and secondary colored objects differently and teach your kids. Once they understand the differences, mix everything, and ask them to sort.

For teaching shapes, you can buy any shape sorter game readily available. Once they learn the shapes, you can take it to the next level by asking them to sort them.

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Related: 35 Fun And Interesting Activities For Kids

17.

Teaching your preschooler letters and numbers at home is a good way to engage them.

You will need

Butter beans, marker, white chart.

How to do

Mark the butter beans with letters and numbers. On the chart, draw vertical and horizontal lines to form a checkered design. Write the letters and numbers randomly in the blocks. Place the beans in a basket with the letters and numbers facing upward.

Now ask your kid to match the letters and numbers on the beans to that on the chart.

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18. Play with Puzzles

Puzzles are readily available and solving them can improve your child’s motor skills and cognitive and reasoning skills. In older kids, it can also help improve their concentration ability.

You will need

A readability available puzzle set.

How to do

Start with a small puzzle that has fewer pieces. Once your toddler masters it, slowly increase the difficulty level. Changing the puzzles often makes them think differently and aids in improving problem-solving skills.

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19. Cook Together

Cooking does not necessarily involve using the stove or fire. Teach your kids something that doesn’t involve serious cooking and let them discover the joy of real cooking.

You will need

Utensils, cutlery, and cooking items.

How to do

Pick a dish and get the required items. Some ideas include sandwiches, baking cookies or cakes, and making a salad.

Give them a small task like mixing the dough – show them how to first and let them try it independently. You can also do it together. One added benefit of this cooking class is getting the kids to make something healthy and eat the food they prepared.

Did you know?

Cooking with a 3-year-old child can help them develop various skills, such as fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving abilities. It can also provide an opportunity for parents to teach their children about different cultural traditions and cooking styles.

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Outdoor Activities

Playing outdoors is what makes the activity even more interesting and exciting for the kids. However, make sure you’re taking necessary safety precautions before planning any outdoor activities for your three-year-olds. Here are a few ideas for outdoor games and activities for three-year-olds.

20. Gardening

Gardening is a simple and interesting outdoor activity for a three-year-old. Teach them some basic gardening tasks like watering plants, pruning, planting, harvesting, etc.

You will need

A small watering can or a small bucket and a mug, kid-friendly scissors, etc.

How to do

Take your kids around your garden and tell them a little about the plants you have in there. If they’re already familiar with the plants, go straight to the activity by handing them the water can.

Show them how to do so that they won’t over water it. If the water can is empty, ask them to refill it and repeat watering to the rest of the plants.

You can also teach them pruning if they understand what it is. Ask them to use their play scissors to do it along with you.

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21. Backyard Obstacle Course

If you have three-year-old boys who are always on the go, this backyard obstacle set-up would excite them. As it involves physical activity, it helps develop muscles, improves endurance, and aids in developing gross motor skills.

You will need

Anything available from your kids’ toys like boxes, flags, frisbees, hula hoops, balls, cones, etc.

How to do

Design your obstacle course using the items you have. Ensure the path gets the kids to jump, crawl, run, walk, balance, skip, and slide.

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22. Building Sandcastles

You can plan this in your backyard or on a nearby beach. Just take the kids to sand, and they will know what to do. If they don’t, you can always show them.

You will need

Sandcastle set.

How to do

If you’re planning the activity in your backyard, gather some sand at one place, give the sandcastle kit to your kids, show them some sample pictures, and leave the rest to their imagination.

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Indoor Physical Activities

We cannot always plan physical activities outdoors. You must have some indoor physical activity that allows your kids to move around. Listed below are a few ideas that you can try.

23. Walk Like an Animal

You don’t need any items for this activity. Just show it to them and ask your kids to imitate you.

How to do

If your three-year-olds are familiar with animal sounds and behaviors, this would be an easy and interesting activity for them. Just say the name of an animal and ask your kids to imitate. If they don’t know, you can show them how and they can imitate you.

24. Scavenger Hunt

The regular scavenger hunt is a clue-based activity. But for the tiny tots, we modify the game a little to make it simple yet fun.

You will need

White papers, pens, baskets, etc.

How to do

Before starting the activity, prepare a list of items that your kids are familiar with in the house.

Once the kids are ready, read out one item from the list and get them to bring it and place it in a box. Once they find one, call out the next item, and the next until they find all the treasure.

Related: 20 Indoor And Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Ideas For Kids

25. Dance Party

If you’re running short of time and ideas, one instant thing you can plan is a dance party.

You will need

Music system, some snacks, drinks, flashy lights, etc.

How to do

Set up the dance floor with lights, music, snacks, and drinks, and let the party begin. Get them to move as they want to the music or teach them easy dance steps to try with you.

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26. Indoor Obstacle Course

You can also plan an obstacle course indoors with some household items and some toys from your kid’s collection.

You will need

Chairs, tables, hula hoop, balance board, basket, skipping rope, play mat, and cushions.

How to do

Just design a simple obstacle course with 5-6 activities. You can incorporate some of these ideas in the activity – crawling under the chairs, passing through the tunnel made using a playmat, skipping, balancing, throwing a ball into the target, somersault, etc.

You can place cushions on the floor to prevent injuries if the child misses a step and falls.

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27. Yoga Practice

Teaching good habits in childhood helps the kids become better adults. Yoga is one such activity that promotes overall well-being for all age groups.

You will need

A yoga mat, some reference yoga videos.

How to do

If you’re not aware of safe yoga for kids, search some asanas that can be done by the kids. Play them on the TV and ask your kids to follow them.

Try to do along with them so that they find the activity interesting. You can make it part of their daily routine so that they become habituated to it.

Montessori Activities

Montessori activities are designed to encourage children to learn through play. These activities are designed to promote independent thinking, fine motor skills, critical analysis right from childhood. As they’re tailored around a child’s areas of interest, they help the kids to learn quickly and easily. Listed below are some fun activities inspired by Montessori techniques.

28. Toy Cleaning

Simple but an interesting activity for kids as it involves water. It also teaches them some day to day activities that we do at home.

You will need

All the washable toys of your kids (preferably plastic and silicone toys), two water tubs, dish soap, a towel.

How to do

• Ask your toddlers to collect toys from all the rooms, sort them, and separate all the washable toys.
• Fill both the containers with water, maybe two-inches deep.
• Add dish wash soap to one container and make some water bubbles.
• Ask your kids to wash each toy at a time in the soap-filled container and then rinse it in plain water.
• Then keep them on a towel spread on the floor. Once all the toys are washed, they can wipe them with the towel.

29. Float and Sink Experiment

Let’s add some science to the fun. Teach the kids about sinking and floating with this simple water experiment.

You will need

A water tub, some natural items like leaves, twigs, flowers, stones, shells, etc., some water toys.

How to do

• Before starting the water play, get some items like leaves, flowers, stones, sticks, shells, buds, etc., from your garden.
• Place them next to the water tub along with the water toys.
• Now ask your kid to sit there and drop each item at a time. Tell him to observe which item is floating and which is sinking.
• Explain to them why some objects are floating and some and sinking.
• Now remove everything from the water, ask questions, and then check their answers by dropping the objects.

30. Fruit Cutting

Fruits and vegetable cutting is one of the Montessori food prep activities. This enables them to use both their hands and also teaches them some practical life skills.

You will need

An apron, water, kid-friendly peeler, knife, chopping board, etc.

How to do

Ask the toddlers to clean all the veggies with water first. Each fruit needs to be cut in a certain way. Show them how to do it and ask them to do it as is.

For their safety, choose soft veggies and fruits and a blunt or kid-friendly knife that they can use for cutting.

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31. Hammering

Your three-year-old might be more interested in real tools than his regular toys. Well, why not let them explore the same with a kid-friendly tool set and activity.

You will need

You can purchase a readily available Nail game set that comes with all the necessary tools, including a corkboard, a wooden hammer, tack nails, some color cards, etc.

How to do

You can simply ask your kids to hammer the nails into the board by placing a plain paper in between. Once they master it, you can ask them to form shapes using some colored cards, pictures cut into pieces, etc.

A variety of activities can be created using the hammering tool kit.

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32. Writing on a Chalkboard

Every preschooler needs to get a good grip on pencils, chalks, or markers to develop writing skills. To avoid wasting paper, you can set up a chalkboard and offer them a clean canvas.

You will need

A blackboard, chalk pieces, board eraser, etc.

How to do

Set up the blackboard in your kid’s playing corner and give them chalk to scribble on it however they wish. If they are not comfortable standing and writing, you can place the board on the floor for a few days and let them practice.

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33. Moving Puzzle Game

This activity gives a new twist to puzzles, making it even more helpful for further skill development.

You will need

Any puzzle game (preferably the one your kid is familiar with)

How to do

Unlike in a regular puzzle game, keep the pieces of the puzzle in a different room. Ask your kid to solve the puzzle in the play area by bringing one puzzle piece at a time. This not only keeps them moving but also encourages them to remember which puzzle piece is required.

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34. Window Cleaning

Another popular Montessori activity is window cleaning. While spraying water on the windows is a thrilling sensory activity for kids, cleaning the windows improves their gross motor skills.

You will need

An empty spray bottle, white vinegar, water, a piece of cloth, or a sponge.

How to do

Just mix vinegar and water in the required proportion and fill the mixture in the spray bottle. Hand over the bottle and the cleaning material to the child, show them how to do it, and let them imitate you.

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Related: 12 Best Clean Up Songs For Kids, With Lyrics

35. Touch and Tell

This is a sensory Montessori activity that encourages your kids to use their sense of touch to guess the things.

You will need

Small toys that your kids are familiar with, a big bag with a drawstring or a zip closure.

How to do

Gather all the small toys your kids usually play with and keep them in the bag. Blindfold your kids and ask them to pick one toy from the bag and name it just by touching it.

36. Match the Socks

Matching colorful things is one of the best Montessori activities to improve visual coordination in your kids.

You will need

Multiple pairs of socks.

How to do

Mix all the socks pairs and ask your kid to pick each one and find its pair.

Introducing toddlers to learning activities for 3-year-olds will help keep them engrossed and entertained and enhance their creativity, focus, and cognitive abilities. Ensure you pick the right activity for your toddler as per their interest and abilities. Sensory developmental activities such as playdough crafts, frozen treasure, and smell it and tell it will help improve their motor skills. You may also try the various learning activities and outdoor and indoor activities mentioned above to aid your child’s physical and psychological development.

Key Pointers

• Art and craft activities can improve creativity and cognition in three-year-olds.
• Sensory activities, such as playdough crafts benefit a child’s brain growth.
• Games such as color and shape sorters can help three-year-olds learn new colors and shapes.

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All schools are different. Children, teachers and leadership in them - too. And yet they have something in common. For example, the same events: they follow the same scenario, often the children do not like them, but they are very important for reports. Our bloggers Dasha and Masha Kopylov spoke about such events.

1. September 1 ruler

Of course, the school year begins with a ruler. A huge bouquet, dress uniform, the headmaster's formulaic speech, poems by first-graders and the first bell - not a single Day of Knowledge is complete without all this. But despite the loud music, smart costumes and beautiful flowers, the most interesting part of September 1 is meeting with friends after a long vacation (and not at all the illusion of a holiday that adults are trying to create). nine0003

2. Teacher's Day

This is one of the main holidays of the autumn and the year for the school. On this day, music played at our school, the corridors were decorated, congratulations sounded. Children went to school with gifts and flowers. At the end of the day, a festive concert is held at the school. But besides this, we had another interesting tradition - self-government day: high school students took the place of teachers and conducted lessons for other children. In elementary school, this annoyed us, because high school students like to be smart. But then we ourselves began to participate in this and conduct lessons for the beginners (it was already more pleasant). nine0003

3. New Year's Light

New Year is a holiday celebrated in Russia always and everywhere: at home, at school, at the university, at work. At our school, we always held a Christmas tree for the beginning. The most interesting thing for us was to dress up in a beautiful suit or dress, and after the holiday to receive a gift. At the New Year's light, of course, there was Santa Claus, whose role was played by the head of the theater group from year to year (of course, everyone knew about this). In the senior classes, discos are arranged for the New Year (the degree of fun depends on the ingenuity of the students). nine0003

4. Maslenitsa

Shrove Tuesday was celebrated in grand style at our school. At the end of the week, on Friday, they always held a fair on the street. Tables were taken out of the dining room, which each class had to set the table in their own way. It is impossible not to bring pancakes or other pastries! All this was sold. Of course, it was not possible to earn more or less decent money on such, but many still went out to trade. At the end of the holiday, an effigy was burned.

5. Review of the formation and song

We held such an event on 9May, but in some schools it was held on February 23rd. In our case, on Victory Day, in addition to the festive concert, where veterans were often invited, all classes had to take part in a drill competition. A few weeks before the event, we started marching in physical education classes, and we learned songs in music lessons. When everything was ready, on the street or in the gym, all classes demonstrated the ability to march in formation, while performing military compositions. As a rule, we wore caps and ties to the parade. But there were teachers who bothered a lot, so some marched in military uniform. nine0003

6. Fun starts and other sports activities

The most popular sports activities at our school were relay races, futsal and volleyball championships, and cross-country skiing. Sometimes it was a mixture of competitions such as tug of war or shuttle running. To participate in various fun starts, as a rule, they recruited the strongest children, but sometimes they also took those who were weaker. Avoiding such events was not easy. But after them, a spot on physical education appeared in the magazine. nine0003

7. School birthday

On this holiday, as usual, some kind of concert was organized, music played, balloons hung in the corridors. But when this was not enough, at our school they began to come up with some kind of flash mobs or quests. For example, once we were told to come to class in slippers. We also once wrote wishes to the school on paper airplanes, drew posters and postcards.

8. Waste paper collection

This activity required special preparation. During the year, papers, unnecessary notebooks, drafts were not thrown away, because they could definitely fit for waste paper. In elementary school, these collections were very important, because the classes competed with each other to collect the most kilograms of paper. I remember how we gave away our favorite magazines just to bring more waste paper. Carrying the cherished packages to school was a difficult test, parents came to help. nine0003

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Holidays and events

Our holidays and events

Wonderful school years,
With friendship, with a book and with a song,
you can’t fly back49 how fast they return.
Will they fly by without a trace,
No, no one will ever forget
School years.

What is a school? Lessons, calls, changes, homework. ...

And also a school - these are holidays, performances, KVN, Entertainment evenings, contests, concerts, all that the school makes the school a real holiday for children, and training is a pleasant and beloved occupation. On this page we will talk about what is interesting happening in our school life.

The Council of High School Students successfully operates in our school. The Council is the initiator of school-wide affairs, which are included in the school work plan based on the results of collective planning. Members of the Council of High School Students are directly involved in the preparation and conduct of school-wide:

• Health days;
• school football tournament;
• school cycling competition "Safe Wheel";
• school holidays, festive concerts, quizzes, intellectual games;
• exhibitions "New Year and Christmas souvenir", etc.

Every year, senior students carry out the Honorary Watch of Memory at the Eternal Flame. Entering the guard of honor at Post No. 1 in autumn and spring, the guys are seriously preparing together with physical education teachers. nine0003

Traditionally, high school students annually prepare and conduct cognitive game programs, school New Year's holidays, including a festive New Year's performance for elementary school students as part of the Days of Legal Knowledge.

As part of the All-Russian preventive campaign "Attention, children!" Over the past years, senior students have traditionally held quizzes, games, and oral traffic safety magazines for elementary school children. nine0003

High school students invite not only children from elementary grades, but also children from nearby kindergartens to the exposition of school exhibitions and the traditional New Year's performance.

Children's favorite entertainment is outdoor holidays. Shrovetide fun annually gathers noisy children in the school yard.

Bright impressions are left in the memory of children and teachers by school holidays that are not similar to each other.
On this page of our site we will try to tell you in detail about everything that happens in our large and friendly family. nine0003

On September 3, , a special date is celebrated in Russia - Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism . It is connected with the tragic events that took place in the first days of September 2004 in Beslan.

From September 1 to September 3, 2004, in school No. 1 in Beslan, terrorists held 1128 hostages, mostly children, their parents and school staff, in inhuman conditions, refusing people even a sip of water! In front of the hostages, the terrorists cold-bloodedly mined the school building, promising to blow them up for any disobedience. nine0003

During the terrorist attack, 330 people were killed… Millions of Russians went into mourning along with the Beslan residents. After all, the most precious thing a person has is life, and the most precious thing for parents is the life of a child.

Today, remembering those who died in Beslan, we are united in our intention to resist terrorism with all our might, to prevent the spread of madness. On this day, Russia pays tribute to the memory of compatriots who died at the hands of terrorists in Beslan, in the theater center on Dubrovka, in Budennovsk, Pervomaisky, during the explosions of residential buildings in Moscow, Buynaksk, Volgodonsk ...

On September 3, 2019, students aged 10-11 took part in a single flash mob "Youth for a future without terror" to the sound of the song "Let there always be sunshine." Pupils of grades 1-4 took part in the school competition of drawings on asphalt “ Draw the WORLD!” ". From September 3 to September 6, , , 2019, the school will host themed class hours, conversations about interethnic and interfaith respect.

Pupils of our school took part in regional events dedicated to the Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism. High school students participated in the city social and creative action "Draw the WORLD", which took place on the site near the "Golden Ring" ferris wheel. Students of grade 4A became participants in the social children's action " We are the first to come to the rescue » on Sovetskaya Square.

An act of terrorism, war is pain, tears, bitterness, this is a terrible shock for a sane person. Innocent people suffer, children die. We must remember that people of different nationalities and confessions lived together in Russia for centuries. Everyone, without exception, was united by love for the Motherland, the memory of common victories and a willingness to always lend a shoulder. We are a single state, a single society, a single people, and we are strong only when we unite. We must fight for the security of the Fatherland together, with the participation of every citizen, each of us. nine0003

In March 2020, the Yaroslavl Eco-Events Marathon regional project started in the Yaroslavl Region. Traditionally, March 21st is the International Day of Forests, which was adopted by resolution No. 67/200 of the UN General Assembly on December 21, 2012. This event was timed to coincide with cool environmental events that took place from March 16 to March 21, 2020, and the school-wide collection of waste paper "Hand over waste paper - save the tree."

Many thanks to all participants of the action!

May 9, is a sacred date for every Russian, which we meet with special feelings. 75 years ago great-grandfathers defended the freedom and independence of our country. They fought for their Motherland, for a peaceful future, so that their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren would not know the word "WAR". Staying at home, we say "THANK YOU" to our veterans.
The staff, children and parents of our school joined the All-Russian action "Peaceful Windows", dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. nine0003

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Lesson of Courage "As long as we remember, we live!"

On December 9, 2018, the country celebrated Heroes of the Fatherland Day. The holiday, established by Empress Catherine II, until 1917 was celebrated as the Day of the Cavaliers of St. George. The highest military award was restored in 2000, and the holiday returned seven years later.

We learned about the history of this holiday, its traditions and many other things related to the heroism of our compatriots at the Courage Lesson, which took place on December 11, 2018 at the Youth Palace. Guests of honor were invited to the event - veterans of the Great Patriotic War, internationalist soldiers, participants in the hostilities of recent military conflicts. We were introduced to very interesting documentary material, military newsreel footage, as well as concert performances (songs, musical and literary compositions). It was felt that the organizers were not indifferent people, not indifferent to the history and traditions of our Fatherland. nine0003

Students of the 8th grade.

New Year's kaleidoscope

On the eve of the New Year holidays, traditional creative projects were held at the school - "New Year's Window", "Symbol of the Year", "Christmas Bazaar", an exhibition of arts and crafts "New Year and Christmas Souvenir", a quest game "New Year's serpentine" for future first graders and students in grades 1-4. Thanks to all the participants and teachers-organizers -

Dautova Yulia Alexandrovna and Kryukova Maria Olegovna! nine0003

Happy New Year 2019!

In December, our school hosted the traditional competition "Moment of Creativity" among students in grades 5-11.

The show jumping is organized in three stages: on the first day of the competition, nominations "Vocal" and "Music making" were presented; on the second day of the competition - nominations "Expressive reading" and "Original genre"; on the third competitive day - the nomination "Dancing".

This year the Moment of Creativity competition had a free theme, thus we tried to expand and give freedom of creativity to our contestants. nine0003

Participants showed themselves in all their glory, deservingly demonstrating themselves in all declared nominations. It was difficult for the jury to determine the winners, but ... the results have been summed up!

Results of the Festival “MIG of Creativity”-2018

among students of grades 5-11

Nomination “Express reading”

Junior age group: 9000 9000 9000 9000 place - Group of readers 5 in grade

I Place - Elshina Daria, Shishkova Victoria, 5B class

II - Smirnova Alena, Yarullina Anna, 6B class

III Place - Group of Chertetsov 6v class

Average age group:

I place - Maiorov Alexander, 8B class

II Place - Kiebler Nikita, Libikova Lisa, 8a class

III Place - Volodina Anna, 8b class

III place - MARINA, 7V

Senior age group:

9000 9000 Place - Place - Place Liza, class 9c