1. Make them a mail box out an empty tissue box and allow them to open junk mail, fill out the form, and mail it back.
2. Go to the park
3. Listen to stories on tape
4. READ BOOKS
5. Go to the library
6. Plant seeds
7. Wrestle on the carpet
8. Make crafts
9. Go to an art museum
10. Listen to classical music

11. READ BOOKS
12. Casually work on letter sounds
13. Turn off the TV
14. Playdough and a plastic knife, rolling pin, cookie cutters, etc.
15. Painting: watercolors, paint books, fingerpaints
16. Chalk on dark construction paper
17. Scissors and paper
18. Large plastic container with shallow water, boats, toy fish, cups, etc.
19. Hand held paper punch and colored strips of paper
20. Stencils, paper, and pencils

21. READ BOOKS
22. Chalk on the sidwalk or driveway
23. Nuts and bolts of different sizes
24. Make an obstacle course around the house with stools, chairs, tables, etc.
25. Rice or beans on a pan. Allow them to make pictures.
26. Practice rhythm by clapping out different beats and have your children repeat.
27. Allow them to measure things around the house with a ruler or a retractable measuring tape.
28. Make a pasta or cereal necklace.
29. Go outdoors and toss the ball to each other.
30. Separate toys or blocks according to size or color.

31. READ BOOKS
32. Put an assortment of cups with unattached matching tops on the floor and allow the make matches.
33. Make roads of tape throughout the house for his small cars to ride on. Allow them to set up the roadside scenery.
34. Toss bean bags into a bucket.
35. Build a tent together chairs, tables, blankets, and pillows from the sofa.
36. Let them wash a few plastic dishes.
37. Casually but regularly go through alphabet flash cards.
38. Give them a big box.
39. Experiment with a magnet and small metal objects.
40. Color Bingo: Make Bingo cards with a color in each square. Call out the color and have your child place a cheerio on that square.

41. Place small objects in a bowl. Several of each: buttons, beads, barettes, whatever other small objects you have at home. Glue one of each object to an index card. Have your child add the other matching objects to the card that they belong.
42. Into a 2-liter soda bottle, insert several small I-Spy type items (Barbie shoe, key, dime, marble, Cootie leg, Lego brick, paper clip, etc.) Make an I spy list, and tape it (folded shut) to the side of the bottle. Fill the bottle half to three-fourths full with bird seed. The kids have to turn the bottle to find the items.
43. READ BOOKS
44. Spray shaving cream onto the kitchen counter and allow to draw letters or numbers into the shaving cream.
45. Make some fish out of construction paper. Put paperclips on them. Make a fishing pole with a stick, string & magnet.
46. Let them wash the windows with a squirt bottle of water and a dishtowel.
47. Sit them at the table or on the floor with a big bowl full of a variety of dried beans. Provide several bowls and cups on the side. Give your preschooler a serving spoon or "scooper" of any type and allow them to serve and re-serve.
48. Purchase a large plastic bin with a lid that is just big enough for your preschooler to sit in and several pounds of pinto beans. Set them in it with some nesting/stacking cups and let them have a BLAST!
49. Practice counting with dancing.
50. Blow bubbles outside.

51. Go to a new park.
52. Provide a dress-up box.
53. READ BOOKS
54. Bake cookies and take them to the neighbors.
55. Set up a store and let them shop.
56. Play charades by acting out animals.
57. Have a tea party. You, your children, and their stuffed animals.
58. Pack a picnic, go in the back yard, and have special reading time.
59. Turn on some music and dance.
60. Have them teach you a Bible story.

61. Make a photo album just for your child. Flip through it occasionally and allow your child to talk as you look on.
62. Did I mention READ BOOKS?