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Do you need some  printable activities for 4-year-olds ? I’ve got some great ideas for you here!

I love having fun activities for my kids that don’t require too much prep – and the good news is there are plenty of  free printable activities for 4-year-olds  available online that I’ve used again and again!

These printables cover all kinds of categories and stimulate their brains to learn while they’re having a ton of fun!

Free Printable Activities for 4-year-olds

4-year-olds need a lot to keep them busy. These fun activities help keep them occupied while at the same time provide learning experiences for them. I like to have a folder full of these printables so that I can do something fun with them at any given time.

Some of these activities can even be laminated to use again and again!

(If you have a 4-year-old that loves rockets, check out this printable straw rocket craft from Six Clever Sisters!)

Let’s take a look at these printable activities for 4-year-olds !

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Check out these printable activities for 3-year-olds that you could also use for 4’s!

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Fire Safety Play Dough Counting Mats

Dinosaur Bingo

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Pattern Block Mat Printables

ASL Alphabet Charts

Cut and paste activities for learning shapes

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Sequencing worksheets for preschool

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Here is a list of free preschool worksheets pdf you can download and print from Planes & Balloons. You’ll find activities and worksheets that strengthen fine motor skills, early literacy and math skills, thinking and reasoning skills, focus and attention, and so much more.

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Grab this book full of engaging activities to prepare your little one for kindergarten!

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Preschool Number worksheets

You can easily turn a bunch of these worksheets into a cute preschool workbook for teaching numbers!

Tracing the numbers 1-20

Number flashcards 1-20

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Spring color by number

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Preschool alphabet worksheets.

Check out these fun and educational alphabet activities for your preschoolers!

Spot and dot uppercase alphabet

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Hot chocolate letter matching

Alphabet coloring book

Preschool shapes worksheets.

Free printable preschool learning materials free download pdf for your 3-4 year olds and 4-5 year old preschoolers!

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Tracing is a great preschool pre-writing activity , especially when you need one quickly and without much prep work. There are many tracing activities for preschoolers here, including tracing shapes, horizontal and vertical lines, and tracing pictures.

Tracing lines spring worksheets

Tracing fall pictures for preschool

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These printable mazes will be a fun addition to your preschool playgroup activities.

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44+ Fun and Easy Activities for 4 Year Olds

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Check out these fun and easy activities and play ideas for 4 year olds. Here you will find tons easy ideas that you can set up for your preschooler while you take a meeting or get some work done at home. There are also fun sensory bin ideas, cool crafts for them to make and amazing hand-on learning ideas that are playful and fun. Tons of easy ways to keep your 4 year old busy, engaged and entertained at home!

And check out my short form crafting series Curious Crafting on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube ! Watch all the episodes here . Look for Season 2 of Curious Crafting coming in the new year.

Ways to Keep 4 Year Olds Busy

This amazing list of ideas is organized into a few sections. Let me highlight them here for you so you can quickly find what you are looking for fast. Scroll down to find each section.

• Easy Activities That 4 Year Olds Can Do Alone While You Work. These are ideas that you can set up and let your 4 year old do while you work, tend to baby, fold laundry or simply sit down scroll through your phone (yup you’re allow to do that every once in a while)!
• Low Prep Activities for 4 Year Olds. Activities that require little to no prep to create for your preschooler.
• Fun Sensory Bins. Easy sensory bins to create for your 4 year old!
• Easy Crafts for 4 Year Olds . Fun arts and craft ideas that you can do with your 4 year old.
• Hands-on Learning Activities . Fun ways to learn everything from letters, to their name, to numbers, shapes, counting and more.
• Simple STEAM for 4 Year Olds. Engaging Science Experiments four year olds will love!
• Easy Process Art Activities. Process art ideas to help develop creativity and have fun!

5 Easy Activities That 4 Year Olds Can Do Alone While You Work

1. wash the toys..

Grab two large sensory bins or Tupperwares ware containers. Fill one container with water and dish soap. Mix it up to make it bubbly. You don’t need a lot of water to make this fun and engaging just an inch or two will do. Lay a towel underneath everything in order to reduce the mess and clean up afterwards. Fill the other tub with tons of farm animals or dinosaurs or cars. You can set up one thing to wash every week! Let them wash the animals in the soap water. Add towels for drying. You can also add fine motor tools like eye droppers or turkey basters for washing, sponges or scrub brushes. If you’re feeling ambitious you can also place the animals outside the tub and put clean water in the second tub allowing your child to wash and then rinse the animals off before drying them.

Fun Activity using Magnets

2. playing with magnets..

Fill a sensory bin with all the metal object you can find. Think toy trains, cars, coins, paper clips, fridge magnets, bells, magnetic letters, keys. Throw in some other nonmetal items too. Hand your child a magnetic wand and let them explore trying to pick up item. Add cardboard tubes to the sides of the sensory bin using painter’s tape and have them toss metal items down the tubes that will fit and then have them recover the items using the magnetic wand . Check out here how we did it.

Make Foil Presents

3. foil puzzle match ..

Tear off sheets of foil to fit the puzzle pieces and have them do the wrapping for you! Model how to wrap with foil, folding over the puzzle pieces rather than scrunching. Place all the pieces in the basket and let the unwrapping begin! Trust me they will want to do this more than once so tear off a bunch and hand them over as they need them.

Fun Activities using LEGO

4. lego animal trace.

One a large sheet of butcher paper draw the outline of a few animals like a turtle, lion or peacock and invite your child to fill in the rest of the animal with LEGO DUPLO.

5. LEGO Body Trace

Similar to LEGO animal trace but instead you trace their bodies and have them fill them in with LEGO DUPLO or magnetic tiles!

10 Low Prep Activities For 4 Year Olds

6. super steam activity book.

Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more. 

Find out more and grab your copy here .

7. Make a Bubble Snake

8. Super Easy Ice Sensory Bin

9. Ready Made Playdough Kits

10. Dot Sticker Match

11. Sponge Letter Wash Sensory Bin

12. Pom Pom Water Sensory Bin

13. Mega Blok Names

14. Paint the Toys

Paint plastic outdoor toys with washable paints. Then have your kids rinse off the toys with soap and water and sponges before it actually dries!

• Pom Pom Mega Blok Sort

Fun Sensory Bins and Sensory Play Ideas for 4 Year Olds

• Dinosaur Dig Sensory Bin for Kids

• Outer Space Sensory Bin

• Awesome Fizzy Ice Cream Shop Sensory Bin

• Easy Dandelion Water Table Activity

• LEGO Car Wash Sensory Bin

21. The BEST (Super Easy & Soft) Playdough Recipe

22. Mud Kitchen Set Up For Kids

• Bubble Foam Sensory Bin

• Rainbow Pouring Station Sensory Bin for Kids

• Frozen Pom Poms

• Moon Rock Letters

Crafts for 4 Year Olds

• Easy Glue Resist Rainbow Painting

• Easy Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft for Kids

• Easy Nature Butterfly Sticky Wall Craft

• Dandelion Snail Threading Board: Outdoor Spring Fine Motor Activity

• Melted Crayon Picture Frame: A Colorful STEAM Craft

• Easy Foil Printing

• Fizzy Painting

• Salad Spinner Lion Craft

• Puffy Paint Cupcake Craft

• Cardboard Laptop Craft

• Farm Animal Finger Puppets Craft

• Cotton Pad Turtle Craft

Easy Learning Activities for 4 Year Olds

• TP Name Sort Activity for Preschoolers

• Cupcake Liner Math Activity

• Caterpillar Pom Pom Counting: Easy Toddler Math

• Washi Tape Pattern Matching

• Dot Sticker Cupcake Math: Easy Toddler Activity

• Pom Pom Sweep

• Letter Sticky Wall Crafts

• Pom Pom Caterpillar Counting

• Caterpillar Number Match for Preschoolers

• Cactus Letter Matching & Fine Motor Activity

• Fingerprint Letters

50. Easy Paint the Shapes Activity for Preschoolers

51. Alphabet Matching

Easy STEAM Activities for 4 Year Olds

52. easy baking soda and vinegar experiment for kids.

53. Fizzy Lemon Volcanoes

54. Dot Sticker Coding: Easy STEAM Activity

55. How to Make Oobleck for Kids

56. Dancing Water Beads

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Process Art Activities for 4 year Olds

57. salt painting for toddlers & preschoolers.

58. How to Easily Do Blow Painting with Straws

59. Sock Hands Painting

60. Painting Ice: Super Easy Art Activity for Kids

61. Shower Curtain Painting

Age Suitability

This activity is good for kids 4 years and up. My kids are 4, 4, and 8 year old.

This is a mess level varies.

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Easy to Medium.

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Sensory play, letter recognition, gross motor skills, language development, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.

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Book: exciting sensory bins for curious kids.

Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information  Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids . Or grab your copy at  Amazon . 

Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.

Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids

Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids , of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.

• 350 riddles for kids —Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
• Level up their skills —Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
• Double-check their work —Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.

Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!

Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.

TV Show: Curious Crafting

I’m so excited to finally share my new crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched July 1 at on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube !

This show is all about fun and easy crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. 

Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.

In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create. 

Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.

The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids

Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.

Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!

Shop our ready made play kits here .

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Preschool Worksheets Age 3-4

At the age of 3–4 children start to be extreme curious. They ask many questions and try to gain as much knowledge about the world around as they can. While playing they demonstrate rich imagination, and rapidly developing speaking ability.

This is a high time to develop the first skills and competences that will be very helpful for the future school achievements. At home or in kindergarten children can develop fine motor and speaking skills, sensory perception, logical thinking, memory, attention and concentration ability, using play-based learning materials WUNDERKIDDY.

Why is preschool education important?

A huge children’s curiosity makes them to learn something new. Their brain is able to learn and remember lots of information and gain numerous of new skills. At the age of 3 children can easily learn to count up to 10, recognize distinction between items and nature objects and point at certain objects (e.g. sun or sky, etc.)

Children’s speaking ability also develops rapidly at the age of 3 years old. Their vocabulary allows them to construct simple sentences and ask many questions about the world around .

How to get a child involved into learning

Remembering that preschoolers cannot sit still for a long time; all the learning activities are to be done in a play form. Keep watch what your child likes the most and find appropriate games for him/her. Then the learning activity will be done with a huge involvement and motivation.

You should also choose the right time for learning games. If you see that your child is not interested or tired, postpone the game for later or offer another activity.

Worksheets for 3 year olds

At the age of 3–4 years children have a good memory , gain new physical skills, can tell longer sentences and are developing emotionally. Proper learning activities for 3 year olds are:

• creative games
• outdoor and indoor plays
• cooking and everyday activities around the household

We have prepared a collection of play-learning materials for children of 3–4 years old to make learning interesting and fun. Download and print high-quality materials for free from our website.

Math games for preschoolers

At about 3–4 years old children know numbers and can count up to 10. To learn numbers and develop counting skills, you can count with your child everything around (fingers, trees, cars, flowers, etc.) To make counting more various and exciting, print free developing math games and cards and worksheets for 4 year olds on WUNDERKIDDY.

At this age children are to know basic geometric shapes and be able to find objects matching by form. They are also able to compare quantities and define «more» and «less».

Logic and memory development

Logic and memory are the basic skills necessary for everybody. 3-4 year olds can improve these skills by means of following learning activities for 4 year olds:

• To assemble simple puzzles
• To find differences between two pictures
• To complete logical chain and simple math patterns
• To repeat a gesture or body position
• To compare colors and find matching pairs
• To sort and group objects according to their common features

Speaking skill improvement by toddlers

The most easy way to develop speaking skills is to talk with a child. Even if he/she cannot speak yet, listening is the first step to speaking. At about 3–4 years old children can learn letters and can combine simple words from separate letters. They are to talk about general topics:

• Home and household
• Furniture and kitchen utensil
• Wild and home animals
• Doings and movements
• Seasons and their features
• Fruits, vegetables and berries
• Personal hygiene and day's routine

To learn new words on the topics above in a play form, we offer printable games and worksheets that are meant to enrich kid's vocabulary and improve their speaking ability.

Pre-writing skills

At the age of 3–4 years old children are to prepare their hands for future writing. By means of colorful children friendly tracing worksheets and graphomotor sheets you can do pre-writing trainings in a fun and easy way. Just download them here.

3 year old activities or how to start teaching kids at home

You can start preparing children for writing at the age of 3. Train their hands using different tasks, for example, graphomotor tracks. Activities like sculpting, drawing, and painting help to train fine motor skills, creative thinking and imagination.

Print free educational games, illustrated cards and preschool PDF worksheets for your play-learning sessions with children at the age of 3–4 years old. On our website you will find everything you need for exciting play-based learning: nursery printable activities for toddlers, Montessori worksheets, printable games and educational activities in PDF for 3–4 years old that are well suited both for kindergarten and home preschool activities for 3 year olds.

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400+ Free Printables and Activities for Kids

If you need free printables for kids in preschool and kindergarten, then I have you covered.

Find hundreds of free printable activities for literacy, math, science and more!

Free Printables

These free printables make it super easy to plan fun and engaging learning experiences for the kids.

All of them are interactive, and have hands-on components and fun themes that will excite and engage the kids.

Plus, you will save time searching for resources and prepping activities. Many of the printables we share here are low-prep and easy to utilize.

So grab some simple supplies and get ready to plan lots of fun and learning for the kids!

Free Printables for Most Preschool Themes

The free printables I share here cover  so many different themes! There are learning activities for most of the popular themes in preschool and early elementary.

There are printable learning activities for seasonal themes like apples, pumpkins, gingerbread, snowmen, snowflakes, flowers, insects, rainbows, ocean and much more!

And there are resources for many holidays as well.

In addition, there are lots of activities for themes that you can use any time of year like dinosaurs, farm, space, superheroes, unicorns and more.

Favorite Free Printables

These are some of the most popular free printables here on Fun Learning for Kids.

Check them out and then keep scrolling to find all of our free printables below.

These printable alphabet pencil puzzles will make learning letters and letter sounds so much fun.

This editable alphabet board game is one the most popular resources!

Use these alphabet letter formation cards to reinforce letter recognition, letter formation and introduce beginning letter sounds.

Grab some play dough and these alphabet play dough mats for lots of hands-on alphabet fun!

Reinforce number recognition and counting while developing fine motor skills with these number clip cards .

Letter sounds matching mats are super popular around here and can be used all year long.

These CVC word search sheets are a new favorite. Make learning to read and write CVC words lots of fun!

Grab these CVC word building strips and making learning to read and spell CVC words a hands-on and engaging experience.

These number formation cards give kids practice with number recognition, number formation and counting.

The kids will have a blast with this unicorn editable board game that you can use to teach letters, numbers, phonics skills, word work and more!

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Fish CVC Missing Sounds Task Cards

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Ending Blend Missing Sounds Cards

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Gingerbread Making Ten Math Activity

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Numbers Four in a Row Board Game

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Fall Leaf Rhyming Task Cards

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Colorful Crayon Rhyming Puzzles

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Beginning Sounds Clip Cards with a Fall Candy Corn Theme!

Editable Pumpkin Theme BINGO Game

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Editable Apple Theme Bingo Game

Alphabet Letter Tracing Worksheets to Learn Letter Formation

Alphabet Letter Recognition Clip Strips

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Alphabet Play Dough Cards Activity

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Flower Comparing Sets Math Activity

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Rainbow Rhyming Clip Strips Free Printable

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Word Search CVC Worksheets Free Printable

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Number Tower Mats Free Printable

CVC Words Clip Cards Free Printable

Free Printable Number Matching Clip Cards

Free Valentine’s Day Games for Kids

Penguin Comparing Sets Clip Cards Free Printable

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Snowman Number Spin & Build Mats Free Printable

Free Printable Snowman Beginning Sounds Mats

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Gingerbread 100 and 120 Chart Find and Cover the Number Game

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Christmas Tree Roll and Cover Number Printable Mats

Gingerbread Roll and Cover the Number Mats Free Printable

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Fall Leaf Comparing Sets Clip Cards Free Printable

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Beginning Sounds Matching Clip Cards Free Printable

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Pumpkin Numbers Spin & Build Mats Free Printable

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Apple 100 and 120 Chart Find and Cover the Number Game

Pumpkin Roll and Cover Number Mats Free Printable

Editable Apple Spin & Build Mats

Free Printable Apple Roll and Cover Number Mats

Number Formation Cards Free Printable

Free Printable Apple Fine Motor Tracing Strips for Pre-Writing Practice

Free Printable Back to School Spin and Build Word Work Mats

Editable Back to School Four in a Row Printable Game

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Free Printable Back to School Number Tower Mats

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Printable Beginning Sounds Phoneme Substitution Cards

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Fish Roll and Cover Number Mats Free Printable

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Free Printable Butterfly Find and Cover Beginning Sounds Mats

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Flower Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

Flower CVC Word Building Strips for Kindergarten

Free Printable Easter Egg Number Towers Math Activity

Editable Frog Spin and Build Mats Word Work Printable

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Free Printable Rainbow Beginning Sounds Mats

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Construction Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

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Community Helpers Free Printable Beginning Sounds Mats

Editable Valentine’s Day Spin and Build Word Work Mats

Valentine’s Day Beginning Sound Find and Cover Letter Mats

Editable Valentine’s Day Four in a Row Printable Literacy Game

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Editable Groundhog Spin and Build Word Work Mats

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Snowman Count the Room Free Printable Math Activity

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Free printables by category.

Right now you can find our free printables separated by 4 different catergories. There are alphabet printables, numbers and counting printables, general literacy printables which include sight words, phonics skills, CVC words and more, and finally there are addition and subtraction printables as well.

Click the images below to check out the free printables by category.

I hope your kids have lots of fun learning with these free printable activities for kids!

38+ Activities For 4 Year Olds (Printables + Reels)

As a mother, I do understand the importance of keeping our little ones occupied and entertained while also helping them learn new things and skills that aid their overall development. 

You would notice 👀 that as your little ones turn four years old, they explore new things, are more curious, have a growing vocabulary, can understand and learn about their emotions and feelings, and are becoming increasingly independent.

Engaging them in fun activities such as fine motor skills tasks, pattern activities for preschoolers , and learning through play can be incredibly beneficial for their development.

Activities for 4 Year Olds For Kids

Identify and match numbers with stickers activity.

The “Identify and Match Numbers with Stickers Activity” is a colorful and interactive way for children to learn number recognition and improve their fine motor skills .

Materials: A worksheet featuring a large egg shape with assorted numbers, and sheets of stickers with numbers.

• Give your child the worksheet.
• Provide sheets of colored stickers, each sticker printed with a number.
• Your Kid will match the stickers with the corresponding numbers on the worksheet.
• They will stick the matching number sticker over the printed number.
• Watch our reel for better guidance.

Letter Stacking Activity

The “Letter Stacking Activity” is a creative and educational game that combines letter recognition with motor skills development .

Materials: Colorful papers, markers, scissors, box, and sticks.

• Write different letters on pieces of paper using a marker. You can choose any letters you like.
• Stick the colored paper onto a box and attach the sticks to the box.
• When your child writes letters on the paper, ask them to fold each piece of paper into a cylinder shape.
• Now, they can make flashcards with the alphabet and place them on a board.
• Arrange the board with outlines of letters.
• Your child can arrange the letters on the board to match the outlines.

Counting with Button Cupcake Activity

The “Counting with Button Cupcake Activity” is an engaging and colorful way for kids to learn about numbers and counting .

Materials: Colorful papers, colorful buttons, glue, markers, and scissors.

• Draw cupcakes on the pretty paper and then cut them out.
• Write numbers on cups.
• Give your child colorful buttons to play with.
• The child counts out the right number of buttons and puts them on each cupcake, matching the number.
• After counting, let your child stick the buttons onto the cupcakes using glue to finish the fun activity!

Identify And Match Letters With Stickers Activity

The “Identify and Match Letters with Stickers Activity ” offers a playful and engaging way for children to learn the alphabet. By matching sticker letters to those printed on a worksheet, children can improve their letter recognition skills in an enjoyable manner.

Materials: A worksheet featuring a large egg filled with scattered letters and sheets of stickers, each bearing a different letter of the alphabet.

• Provide your child with the worksheet and sheets of letter stickers.
• The child should identify each letter on the worksheet and match it with the corresponding sticker.
• They will then stick each matching letter over the printed letter on the worksheet.

Play Board Games

“Playing  Board Games ” teaches children strategic thinking, taking turns, and sportsmanship, improving  cognitive  and  social – emotional development  during fun with friends and family.

Materials:  Snake and Ladder game board, dice, and token.

• Set up the board game according to the rules.
• Explain the rules to your children in a simple and understandable way.
• Play the game, making sure each child gets a turn and understands the flow of the game.

Make a Butterfly from Tissue Paper Activity

This activity lets children craft beautiful butterflies using tissue paper. It’s a fun and colorful way to explore creativity.

Materials: Tissue paper, cloth pegs, markers, pipe cleaners, scissors, glue, and paint.

• Cut the tissue paper into big and small squares.
• Secure the center with a cloth peg to form the butterfly’s body and pipe cleaner to form the butterfly’s antennae.
• Gently pull apart the folds to form the butterfly’s wings.
• Decorate with paint or markers to add details like dots or stripes on the wings.

Bingo Card Activity

Create your own Bingo game with educational cards to make learning fun . This activity helps children recognize and match words and pictures.

Materials: Printable Bingo cards and markers.

• Print out the Bingo cards with different educational items like pencils, books, and bags.
• Give each player a card and some markers or chips.
• Call out items randomly from the list.
• Players cover the called item on their card with a marker.
• The first to complete a row, column, or diagonal yells ‘Bingo!’ and wins the game.

Number Code Activity

The Number Code Activity is a great way to help kids practice number recognition and problem-solving skills . In this game, they will match numbered pieces to corresponding spots on a board.

Materials: A board, marker, and ice cream stick.

• Draw different numbers on the board and on the ice cream stick.
• Ask your child to pick a stick and read the number on it.
• Find the matching number slot on the board.
• Place the stick into the correct slot on the board.

Practice Cutting with Scissors

This cutting activity helps children improve their scissor skills by practicing on lines drawn around a picture. It’s a fun and educational way to develop fine motor abilities.

Materials: Child-safe scissors, glue, marker, and colorful paper.

• Draw a colorful peacock on a piece of paper. Make it look nice with markers. Then, stick the paper onto a blue sheet of paper.
• Next, draw dotted lines all around the peacock picture.
• Give the paper with the peacock and dotted lines to your child.
• Show your child how to hold and use scissors safely.
• Now, your child can carefully cut along the dotted lines around the peacock picture.

Counting Activity

This Counting Activity is designed to help kids practice their counting skills by associating numbers with groups of objects. It’s both fun and educational!

Materials: A worksheet and either a pencil or a marker.

• Ask them to count the objects in each group on the worksheet.
• Now let your child circle the right number from a list of options.

Play with Sensory Bag Activity

The Play with Sensory Bag Activity helps children explore different textures and materials, stimulating their senses while having fun.

Materials: Round cardboard, glue, and various textures such as pulses, cotton balls, fluffy cotton, and colorful paper.

• Get a round piece of cardboard and put glue all over it.
• Now, take some colorful paper and scrunch it up into small balls.
• Stick those paper balls onto the cardboard.
• Put different things inside each cardboard, like pulses, fluffy cotton, and cotton balls.
• Let your child touch each one and talk about how they feel different.
• My kid has performed this activity, watch for better understanding.

Make a Ticket Collage Activity

A Tickets Collage Activity is a creative way for kids to make a colorful artwork using various ticket stubs, involving  color mixing  to improve the vibrancy of the collage. Plus, it’s a perfect opportunity to reuse and recycle old tickets!

Materials:  Collection of old ticket stubs (from buses, trains, planes, events, etc.), large sheet of paper or poster board for background, glue or glue stick for attaching tickets.

• Arrange your tickets on the poster board to plan out your collage before gluing anything.
• Apply glue to the back of each ticket and place it on the poster board.
• Overlap the tickets in different directions to fill up space and create an interesting pattern.
• Press down firmly to make sure each ticket sticks well.

Tracing Activity

Tracing Activity helps children develop fine motor skills by following dotted lines to create different shapes.

Materials: A worksheet, pencil, and an eraser.

• Place the worksheet in front of your child.
• Show your child how to trace along the dotted lines with a pencil.
• Encourage your child to trace each shape on the worksheet.

Doctor Bag Pack Activity

The Doctor Bag Pack Activity allows children to play pretend as doctors by arranging and exploring medical items in a playset.

Materials: A black sheet and scissors for cutting out medical items such as a thermometer, syringe, and stethoscope, along with Velcro pieces.

• Cut the black sheet into a bag.
• Show your child the medical items and explain what each one is used for.
• Let your child arrange the items inside the bag using the Velcro pieces.
• Encourage role-playing as a doctor, examining a toy or stuffed animal.
• You can watch our reel to perform this activity better.

Play a Fishing Game

The Catch the  Fish Activity  is designed to improve your child’s dexterity and patience with a lovely challenge.

Materials:  Colorfully illustrated paper fish with paper clips attached, a magnetic fishing rod, and a ‘pond’ setup such as a blue cloth or a container.

• Scatter the paper fish across the ‘pond’.
• Show your child how to hold the fishing rod and explain how the magnet works.
• Encourage them to carefully lower the magnet near the paper clips to catch a fish.
• See how many fish they can catch, or have them find specific colors or patterns of fish to refine their observation skills.

Stack Stones Activity

The Stack Stones Activity is a creative and calming way for children to improve their fine motor skills and patience by stacking colorful stones.

Materials: Flat stones, paint, and a paintbrush.

• Gather smooth stones of different sizes and paint them in bright colors.
• Let the paint dry completely before handling the stones.
• Stack the stones one on top of the other, balancing them carefully.
• Encourage your child to create different designs and see how tall they can stack the stones.

Easy Subtraction with Pom Poms Activity

The Easy Subtraction with Pom Poms Activity is a fun way for children to practice subtraction using colorful pom poms and visual aids.

Materials: Pom poms, cardboard, and markers.

• Set up the worksheet or board with a subtraction problem.
• Place the first number of pom poms on the board to represent the total.
• Remove the number of pom poms that corresponds to the number being subtracted.
• Count the remaining pom poms to find the answer.

Coloring Activity

The Coloring Activity encourages creativity and fine motor skills as children use colored pencils or markers to fill in fun illustrations.

Materials: A coloring page along with colored pencils or markers.

• Give your child a coloring page with a fun illustration.
• Provide colored pencils or markers for them to use.
• Encourage your child to color the picture as they like.

Match the Car Activity

The Match the Car Activity is a fun way for children to practice color recognition and matching skills by pairing colored cars with matching dots.

Materials: A worksheet featuring colored cars and colored dots designed for matching.

• Provide your child with the worksheet and colored dots.
• Encourage them to match each car with the correct colored dot.
• Show your child how to place each dot beside the matching car.
• To know better, watch our reel.

Stone Painting Activity

Explore the natural canvas with the  Painting  on Stones Activity! It’s a creative way for children to express themselves by painting unique designs on an unusual surface.

Materials:  Smooth stones or pebbles, washable paints, brushes, and a cup of water to rinse brushes.

• Begin by cleaning the stones to ensure the paint adheres well.
• Set out the paints and brushes, and cover the workspace to protect it from paint splatters.
• Encourage your child to paint designs, patterns, or scenes on the stones, using one or multiple colors.
• Once the stones are painted, set them aside to dry before displaying them around your home or garden.

Cut & Paste Activity

The Cut & Paste Activity helps children develop fine motor skills and pattern recognition by cutting out and pasting pictures to complete patterns.

Materials: A worksheet or simply print out our printable, scissors, and glue.

• Provide your child our worksheet showing patterns and matching images to cut out.
• Encourage them to cut out the pictures that fit the pattern.
• Help them paste the pictures in the correct spots on the worksheet.

Button Plucking Activity

The Button Plucking Activity helps children practice fine motor skills by picking up buttons from playdough using tweezers or fingers.

Materials: Colorful buttons, playdough, and tweezers.

• Make a round shape from the playdough.
• Press the buttons into the playdough, arranging them in any pattern.
• Show your child how to use the tweezers to pluck out the buttons one by one.
• Encourage your child to continue plucking the buttons using the tweezers or their fingers.

Sticks Matching Activity

The Sticks Matching Activity helps children improve their color recognition and fine motor skills by matching colored sticks to corresponding patterns on cards.

Materials: Various colored ice cream sticks, a white sheet, and markers.

• Draw a pattern with different markers on the sheet.
• Provide your child with colored sticks and matching cards.
• Show your child how to match the sticks with the corresponding colors on the cards.
• Encourage your child to place the sticks into the correct slots on the board.

Word Search Activity

The Word Search Activity is an enjoyable way for children to improve their vocabulary and pattern recognition skills by finding hidden words in a grid.

Materials: A word search sheet or just simply use our printable and a pencil.

• Provide your child with our word search sheet and a pencil.
• Ask them to find and circle the given words hidden in the grid.
• Encourage your child to cross off each word from the list as they find it.

Roll the Dice Activity

The Roll the Dice Activity is a fun and interactive way for children to practice counting and number recognition using dice and a board with numbered rays.

Materials: Yellow and black sheets, markers, scissors, and glue.

• Use the yellow paper to cut out a sun shape and the black paper to cut out a dice shape.
• Stick the sun rays on the sun shape and write numbers on them.
• Give your child the dice and tell them to roll it (throw it on the ground).
• When they roll the dice, have them look for the same number on the sun shape and cut it out.
• You can watch our reel, which my kid performed.

Button up Your Shirt Activity

The Button up Your Shirt Activity is a great way for children to practice fine motor skills by buttoning up a paper shirt with colorful buttons.

Materials: A white sheet, a bottle cap, glue, and a marker, along with colored paper.

• Draw a shirt on the white sheet and cut it.
• Provide your child a shirt and buttons.
• Show them how to align each button with a corresponding buttonhole.
• Encourage your child to button up the shirt by pushing the buttons through the holes.

Big And Small Activity

The Big and Small Activity is a fun and educational way for children to learn about size differences by identifying which objects are bigger and smaller.

Materials: A worksheet and a pencil.

• Provide your child the worksheet.
• Ask them to circle the object that is bigger in each pair.
• Then have them draw a square around the object that is smaller.

Make a Color Cone Activity

The Make a Color Cone Activity is a creative way for children to learn about colors while crafting a fun ice cream cone.

Materials: White sheets, markers, paints, and cotton pads.

• Draw an ice cream cone on the white sheet.
• Place cotton pads on the cone.
• Have your child use paints or markers to color the scoops of ice cream.
• Let them use the cotton swab to apply different colors to each scoop if using paints.

Community Helpers Activity

The Community Helpers Activity is an engaging way for children to learn about different professions and the tools they use.

Materials: A circle chart with pictures of community helpers, picture cards with tools or vehicles, and clothespins.

• Show your child the circle chart with different community helpers.
• Give them the picture cards with tools or vehicles.
• Encourage your child to match the picture cards with the correct community helper by attaching the cards with clothespins.

Puzzle Activity

The Puzzle Activity is a fun and educational way for children to improve their problem-solving skills by fitting together pieces to form a complete picture.

Materials: A picture puzzle…for that, use our printable and Child-safe scissors

• Provide your child with the puzzle pieces.
• Encourage them to match and fit the pieces together to form a complete picture.
• Guide them as needed to find the correct pieces and align them.

Count and Place Ladybugs Activity

The Count and Place Ladybugs Activity is a playful way for children to learn about numbers and quantities by matching ladybugs to leaves.

Materials: A leaf worksheet and ladybug cutouts featuring varying numbers of dots, along with Velcro and markers.

• Provide your child with a worksheet showing leaves with different numbers on them.
• Give them the ladybug cutouts and ask them to count the dots on each one.
• Encourage your child to match each ladybug to the correct leaf based on the number.
• Use Velcro to attach the ladybugs to the leaves.

Pistachio Shells Tree Activity

The Pistachio Shells Tree Activity is a creative way for children to use recycled materials to make colorful tree art using pistachio shells.

Materials: Pistachio shells, brown paper, glue, and paint/markers.

• Draw a tree on a piece of paper, including the trunk and branches.
• Color the pistachio shells using paints.
• Glue the shells onto the branches of the tree as leaves.

Matching Activity

The Matching Activity helps children improve their visual recognition and fine motor skills by matching objects to their corresponding pictures.

Materials: A matching worksheet and pencil.

• Provide your child with a matching worksheet and a pencil.
• Ask them to draw a line connecting each object to its corresponding picture.
• Encourage them to match all the pairs correctly.

Animals and Their Food Activity

The Animals and Their Food Activity is a fun and educational way for children to learn about what different animals eat by matching animals to their food.

Materials: Animal and food cards for matching, clothespins, and a white sheet.

• Show your child the worksheet with different animals on it.
• Give them the food cards and ask them to match each animal to its correct food.
• Attach the cards using clothespins to connect the animals with their food.

Brushing with Letters Activity

The Brushing with Letters Activity helps children learn about dental hygiene and letters by matching letters on a tooth to their corresponding labels.

Materials: A worksheet with a picture of a tooth and marker.

• Provide your child with the worksheet showing a tooth labeled with letters.
• Ask them to match the letter labels to the corresponding letters on the tooth.
• Encourage your child to circle or highlight the matching letters.

Finger Painting Counting Activity

The Finger Painting Counting Activity is a fun and hands on way for children to practice counting and number recognition by painting with their fingers.

Materials: A counting worksheet with baskets and paints

• Provide your child with the counting worksheet.
• Encourage them to dip their finger in the paint and make a corresponding number of fingerprints in each basket.
• Ask your child to count the fingerprints out loud as they paint.

Graphomotor Snail Activity

The Graphomotor Snail Activity is a great way for children to develop fine motor skills by tracing the shape of a snail using yarn.

Materials: A sheet of paper, yarn, glue, and markers.

• Draw different snail outlines on the sheet.
• Provide your child with the snail outline and a piece of yarn.
• Show them how to trace the shape of the snail with the yarn.
• Help them apply glue along the snail’s body and attach the yarn.

Math with A Monkey Activity

The Math with A Monkey Activity helps children practice basic math skills using a fun tree-themed board with monkeys for counting.

Materials: A tree-themed board, monkey cutouts, a marker, and drawing pins.

• Show your child the tree-themed board and the monkey cutouts.
• Now write some numbers for doing addition and write the final answer.
• Ask your child to place the final number of monkeys in the tree.

Gems Rainbow Play Activity

The Gems Rainbow Play Activity is a colorful and fun way for children to learn about colors and patterns using colorful gems and water.

Materials: Gems, a plate, and hot water.

• Arrange the gems in a pattern on the plate.
• Pour hot water gently into the plate until the gems are partially submerged.
• Watch as the colors dissolve and spread, creating a rainbow effect.

These activities helped my son when he was this age – a curious and excited four-year-old boy. I’m sure your kids will also have a good time and learn a lot from these activities.

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Preschool Activities For 4-Year-Olds: Sensory Play, Games, Art Projects, And Experiments

April 20, 2024 //  by  Louise Pieterse

The days of coloring books and potato stamps are long gone. It’s time to get creative with your kids and help them explore their world in new ways. At 4 years old, they’re starting to learn more about numbers and letters, becoming pros at writing out their names, differentiating between colors, and showing tons of curiosity about everything around them. 

Why not indulge them in a bunch of awesome activities that promote sensory play, fun with numbers, and a host of artistic exploration? We’re confident that our collection of 57 innovative preschool activities will do just the trick and prove perfect for your curious little 4-year-olds!

1. Sprinkle Sensory Bag

Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this activity, it’s packed with endless possibilities and tons of fun! Simply fill a Ziploc bag with a bunch of sprinkles before inviting your little ones to use it as a tracking platform to trace out letters and numbers with their fingers.

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2. Hiss Board Game

Every preschool teacher knows the importance of having one amazing board game on hand. Hiss is an excellent investment and your kids will be able to play it for years to come! Engage them in this vibrant game by having them match colors to build these radiant wriggly snakes.

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3. Floating Paintings

This whimsical activity is part magic and part science and incredibly easy to set up. Task your kiddos with drawing a fun picture on a smooth plate with dry-erase markers. Once their doodles are complete, prompt them to pour some water onto the plate and observe as their picture gets picked up by the water and floats around. It’s pure magic!

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4. Cutting Slime

Exercising your toddlers’ scissors skills is an important part of their development, but most activities are resource-heavy and messy. With this simple project, you’ll encourage them to practice their cutting by having them snip into blobs of slime for infinite ways to exercise those little hands.

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5. Squirt Gun Painting

Throw out those boring painting activity plans and roll out the big guns, or the water guns in this case. Load up some water pistols with a variety of water paints before passing them off to your preschoolers. Then, let the fun begin by allowing them to squirt their guns at some blank canvas to see what colorful creations they’ll come up with.

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6. Sticky Turtle Wall

This super cute activity is perfect for your curious kiddos who love to play outside. Start by sticking a sheet of contact paper on a wall or fence (sticky side facing outward) and then draw the outline of a turtle on it with a marker. Your children are then free to stick all kinds of natural green elements on the turtle to bring this masterpiece to life.

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7. Sensory Counting Bag

This customizable activity will make a fantastic addition to your summer-themed activities. Put together this captivating sensory bag by inserting the printable ice cream sheet in a Ziploc bag before filling it with hair gel and pom poms. You’ll then challenge your little ones to use their counting and color recognition skills to move the pom-poms around the bag to the corresponding cones.

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8. Flower Arrangement

When springtime rolls around, embrace the colors of the season with this cheery activity. Engage your little learners’ in this sensory delight by inviting them to arrange flowers in an upside-down colander. Let their creativity flow as they use flowers of different sizes and hues to design these beautiful floral creations.

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9. Animal Tape Rescue Activity

Here’s another fun-filled way to work on your tots’ cutting skills and develop their fine motor skills. Start by taping plastic animals into a muffin tray before challenging your kids to free them by using a scissor to cut the tape. If you’re looking to increase the difficulty, replace the tape with string before encouraging them to release the animals with their fingers by unraveling the complicated web.

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10. Toddler at Play

It seems like most indoor activities always leave a mess, but this absorbing game only requires a piece of paper and a few shapes. Begin by tracing outlines of toys, blocks, or even kitchen utensils before tasking your kiddos with matching the objects to their outline.

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11. Leaf Rubbing

Nothing promotes sensory engagement quite like nature! Immerse your class in all the colors, smells, and textures of the outdoors with this simple leaf-rubbing activity. Send them off into your schoolyard to pick up a few fallen leaves. You’ll then prompt them to place a blank piece of paper over their leaves before having them rub over it with crayons to reveal all the intricate patterns of nature.

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12. Sticker Lines

If you’ve got a few stickers to spare, this delightful and hands-on activity is the perfect choice. Simply draw lines on a large piece of white paper before having your children place stickers all along the line. You can even amp up the difficulty by challenging them to see if they can stick the colors in a pattern!

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13. Playdough Stamp Counting

Playdough stamping is an age-old kindergarten craft, but have you ever thought of switching it up to a counting activity? In this hands-on exercise, you’ll start by writing various numbers on pieces of paper before tasking your kiddos with stamping the correct number of dots into Playdough using different building blocks.

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14. Pom-Pom Patterns

This interactive activity will work wonders for your toddlers’ color recognition and fine motor skills. Simply arm them with a pair of mini tweezers and then challenge them to place pom-poms in a grid formation by having them follow these printable template cards.

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15. Letter Search with Stickers

Familiarizing your tots with alphabet letters just got a whole lot more fun! Provide them with an empty paper towel roll and colorful stickers that you’ve covered in various letters. Then, invite them to match the stickers to the correct letter on the roll.

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16. Leaf Sorting

Here’s another excellent example of how your garden can be one of your greatest resources. Gather up leaves of all shapes and sizes or send your kids into your schoolyard to rustle up a bunch. You’ll then encourage them to do their best as you have them sort each leaf by size, texture, color, or any other characteristics you can think of.

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17. Rainbow Stacking Stones

In this triple-threat of an activity, your children will learn all about colors, balancing, and sorting according to size. Begin by inviting them to gather up a bunch of small stones before allowing them to adorn each stone with colorful paint. Once complete, challenge them to stack the stones in order from biggest to smallest.

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18. Toilet Roll Haircuts

Have your little ones shown interest in wanting to cut their own hair? Avoid any unwanted mishaps by treating them to this adorable cutting activity. They’ll work on their scissors skills as you task them with decorating empty toilet rolls before you engage their inner stylist by having them give their cardboard characters some funky haircuts.

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19. Nail Painting

Another potentially messy activity can be reined in with just a small adjustment. Instead of letting your young minds paint your or their own nails, arm them with nail polish and give them these easy-to-make cardboard cutouts to decorate with colors of their choice.

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20. Cotton Ball Painting

If your littles are struggling to get the hang of painting with a paintbrush, this cotton ball painting project will provide them with the perfect happy medium. Simply stick cotton wool in clothes pegs and then place them in various blobs of paint. Your kiddos are then free to go to town on a canvas of your choice as you encourage them to embrace their creative flair!

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21. Name Hop

Any game that can burn off a little energy is a winner in our books! In Name Hop, you’ll start by writing letters on paper plates before you scatter them around your classroom floor. Challenge your tots to make their way through the alphabet by having them jump from letter to letter, spelling out their name or even practicing sight words.

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22. Utensil Printing

You can turn nearly anything into art with a bit of colorful paint and a little imagination. In this case, allow your kiddos to use simple kitchen utensils to create vivid patterns with paint. You’ll be amazed to see all the creative flower designs that your budding Picassos come up with.

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23. Flower Petal Name Practice

Staying on the floral theme, this delightful activity will let your kids practice spelling out their names. Try adding this to their daily routine as you have them practice laying out petals in the correct order to spell out their names.

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24. Number Search Sticker Activity

There’s seemingly no end to the things you can do with a few stickers and a sheet of paper. In this variation, you’ll start by writing down some numbers on paper before assigning a color to each one. Proceed by handing the sheets out to your class and challenging them to search for the numbers and place the corresponding sticker on each.

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25. Sticky Yarn Numbers

Get those nimble hands working in this super simple number recognition activity. Simply draw a bunch of numbers on paper before sticking a sheet of contact paper over it, making sure the sticky side is facing up. Then, invite your littles to trace out each digit by having them use pieces of yarn to map out all the curves and angles.

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26. Make Counting Hands

It’s perfectly natural for your children to count on their fingers, but how about letting them count on someone (or something) else’s fingers? Treat them to some hands-on learning by first filling gloves with beans or grain. Afterward, have them roll a pair of dice before challenging them to represent that number on the gloves.

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27. Ribbon Threading

Even the simplest of activities can have great benefits in the development of your preschoolers. This ribbon threading activity is sure to do the trick as you encourage them to thread different ribbons through an oven rack. They’ll exercise their little fingers and their patience as they weave each ribbon through the rack.

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28. Salt Dough Dinosaur Fossils

These salt dough fossils will make a fantastic addition to a prehistoric-themed lesson. Allow your kiddos to press toy dinosaurs into circles of salt dough to create impressions before placing them in an oven to dry. Once hardened, they’ll have an array of dino fossils that you can even hide in your garden for them to dig up later if you’re feeling adventurous! 

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29. Colorful Counting Sticks

Craft sticks are probably already a staple in your classroom so setting up this game should be a breeze. Mark each stick with a number and then challenge your little learners to place a corresponding amount of small rubber bands on each stick, according to the number represented.

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30. Paper-Cutting Station

This handy paper-cutting station is the perfect way to keep your little ones busy. Simply print out a few templates that you’ll place in a craft box along with a few pairs of scissors. When your tots have some free time or you’re looking to distract them for a moment, have them open the box, pick out a template, and cut along the lines.

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31. Lock and Key Number Match

This innovative activity is guaranteed to keep your kids busy while teaching them number and counting skills at the same time. To create this exercise, write numbers on locks before making dots on the keychains of the matching keys. You’ll then encourage your learners to match each lock with its key to unlock them all.

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32. Bubble Art

Your young minds will create unique pieces of art every time with this imaginative activity. Create a colorful bubble solution by mixing dish soap and paint together before inviting your kids to form bubble clouds by blowing into the solution with a straw. Afterward, allow them to place paper onto the bubbles to form floral templates that they can then adorn with patches of greenery.

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33. Wet Sidewalk Chalk Drawings

Liven up your classroom environment with this outdoor art session. Provide your tots with sidewalk chalk that’s been soaked in water before inviting them to forge impressive patterns in your schoolyard. You’re sure to be mesmerized by all the grand designs that they come up with and how the simple addition of water transforms ordinary sidewalk chalk into an ultra-vibrant medium.

34. Ice Block Treasure Hunt

Here’s a guaranteed boredom buster for those hot summer days. Freeze a bunch of plastic toys in a big block of ice before allowing your children to excavate them. Encourage them to use water, kitchen utensils, and more to try and melt or crush the ice to save the toys from their icy prison.

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35. Glow In The Dark Bowling

Kick lawn bowling up a notch with a whimsical game of glow-in-the-dark bowling. Simply snap a few glow sticks and pop them into plastic bottles filled with water to create a thrilling night-time activity that will work wonders for your kiddos’ gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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36. Rock Painting

You can never go wrong with a classic activity! Rock painting is a fantastic way to get your children to express their creativity while also enjoying some fun in the sun. Provide them with an array of paints and a rock of their choice before getting them excited to whip up these vibrant garden accessories.

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37. Yarn Painting

Yarn is another potential paintbrush alternative that makes for stunning outcomes! Invite your toddlers to create abstract pieces of art by first having them dip yarn in paint and lay it down on paper. You’ll then prompt them to drag it across the page to produce vibrant tapestries right before their eyes.

38. Clear Frame Portrait Drawing

This ingenious activity maximizes creativity while simultaneously being light on resources. Simply pair your kids up before providing each pair with a clear plastic lid and a dry-erase marker. They’ll then take turns outlining their classmates’ features by placing the lid over their partner’s face and using the marker to trace out all their features.

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39. Mystery Box

Tactile exploration is a key part of your preschoolers’ development and this mystery box activity is one of the best ways to explore that sense. Start by adding anything from toys to fruit, utensils, or foam letters to a box before encouraging your pupils to feel the objects without looking and guess what hidden items lay inside.

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40. Animal Rescue

Round up your children and get them ready to embark on this engaging rescue mission! Wrap up a few toys with rubber bands or string before challenging your students to free each animal by using their fine motor skills to unravel the knots and loops that bind the toys.

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41. Animal Leg Match

This adorable activity makes for a delightful addition to animal lessons or could even be used as an extension exercise to an animal book reading lesson. Using clothespins with different kinds of animal legs on them, you’ll task your kiddos with matching them to their body cutouts to complete this fun-filled matching activity. 

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42. Move Like An Animal Cube

It’s time to get those little bodies moving with this dynamic activity! Creative this fun animal movement cube by sticking movement prompts and pictures of animals to each side of the shape. Then, have your littles take turns rolling the cube before encouraging them to jump, crawl, and hop according to the animal movement that their roll lands on.

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43. Fine Motor Fishing

Inspire a fresh take on the classic game of magnet fishing! Begin by making these super cute pipe cleaner fish before twisting and turning a separate pipe cleaner to create a hook. Engage your class in scooping up their catch of the day by using the hook to pick up one colorful fish at a time and then drop it into a corresponding toilet paper roll.

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44. Animal Washing Station

This might seem like a sneaky way to get your tots to clean their toys, but it’s actually a fantastic way to develop their fine motor skills. Simply cover a bunch of their toys in mud before tasking them with using a toothbrush, cloth, or even cotton buds to get into all the nooks and crannies of their animals – leaving them squeaky clean and primed for playtime!

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45. Puffy Paint Art

For a whimsical take on art lessons, try whipping up a batch of puffy paint! Using shaving cream and food coloring, you’ll invite your little artists to create textural wonders by squeezing the mixture out of a piping bag. Draw outlines of a picture for them to follow or let their creativity run freely by allowing them to forge artistic wonders from scratch.

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46. Easy-Peasy Sock Puppets

Making these quirky sock puppets is an awesome way to indulge your kids’ creativity while also teaching them the importance of recycling. Gather up a bunch of old socks and have your preschoolers come up with their very own unique character using leftover popsicle sticks, craft supplies, googly eyes, and more!

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47. Shape Hunt

A classic shape hunt activity may seem simple enough, but it’ll do wonders for your toddlers’ developing minds. Challenge them to hunt around your classroom or outside to find objects in their environment that match a variety of known shapes.

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48. Sensory Rice Bin

Sensory activities are as much a rewarding experience for your little ones as they are fun. Immerse them in this wonderful exercise where you’ll have them search through a sea of colorful rice using a variety of tools to aid them in excavating the hidden objects.

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49. Eggshell Garden

Planting little eggshell gardens will be one of the cutest and most memorable experiments to treat your littles to. Have them fill eggshells with soil and seeds before encouraging them to place their eggs in different places around your classroom to observe the effects of sunlight on their growth. It’s a fantastic way to teach them about the importance of recycling and how growing their own plants can aid in fighting the climate crisis.

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50. Nature Art Collage

A walk outdoors is a lovely way for your children to interact with nature and adding a creative element to it means they get to put their thinking caps on as well. Allow them to pick up a variety of natural objects such as sticks, leaves, tree bark, and flowers before encouraging them to use their items to come up with designs such as a whimsical mandala pattern.

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51. Story Stones

Inviting your class to create story stones is a sure way to engage every facet of their imagination. Have your kiddos paint simple doodles onto stones or pre-make them if you’re in a time crunch. Then, prompt them to pick a random stone and come up with a fitting tale to match the image displayed.

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52. Balloon Tennis

DIY Balloon Tennis is an excellent way to work on your children’s hand-eye coordination and expel some energy in the process. Start by whipping up a few racquets using paper plates and popsicle sticks before challenging your little athletes to see who can use them to keep a balloon off the floor for the longest time.

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53. Sidewalk Chalk Obstacle Course

If your kids love to move and play outdoors, this activity will soon become one of their favorites! Plan out a thrilling obstacle course on your sidewalk by using colorful chalk to map out each movement that your learners will have to carry out. Once complete, challenge them to move through the course as quickly and accurately as possible as you have them jump, hop, and skip to the finish.

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54. Bubble Wrap stomp painting

It’s not often that your little ones get to make a mess without consequences, but in this creative project, they’ll get to do just that! Start by taping large pieces of bubble wrap around their feet before inviting them to step onto a large sheet of paper. They’re then free to dip their feet into different paints and stomp around the canvas to create an abstract masterpiece.

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55. Balloon Rocket Experiment

Introducing your class to STEM activities at an early age is a wonderful way to skyrocket their progress. In this fun-filled experiment, you’ll assist them in using materials such as balloons, string, tape, and straws to design a balloon rocket that’s completely propelled by the laws of physics!

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56. Musical Statues

Treat your young minds to a classic game of Musical Statues to improve their concentration skills and get their bodies grooving. Have them try out the classic version where they’ll need to freeze as soon as the music stops. For an added twist, when the music stops encourage them to freeze before pretending to be an animal or prompting them to express a random emotion.

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57. Bead Patterns

Using beads as a tool for learning not only results in a variety of trendy accessories but they can also be used as a method to develop your toddlers’ finger control and fine motor skills. In this activity, have them pick a random pattern card before inviting them to string colorful beads onto pipe cleaners to accurately represent the order on their cards.

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STEM activities are perfect for young kids because it combines learning with fun! Do you have a preschooler in your home? Try out some of these easy STEM activities for 4 year olds for some good educational fun.

Preschoolers are at the perfect age for STEM activities because they are old enough to follow simple directions, understand and think deeper about the world around them, and have a longer attention span than toddlers. 

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Using STEM Activities with Preschoolers

First, what does STEM mean? STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. You may also hear a similar acronym called STEAM. This one has an added A which stands for Art. 

The activities you’ll find below are a combination of STEM and STEAM activities. Art is important too!

Let’s look at each of the different aspects of STEM and what kinds of activities might be included in each one. 

Science includes many different subcategories such as biology, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental, botany, and more.

For preschoolers (which is 3-4 year olds), science is basically learning the basics of the world around them. 

They are learning how plants grow. About objects they see in the night sky. About all the different types of animals. How our actions affect the environment and simple science experiments.

This is the perfect time to take advantage of your child’s love of farm animals or dinosaurs! Use what they love as a jumping off point for learning. 

Don’t expect mastery at this point, but the beginning of understanding basic scientific concepts, exposure to vocabulary, and learning how to ask questions about what they see. 

Technology may seem like an abstract concept for some- and maybe when you think of technology you think of computers, video games, and screen time. 

While these are part of technology, there is a lot more to it. 

Technology for preschooler may look like beginning robotics, coding, and cause & effect. As well as learning the basics of using things like calculators, cameras, computers, etc. 

Engineering

Engineering may seem like something that is too advanced for preschoolers, but remember that everything is built on smaller ideas and concepts. 

Engineering for preschoolers is all about exploring how things are built, how things work, and problem solving.

Engineering for 4 year olds might look like building challenges with items such as legos, blocks, or random items from around the home or yard. It could be creating mazes or forts.

Basically giving them a potential problem and letting them figure out a way to solve it.

Math probably seems pretty self explanatory- we all know what math is, right?

But math in STEM activities is all about exploring numbers in a more hands-on way. There are no worksheets here!

They can explore concepts of addition and subtraction, measurement, patterns, and geometry. 

Even though art isn’t part of STEM, it is part of STEAM, so I thought I’d include it here as well. 

Art is an important part of building a creative mind. As you would expect, art includes things like painting, drawing, other creative mediums. 

How to Do STEM Activities With Your Child

First and foremost, STEM activities should be fun and engaging. Even if you explain nothing to your child about the activity they will still be able to critically look at what they are seeing and make connections. 

STEM activities should be hands-on. That means you may have to make some alterations to experiments to make them safe for little hands. 

You want to allow them as much control in the activities as possible. Let them measure, build, pour, mix, feel, etc. as much as possible. This means you might have to fight the urge to make things perfect- remember it’s more about the experience than anything else!

While doing the STEM activities with your preschooler, be sure to fight the urge to lecture, but do encourage discussions and observations. 

A big part of STEM for 4 year olds is learning how things work. This means encourage them to look closely at what is happening.

Ask open-ended questions like  what do you see? What is happening here? What do you smell?  As they get older they will eventually move on to writing their data down, but for now just get your preschooler used to observing.

Also encourage them to ask questions. You want them to be curious about WHY things are happening. WHY the experiment turned out the way it did.

There are no stupid questions, so encourage your child to ask whatever they want. And then encourage them to guess on the answer. This is the first step to learning to how to hypothesize and experiment using the scientific method.

Don’t know the answer to their questions? Do some research together!

And finally, kids love repetition. And, while it might annoy you to do things over and over again, it will help your preschooler solidify their understanding of STEM concepts. So do these STEM activities more than once- or as often as your preschooler wants!

42 STEM Activities for 4 Year Olds (and Preschoolers)

Now it’s time for the STEM activities! Below you will find all sorts of fun STEM (or STEAM) activities to do with your preschooler. 

Exploding Baking Soda and Vinegar Bags (a STEM Activity)

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Thrill your bug-loving preschooler with this cicada shell sensory activity to help them learn about cicadas!

How to Teach Kids About the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Help kids learn about metamorphosis using real butterflies!

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Oil and Water Sensory Bag for Science Exploration

Let your kids learn about oil and water with this oil and water sensory bag for mess free science fun!

How to Do a Nature Scavenger Hunt for Kids (of All Ages!)

Go on nature scavenger hunt for a fun nature-filled activity for kids, and parents, of all ages!

Simple Acids and Bases Science Experiment to Do With Kids

Try this acid and base experiment to test household solutions and decided if they are acidic or basic!

Fun Chemical Reaction Experiment for Kids That Gives Off Heat!

Try this chemical reaction experiment that shows how chemical reactions produce heat!

How to Make Dancing Popcorn

Have fun learning chemistry with this fun dancing popcorn activity!

How to Create a Fun Baking Soda and Vinegar Sensory Play Tub

Make a baking soda and vinegar sensory play tub that will keep them engaged for hours!

Marbled Planet Craft: A Fun Way to Learn the Planets

Make beautiful swirled planets to help teach your children about space and learn the planets by name.

Simple Color Mixing Activity for Kids

Try this simple, hands-on color mixing activity to teach about primary and secondary colors!

7 Math Centered Candy Heart Activities for Young Kids

Make math fun this Valentine’s day by bring some candy hearts into your lessons! 

How to Make Fizzing Baking Soda Paint (a STEAM Activity)

Try making baking soda paints to combine science and art into a fun activity for all ages!

How to Make Glow in the Dark Slime!

Make your own glow in the dark slime!

Fun Fizzing Baking Soda Dinosaur Eggs STEM Activity

Try making these fizzing baking soda dinosaur eggs- and hatch them out with vinegar!

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More Simple STEM Activities for 4 Year Olds

Here are a few more simple preschool STEM activities to try with your kids: These encourage critical thinking and natural curiosity, plus they are tons of fun!

Coloring Flowers:  Place white flowers (like daisies or carnations) in vases filled with colored water. Watch the white petals change color!

Make Your Own Fossils:  Use homemade playdough or clay and make fossil prints of your tiny dinosaurs, shells, or other toys animals.

Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloons:  Blow up a balloon using the reaction between baking soda and vinegar! You can get the full instructions here: 7 Baking Soda and Vinegar STEM Activities for Kids

Make Rain in a Cup:  Fill a cup with 2/3 with water. Fill the rest of the way with shaving cream (this is your rain cloud). Drip blue food coloring on top the cream and watch it slowly rain down into the cup!

Magnet Exploration Tray:  Set up a tray with various magnets and metal pieces- and maybe some non metal objects as well. Let your child explore how the magnets work!

Make Rock Candy:  Learn about super saturated solutions and crystal making- and get something yummy to eat! Here’s a simple recipe: Rock Candy

Grow Crystal Snowflakes or Ornaments:  Make borax solution and place pipe cleaners molded into shapes in the solution, Watch the crystals grow! Here’s how: Borax Snowflakes . *Watch your child carefully around borax.

Pencils in a Bag:  Fill a ziploc bag halfway with water and zip close. Carefully poke sharp pencils through the bag all the way to the other side. Does the water spill out? How many pencils can you add before it leaks or pops?

The Lego Challenge:  Challenge your child to build something specific out of legos. Like a chair for a small stuffed animal, a bridge, or any other structure.

Marshmallows and Toothpicks:  Give your child a tray of mini-marshmallows and toothpicks and encourage them to build and explore. What shapes can they make?

Sink and Float Tub:  Give your child a tub of water (or just use the sink or bathtub) and collect various objects from around the house. Have them guess and test which will float and sink.

A Measuring Station: Give your child a variety of measuring devices- yard stick, ruler, measuring tape, etc. And explore measuring things- don’t forget to estimate the lengths and use things like your own hands or feet to measure too!

Non-Newtonian Fluid:  All you need is cornstarch and water and you have this fun goop to explore with. Is it solid? Is it liquid?

Plant a Garden (or Some Seeds):  Gardening is the best way to learn about the lifecycle of plants. Even if you can’t grow a big garden, plant some bean seeds, watch an avocado pit grow, or sprout some potatoes! Don’t forget to point out the different parts of plants!

Make Seed Bombs: Mix flower seeds in with clay and allow to dry. Throw them out in the yard and watch them grow!

Build a Volcano:  This old school activity is always a fun science experiment for kids! They just love building the volcano out of mud, dirt, or clay. And watching the baking soda and vinegar eruption!

Make Your Own Ice Cream in a Bag:  Get some cream, sugar, vanilla, rock salt, ice and some plastic bags and you can make ice cream! Here’s how: ice cream in a bag .

Walking Water Experiment:  Watch water “walk” from one place to another and learn about capillary action! All you need if food coloring, water, and paper towels. Here’s how to do it: Walking Water Experiment

Mentos and Coke Explosion: Similar to a volcano you can make a big chemical reaction by dropping mentos candy into a bottle of coke! Maybe you could experiment with other sodas as well!

Make a Balloon Rocket: Place a straw on a length of string. Stretch the string across the room and secure so that it is taut. Blow up a balloon- but don’t tie it. Tape the straw to the top of the balloon and let it go- how far will it travel across the string?

The Building Challenge:  Challenge your child to build something with uncommon building materials- such as plastic cups, rocks, paper, recyclables, etc. Let them explore and see how big or how high they can build. This is a simple STEM activity that builds problem solving skills. 

And finally don’t forget the biggest STEM activity of all: Play. Playtime is how preschoolers learn. So surround them with learning opportunities and open-ended toys. Here are some of my favorite:

• Magnetic Tiles for building
• REAL tools in kids sizes- give them some scrap wood, a hammer, nails, screws, screwdrivers, etc. 
• Doughs like playdough, kinetic sand, moon sand, etc. 
• Exploratory tools like magnifying glasses, microscopes, bug boxes, butterfly nets, etc. 
• Realistic animals

You want to give your child toys that can be used in many different ways to create and explore with!

Who Can Do These STEM Activities?

Even though the list of STEM activities is aimed for 4 year olds, really kids of all ages can have fun with these simple STEM projects. In general though, these activities will be good for kids preschool age to elementary school age. 

Just remember to tailor them to  your own child’s abilities. Kids don’t magically gain abilities when they pass their 3rd or 4th birthday- so some toddlers may be able to do these fun activities and some 4 year olds might not be ready for them.  But with a little alterations even 1 year olds and toddlers can enjoy many of these fun activities- so go ahead and involve the whole family!

Older kids may also want to participate. They will be able to understand deeper concepts than preschoolers and may be able to help explain things to younger siblings!

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1. The Sleeping Song

2. play tape games, 3. mcdonald’s sandbox farm, 4. ride to the number, 5. make a paper plate sea collage, 6. investigate your yard with a magnifying glass, 7. foam mosaics, 8. stencil process art, 9. string art, 10. shape stamps.

As a parent, you want to give your child the best start in life. That includes providing plenty of opportunities for learning and play. After all, play is a child’s work!

There are endless possibilities when it comes to activities for kindergarteners . But with so many options, it can be tough to know where to start. We bring you 15 fun activities for 4 year olds that will keep your preschoolers busy and engaged. And they’re all perfect for at-home learning!

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Indoor Activities for 4 Year Olds

What do you need:

• A copy of the song lyrics (optional)
• Cards with names of animals, insects, or objects

Instructions:

Songs are always some of the favorite preschool activities for 4 year olds, and the  sleeping song  will surely be well-received.

The lyrics of the song goes “Sleeping, sleeping, all the children are sleeping. And when they woke up, they were all ______”. Fill in the blank with any name on one of the cards.

While you are singing, children act as if they are sleeping. And when you take the name, they have to ‘wake up’ and act like it.

Skills your preschoolers will learn through this activity:

This is a great way to introduce your child to the names of animals, insects, and objects. It also helps them learn how to follow instructions and understand the concept of sleep.

• A roll of low-tack Painter’s tape

You can get creative with painter’s tape that’s easy to rip off and easily bust the boredom of your preschoolers on a rainy or snowy day when they are cooped inside the house.

Make shapes, letters, and numbers on the floor with the tape. Make your four-year-old stand on one of them and give interesting instructions like “Hop to Number 9” or “Crawl to B”. The options are endless.

Or you can make 5-10 lines that are a foot apart and help your child practice running and jumping forward and backward. You may add twists. For example, they may swing their arms or put them behind their backs while doing the activity. You can make them hop on one leg or stretch and try to reach the next line.

Creating hopscotch with the tape is yet another variation of the tape game to keep your little ones engaged.

You can use this activity to teach numbers, letters, shapes, and colors. And also to help them practice their gross motor skills.

• A sandbox or a tub of sand
• Some toy animals to hide

Perfect for kids who love the Old McDonald song, this activity will keep your preschoolers entertained for hours.

First, hide the toy animals in the sand. Then, have your child find them one by one while singing the rhyme. For example, on the line “And on his farm, he had some ducks”, your child has to find the duck in the sandbox. Make the corresponding animal sounds as they uncover each animal.

One of the best learning activities for 4 year olds to teach them about word association and develop their sense of touch, the McDonald’s Sandbox Farm is perfect for building their vocabulary as well.

Outdoor Activities for 4 Year Olds

• A ride-on toy, a balance bike, or a mini-vehicle

Write large-sized numbers or letters on the driveway, pavement, or patio. Call them out and check how quickly preschoolers zoom or pedal to them.

You can also use colored chalk to draw circles or different shapes. Ask them to stop at a certain color or shape. This math game is bound to bring squeals of laughter and joy.

This activity helps in the development of gross motor skills, improves balance and coordination, and recognition of letters, numbers, shapes, and colors.

• Paper plates
• Blue card to make the sea background
• Green tissue paper for seaweed
• Different colored cards for fishes
• Cheerios for air bubbles
• Small pebbles

This is a fun indoors and outdoors game for kids that promote learning, but it makes the most sense when you are on a beach or camping near a river. For the sea background, cut out big blue rectangles from the card. Help your child glue it onto the paper plate.

Now, cut fish from different colored cards and seaweed from green tissue paper. Assembling the collage is the best part. Let your child glue fish and seaweed however they want. Add some cheerios for air bubbles, small pebbles, and shells to make it look more realistic.

Creative and imaginative, this activity helps your four-year-olds hone their observation skills. It also teaches them about marine life.

• A magnifying glass

This activity is perfect for those curious kids who want to know everything about the world around them.

Give your child a magnifying glass and let them explore the yard. They will be amazed at the things they see. Point out different bugs, flowers, and leaves. Help them identify them by name. This is a great activity to do on a nature walk as well.

This is an excellent way to develop your child’s observation skills and also teach them about nature. During the activity, you can tell your toddler about various topics, such as different types of leaves, insects, or types of rocks.

Art and craft activities for 4 year olds

• Colorful craft foam
• Recycled cardboard
• Paintbrushes

Foam mosaics are fun and easy to make. Start by cutting recycled cardboard into different shapes. You can use cookie cutters to make different shapes like flowers, hearts, or stars.

Now, help your child cut the craft foam into small pieces. They can be of different colors and sizes. Glue the foam pieces onto the cardboard shapes. Once the glue is dry, paint over the entire mosaic with white glue. This will give it a shiny finish.

Teach some essential abstract art to kids and nurture their creativity and help them hone their fine motor skills.

• A large piece of paper
• Different shaped stencils
• Tempera paint
• Rollers and paintbrushes

This is a great activity for both outdoor and indoor game for kids . Place a large piece of paper on the ground or floor. Help your child choose differently shaped stencils. You can use geometric shapes, animals, or any other shapes that you have.

Now, let them choose their favorite colors and start painting. They can use rollers or paintbrushes to execute the painting ideas . As they paint, help them move the stencil around so that they can create different patterns.

This simple process art activity helps in the development of fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination. It also teaches your child about colors, shapes, and patterns.

• Yarn or String
• Different colored paints

String art is a fun way to create different patterns and shapes. It’s also a great way to teach your child about colors and shapes. To start, draw a shape on a piece of cardboard. It can be a simple shape like a heart or star.

Dip the string in the paint and move it across the shape to color it. You can use different colors to create a multicolored design. Once the paint is dry, cut out the shape and display it proudly.

This activity helps in the development of fine motor skills, color recognition, and hand-eye coordination.

Painting Activities for 4 Year Olds

• Foam or blocks of wood to make the stamp
• Paint and brushes

This is a fun and easy activity that results in beautiful paintings. Start by cutting different shapes out of foam or blocks of wood. You can use simple shapes like circles, triangles, or squares. Or you can draw insects and animals like butterflies, fishes, or bees.

Now, let your child choose their favorite colors and start painting. They can use one color or mix different colors together. As they paint, help them stamp the shapes onto the paper.

They can make different patterns or pictures with stamps.

Kids love stamping. Almost as much as they love stomping. This activity helps in the development of fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It also teaches your child about colors, shapes, and patterns.

11. Marble Rolling

• Paints and brushes

Dip the marbles in paints and roll them on paper. You can use different colors to create a multicolored design. As the marbles roll, they will leave behind a trail of paint.

Kids can roll and slide marbles on the paper to create different patterns.

When kids roll marbles, they may have to fold paper or tip it to different sides. This strengthens their hand muscles and develops fine motor skills. And they also learn about the cause and effect of their actions. As they see the paint trail left behind by the marbles, they understand how their actions can create different results.

12. Van Gogh’s Sunflower Painting with Spices

• Different colored spices
• Van Gogh sunflower painting template
• Water and brushes
• Yellow cardstock

Are you a fan of Van Gogh? The artist is known for his beautiful paintings of sunflowers. You can recreate one of his iconic paintings with your preschooler. But instead of paints, you will be using spices.

Start by mixing different spices to create different shades of yellow, brown, and orange. Help your child paint the sunflower template with these colors.

Once the painting is done, let it dry. Then, cut the painting out and glue it onto a piece of yellow cardstock. Finally, display it proudly.

The painting not only looks nice but also smells great. This activity is great for teaching preschool kids about colors and spices, and how to mix them. It also helps in the development of fine motor skills.

Sensory Activities for Toddlers

13. Smell Bottles

• Small plastic bottles
• Cotton balls
• Items for smelling, such as spices, coffee, cocoa, dried fruits, vinegar, essential oils, dishwasher, etc.

Create solutions for different items and dip cotton balls in them. Place them in separate bottles. Make sure to label each bottle.

Now, it’s time for a smelling game. Give your child one bottle at a time and let them guess what’s inside.

This is a great activity for developing a child’s sense of smell. As they play the game, they will learn to identify different smells. They will also learn about the properties of each smell, such as whether it is strong or weak.

14. Draw & Guess Game

Use your finger to draw a letter, number, or a basic object on the child’s back and let them guess what you drew. They can take turns to be a ‘drawer’ while you play the ‘guesser’.

This game is a great way to teach your child to develop their sense of touch. They also learn how to communicate non-verbally and guess what others are trying to communicate.

15. Food Taste Test for Preschoolers

• Child-safe foods to taste, such as:
• Salty:  popcorn, pretzels, chips
• Sour:  lemons, oranges, grapefruits
• Sweet:  candy, chocolate, cookies, marshmallows
• Bitter:  coffee, tea, dark chocolate
• Hot:  peppers, ginger
• Food cards or flavor cards (optional)

Give your child a small piece of each food item to taste. As they taste each item, ask them to describe the flavor. You can also give them food cards or flavor cards to help them identify the flavors.

As they get better at the game, you can blindfold them and see if they can identify the flavors just by taste.

This is a great activity to help kids develop their sense of smell and taste. They also learn to identify different flavors. And as they get better at the game, they learn to use their other senses to figure out the flavors.

Important Skills That Your Kids Will Learn Through These Activities!

As your kids engage in these activities, they will learn a range of important skills, such as:

• how to follow instructions,
• how to solve problems ,
• how to express their creativity,
• how to communicate with others, and
• how to develop their sense of smell, taste, and touch.

They learn new words and practice their numbers and alphabet. They also develop their gross and fine motor skills. You can also use alphabet game and number sense games for kids to make this activity even more fun!

Benefits of Educational Activities for 4 Year Olds

When you consciously engage your kids in activities that keep them learning and growing, you’re not only setting them up for success in school but also in life. Here are some benefits of educational activities kids engage in:

• They develop a love for learning:  When kids engage in activities that are enjoyable and stimulating, they develop a positive attitude toward learning. This love for learning will stay with them throughout their lives.
• They learn to think outside the box:  When kids are allowed to be creative and explore different concepts, they learn to think outside the box. This is a valuable skill that will help them in all areas of their lives.
• They develop important life skills:  Through educational activities, kids learn important life skills such as problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking. These are skills that they will use throughout their lives.
• They learn to be independent:  As kids engage in activities that require them to think independently, they learn to be more independent. Nurturing independence early in life will help them in all aspects of their lives.
• They build self-confidence:  When kids are successful in their educational activities, they build self-confidence. Confident toddlers grow into confident adults.
• They develop social skills:  Educational activities provide kids with the opportunity to interact with their peers that promotes social emotional learning . This is a great way for them to develop important social skills such as teamwork, communication, and cooperation.
• They learn to be patient:  Many educational activities require kids to be patient and persistent. And who knows better than a parent how even a little patience in a toddler can go a long way?
• They develop fine motor skills:  Many educational activities require kids to use their fine motor skills. This is an important skill that helps them have a better grip on the pencils and crayons, which in turn helps them write and draw better.
• They develop gross motor skills:  Many educational activities require kids to use their gross motor skills. This is an important skill that helps them run, jump, and play.
• They learn to follow instructions:  It’s not easy to get toddlers to listen to you. But if they are having fun, they are more likely to listen and follow instructions. This is an important skill for preschoolers to learn as it will help them in school and beyond.

At the age of four, kids discover new things every day. They’re also growing physically, emotionally, and cognitively. It’s important to provide them with activities that will help them learn and grow.

Engaging your kids in educational activities is a great way to ensure that they are learning and developing important skills. These activities also have the added benefit of being enjoyable for both kids and parents!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Can four year olds do something unsupervised.

At this age, it’s important to provide supervision for your child as they explore and play. Preschool kids are prone to accidents as they are still learning about their bodies and the world around them.

How much should I be helping my four year old with their activities?

It’s important to let your child take the lead in their activities. This is a time for them to explore and discover new things. However, you should be there to provide guidance and support when needed.

What if my four-year-old doesn’t want to do any of these activities?

It’s important to let your child choose the activities they want to do. If they’re not interested in one of the activities, that’s okay! There are plenty of other options to choose from.

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Printable tracing worksheets are an essential tool in early childhood education, offering a fun and effective way for children to practice critical pre-writing skills. Using alphabet printables can help young learners develop fine motor skills and recognize letters while enjoying hands-on activities.

Tracing activities are especially useful for preschoolers just beginning to explore the world of writing. Incorporating these worksheets into your child’s daily routine can make learning the alphabet more interactive and enjoyable.

Tracing worksheets are a great way to introduce children to the alphabet in a hands-on, interactive way. These worksheets help with letter recognition but also aid in developing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and pencil control.

By tracing each letter, kids become familiar with its shape and form, making it easier to learn to write independently.

What skills do alphabet worksheets help develop?

Alphabet worksheets help children develop a variety of skills that are foundational for early literacy. These worksheets promote fine motor skills by encouraging children to trace and write letters, which strengthens the muscles in their hands and fingers.

They also help with letter recognition and phonemic awareness as children learn to associate each letter with its corresponding sound. Additionally, these worksheets foster concentration and attention to detail as kids focus on correctly tracing and coloring within the lines.

Learning Outcomes

By regularly using these printable tracing worksheets, children will:

• Improve their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
• Develop a strong understanding of the alphabet.
• Gain confidence in their writing abilities.
• Learn to recognize and write letters independently.

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Alphabet Worksheets

Alphabet worksheets are an excellent resource for helping children recognize and practice writing letters. Each worksheet typically features a letter of the alphabet, accompanied by an image of an object or animal that starts with that letter.

Children can color the picture, trace the uppercase and lowercase letters, and eventually write the letters independently. By completing these worksheets, kids build confidence in their writing abilities and develop a strong foundation for reading and writing.

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Printable tracing worksheets are designed to guide children through the process of learning how to write each letter of the alphabet. The activity begins with reading a simple sentence related to the image on the page, which helps with reading comprehension.

Next, kids color the image, allowing for creative expression. Afterward, they trace both uppercase and lowercase letters, reinforcing their understanding of letter shapes. Once all the pages are completed, parents can cut them apart and assemble them into a mini-alphabet book that keepsakes of their child’s progress.

Completing the Activity

To complete the activity, start by having your child read the sentence on the page that describes the featured image. This step helps with reading comprehension and understanding the connection between letters and words.

Next, let your child color the image, which not only makes the activity fun but also helps with fine motor skills. After coloring, guide your child in tracing both the uppercase and lowercase letters on the worksheet.

Repetition of this process will solidify their understanding of each letter. Once all pages are done, carefully cut them apart and staple or bind them together to create a mini-alphabet book.

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Preschool Alphabet Activities

Preschool alphabet activities are crucial for reinforcing the skills learned through tracing worksheets. These activities can include letter matching games, alphabet puzzles, and interactive storybooks.

By engaging in various alphabet-focused tasks, children can better understand the relationship between letters, sounds, and words, which is essential for reading readiness.

Alphabet Preschool Crafts

Alphabet preschool crafts offer a hands-on approach to learning letters. Simple crafts, such as creating a letter collage or decorating a large letter cut-out, make learning tangible and memorable.

These crafts not only reinforce letter recognition but also allow children to express their creativity while practicing fine motor skills.

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Alphabet Books for Kids

ABC books for kids are an excellent complement to printable tracing worksheets. These books often feature vibrant illustrations and simple text that introduces each letter of the alphabet in a fun and engaging way.

Reading ABC books regularly helps reinforce letter recognition and phonemic awareness, which are critical skills for early literacy development.

In Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, vibrant letters race up a coconut tree, causing a playful commotion. The rhythmic text and lively illustrations make this a beloved classic that children will want to read repeatedly. It’s an excellent choice for teaching the alphabet while enjoying a fun, rhyming story.

Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert is a colorful exploration of fruits and vegetables from A to Z. This beautifully illustrated book helps kids learn their ABCs and introduces them to various healthy foods. The vivid illustrations and simple text make it an appealing choice for young readers and a great way to encourage healthy eating habits.

Dr. Seuss’s ABC is a whimsical journey through the alphabet with Dr. Seuss’s signature rhymes and quirky characters. Each page has silly words and playful illustrations that entertain children while learning their letters. This classic book is a joyful introduction to the alphabet and a perfect read-aloud for preschoolers.

Printable tracing worksheets are a simple yet effective way to introduce preschoolers to the alphabet. They make learning fun and interactive, providing a solid foundation for writing skills. Whether you’re a parent or a teacher, incorporating these alphabet printables into your child’s daily routine will set them on the path to success.

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The busy board is like a book filled with pages of exciting activities. With eight different pages to explore, your child will never get bored. Each page is filled with different activities to keep your child entertained for hours.

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Non Toxic, Soft & Reinforced Sewing: Many toddlers like throwing things around, that’s why we introduce this soft fabric made busy board to you. It's soft with no hard corner that won’t harm your babies. We have reinforced the sewing part to make sure they won’t easily fall, reliable enough to hold hold up to toddler’ s use.	Family Time: Enjoy a parent-child time with your toddlers with this Montessori toys. You can teach them to spell and count or demonstrate how to operate.	Portable Quiet Book: Light weight with handles design, this toddlers busy board is portable for kids to carry and play. Designed in suitable size and are flexible to fit in most diaper bags or school bags. Eliminate boredom while on cars, airplane and travel. Good alternative to screen devices while on settings needing quiet.

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Customers like the entertainment value of the board book, saying it's filled with engaging and interactive activities that keep their little one entertained for hours. They also say it'll help them learn, with so many activities for children to do while learning and being occupied. Customers also appreciate the quality of the product, saying that it'd be great for travel with a toddler. They are also satisfied with appearance. However, some customers are disappointed with the letters. Opinions are mixed on durability and ease of use.

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Customers find the book engaging and interactive, keeping their children entertained for hours. They also say it's interesting and inspiring for busy little children.

"...Helps develop fine motor skills while being portable and quiet for public use ." Read more

"...This activity toy is a lot of learning fun . Kids are well occupied while in the car. The laces, zippers, buckles and snaps are all well-made." Read more

"This is a cute little book! There are many activities . I ended up returning for another option that didn't have any loose pieces...." Read more

"I like the Montessori toys. They teach, entertain and they look great...." Read more

Customers find the motor skills of the toy entertaining and learning for children. They say it has many activities for children to do while learning and being occupied. Customers also say it's a great chance to play with their kid and inspires them.

"Great toy for my 11 month old. Helps develop fine motor skills while being portable and quiet for public use." Read more

"...This activity toy is a lot of learning fun. Kids are well occupied while in the car. The laces, zippers, buckles and snaps are all well-made." Read more

"I like the Montessori toys. They teach , entertain and they look great...." Read more

"Well made! Constantly interesting and inspiring for busy little children !" Read more

Customers like the quality of the toy. They say it's great, car friendly, and awesome. Some customers also say the board is missing the letter "i" and they had to glue it on. Overall, most are happy with the quality and use of the product.

" Great toy for my 11 month old. Helps develop fine motor skills while being portable and quiet for public use." Read more

"...The rest of the book was great with all the options of the clips, shoe laces and snaps!" Read more

"...to take into restaurants/friends houses that don’t have kids and it works great ! My daughter is 16mo now and loves to use this...." Read more

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Customers find the weight of the book good for traveling with a toddler. They also say it's perfect for road trips and at home.

"...Helps develop fine motor skills while being portable and quiet for public use." Read more

" Very travel friendly - we use this in the car and at restaurants. I unzipped and took out of some of the older activities...." Read more

" Great travel busy book . However there are some shapes that one ought to stick to match to shapes in the book and I can't get the adhesive to work." Read more

"An excellent travel or stay-at-home gift!" Read more

Customers like the appearance of the book. They say it's cute, nice, and colorful. Some say the book is creative and Montessori-like. They also say the outer pages are great for little ones working on fine motor skills.

"This is a cute little book ! There are many activities. I ended up returning for another option that didn't have any loose pieces...." Read more

"...I unzipped and took out of some of the older activities. The outer pages are great for little ones working on fine motor skills. Very customizable." Read more

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"...The colors and quality are durable , fun and vibrant...." Read more

Customers have mixed opinions about the durability of the toy. Some mention it's well-made, educational, and has held up well so far, while others say it'll break easily. Some customers also report that the parts broke away from the book like they were not properly attached. Overall, the product is a good choice for those looking for an educational and fun toy for their children.

" Some of the parts broke away from the book like they were not properly attached - we had to take them off so the small buttons didn't end up..." Read more

"...The laces, zippers, buckles and snaps are all well-made ." Read more

"It did help my 1 year old stay busy on a plane but the pieces fall out easily and we lost some...." Read more

" Well made ! Constantly interesting and inspiring for busy little children!" Read more

Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the toy. Some mention it's easy to use, convenient, and easy to setup. However, others say that it'll take a lot of time and labor to put the pieces together.

"...I’d say it’s worth it but does take a little to get together ." Read more

"...I thought the book was easy to assemble and only required adding Velcro to the small felt pieces. Looks likes it’s easy to crank, just wipe down...." Read more

"I like the variety of activities in this one book. There is some labor involved that I was unaware about...." Read more

"It's both entertaining and learning for the children. Easy to use ." Read more

Customers say the letters in the activity book are missing. They also say the numbers and letters are messed up and the letters get everywhere.

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"Cute and entertaining but missing letters and numbers. Mine did not come with the letter Y or number 7." Read more

"...Speaking of Velcro letters, we are unfortunately missing the letter i , and since that letter is in his name I had to improvise and use the 1...." Read more

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Halloween Activity Booklet for 7 Year Olds + Math Worksheets Puzzles Coloring Pages

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Age range: 7-11

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Halloween is a season of fun and a great way to engage your youngsters in Halloween themed math, puzzles and creativity. This printable booklet contains 51 fun and spooky worksheets and helps to develop important basic skills through;

Coloring pages Dot to dot activities Sudoku Puzzles Crossword Puzzles Anagrams Wordsearches

These are no prep worksheets that are suitable for children from 2nd - 5th Grade and would be great for early finishing tasks, centers, homeschooling, activity days and homework. Answer sheets are included for the puzzle activities.

You will receive a link to download the resources due to file size.

However you choose to use them, children are sure to have great fun whilst engaging in learning and planning will be easier during the season as you simply print and use!

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