Preschool Ideas for my 3 year old while being Homebound

Here are just a few of the things I’ve been doing with my 3 year old to keep us both busy. All easy, quick activities that keep her attention. 

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🐛 🐜 Bugs 🐜 🐛.  We read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and danced to the “Hungry Caterpillar” song by The Learning Station on repeat (google it- so cute, my preschoolers loved it). 

🐛B played in a fun bug inspired sensory bin (black beans, plastic bugs, flowers, digging tools).

🐛We played a fun bug math game. Can do this one with plastic bugs (or print some), a dice, and an ice cube tray. kiddos roll die, identify the numeral (or amount of dots) on the die, and count out that amount of bugs. Each bug is placed in a square in the ice cube tray. Children play until the whole ice cube tray is full. We also used this grid from prekinders 

https://www.prekinders.com/gridgames/bug10.pdf

🐛She then went on a bug hunt. I just put the plastic bugs inside eggs and hide them around the yard. She loved it! 

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🚀 We then went to Outer Space. 

 🚀. We read “Peppa in Space”, watched a space ship take off on YouTube, and danced to “Zoom, zoom, zoom I’m going to the moon” on repeat.                    
                             

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👩‍🚀 B then played with her space themed sensory bin (black beans, alien & astronaut figurines and foam pieces). 

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👩‍🚀We then had some fun with plastic eggs wrapped up in tin foil to make “asteroids”. B played hot potato trying to hold them on a spoon, then had a blast tossing them into a bean bag game we have that I turned into a rocket ship (you could make one out of a cardboard box or just use a laundry basket). Her favorite part was unraveling the asteroids to find little aliens 👽 hidden inside (you could use any little items you have on hand or little snacks).  👩‍🚀👽🚀