Preschool offers a learning environment that fosters social, emotional, and cognitive growth by encouraging children to work and play together. While your kids are at home, you can continue their development with fun and educational games. Here are some activities your young ones may do in preschool that you can also do at home.

What Games Should You Play With Preschoolers?

1. Puzzles

Puzzles teach young children how to make pieces fit together to form a complete picture. They’ll learn patience as they spend time solving the puzzle, in addition to learning how to recognize different shapes. This activity is also excellent for the memory, as kids must remember the big picture and small details about the shapes of pieces.

2. Hide & Seek

Hide and seek provides an excellent way to help your kids spend more time outdoors, but you can also play this game indoors on rainy days. Children will exercise their problem-solving skills as they choose a place to hide or search for you. Alternatively, hide an object, such as a toy or candy, have your child search for it, and give it to them as a reward when they find it. 

3. Simon Says

Simon Says is one of the best games for teaching pre-kindergarten kids how to follow directions. As you call out commands, your children will follow your example. This game gets kids moving, as you can have them dance, hop up and down, or do jumping jacks. 

4. Scavenger Hunts

Scavenger hunts require your kids to follow instructions, solve riddles, and find particular objects to advance to the next level. They’ll get plenty of mental exercise as they decipher clues. They’ll also get physical exercise as they move about to locate items. 

Keep your children laughing and smiling while learning and growing with preschool programs from Lov-In Hands Daycare. This child enrichment center offers pre-kindergarten and after-school programs to kids aged two weeks to five years in the Rosedale and Queens, NY, areas. Call (718) 723-0324 to enroll your young ones in preschool, or visit their website to learn more about how they can educate your children in a warm and nurturing atmosphere.