Five Senses Crafts and Activities

Take a variety of scented items and have your child try to identify them by scent.

Some items to try:

• Vanilla
• Cinnamon
• Flowers
• Onions
• Chives
• Basil
• Lemon
• Sage leaves

Some of the leaves can be crushed between the children’s fingers. Others can be scraped and smelled.

You can blindfold the child and see if he or she can identify the scents.

Memory Match Smell Game

• Take a variety of scented items and have your child try to identify them by scent.

Make a Smell Book

• Cut pictures out of magazines or print them offline. Items like flowers, skunks, foods, and garbage.

Five Senses Snacks

Eat with your fingers for one snack day.

Eat smelly foods blindfolded another snack day. Let the kids guess what they are eating by smell and taste only.

Or buy some baby food jars and let the kids guess what they are by taste.

Holidays Crafts and Activities

Holidays from New Years to Christmas are a great excuse to teach your preschool child with crafts and activities.

• Valentine’s Day
• President’s Day
• Easter
• Earth Day
• Cinco de Mayo
• Mother’s Day & Father’s Day
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas
• Hanukkah

Letter Z Crafts and Activities

What Starts with this Letter?

• Zebra
• Zoo
• Zipper

Draw a big Letter Z and glue pictures of things that start with this letter.

Letter Y Crafts and Activities

What Starts with this Letter?

• Yam
• Yo-Yo

Draw a big Letter Y and glue pictures of things that start with this letter.

Yellow “Y”

Draw a large Y and give the kids a bunch of yellow crayons or finger paints. Have them color the “Y” yellow.

“Y” Snacks

Serve yogurt for snacktime.

Letter X Crafts and Activities

What Starts with this Letter?

• X-ray
• Xylophone

Draw a big Letter X and glue pictures of things that start with this letter.

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