| Preschool activities are for children between | | | | reciting the ABC's, cutting with scissors, |
| the ages of two and five years of age, | | | | tracing lines with a pencil or crayon, and |
| pre-kindergarten. Preschoolers should have a | | | | drawing and creating projects without lines. |
| variety of different activities to encourage | | | | These pre-reading, pre-writing skills will |
| proper mental and physical development. | | | | help your preschooler develop the proper |
| Emphasis needs to be placed in the focus | | | | background for future life school skills. |
| areas of both fine and gross motor | | | | Critical thinking skills should be |
| development, dramatic play, pre-reading | | | | incorporated into your child's curriculum. |
| skills, pre-writing skills, crtitical | | | | Critical thinking skills will help your child |
| thinking skills, and social skills, as well | | | | become a problem solver in the future. This |
| as others. Fine motor skills should be | | | | will help in the areas of both math and |
| incorporated into preschool activities. Fine | | | | science as well as other areas. Let your |
| motor skills are working with the small | | | | preschooler figure out different options and |
| muscle groups and are the most forgotten. | | | | strategies to get to the same result. Let |
| This will help define your child's writing | | | | them think about the consequences and actions |
| skills, cutting skills, etc. in the future. | | | | of their decisions. Social skills are one of |
| Fine motor skills activities can include, | | | | the most overlooked strategies in the areas |
| sand and water play, cutting activities, | | | | of preschool activities. social skills |
| placing objects into small containers and | | | | include playing with other children, however, |
| areas, hand puppet plays with songs and many | | | | the proper way to interact with children and |
| others. Gross motor skills should be | | | | other people should actually be taught. |
| incorporated into preschool activities. Gross | | | | Appropriate behaviors need to be modeled and |
| motor skills are working with the large motor | | | | taught, how to share, how to take turns, how |
| areas and are most often worked on. These | | | | to say please and thank you, how to interact |
| activities can be achieved by playing on the | | | | in a group, how to wait for their turn, how |
| playground, throwing and kicking a ball, | | | | to be a gracious loser and a good winner, as |
| jumping, skipping, hopping, and any activitiy | | | | well as many others. In summation, preschool |
| that requires the use of your large muscle | | | | activities are a very important part of your |
| groups. Dramatic play incorporated into your | | | | child's growth and educational process. |
| child's preschool activities will help | | | | Proper planning and instruction as well as |
| nurture your child's development. Dramatic | | | | modeling will prepare your child for their |
| play encourages your child to be creative, | | | | educational accomplishments to come. Please |
| think, and reinact situations and scenarios | | | | choose preschool activites appropriately. For |
| on their own intelligence level. Children | | | | more information about this topic or the |
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