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Make learning for toddlers and preschoolers more exciting with hands-on activities. Try out these fun learning activities for kids to do at home as you get ready for school.
It’s almost time for kids to go back to school! Learning doesn’t have to take place only at school, though.
Have fun learning about colors, shapes, letters, and words with these fun educational activities you can do at home.
100+ Fun Learning Activities For Kids To Do At Home
These are all easy activities that you can do at home with your toddlers and preschoolers.
Which activities will you try first?
Fun Learning Activities For Kids: Shapes
Have fun learning about squares, circles, stars, and more with these fun shape learning activities for kids!
- Introduce toddlers to shapes with 10 fun shapes activities found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Create animals with shapes in a zoo animals shape craft found on A Blog From the Pond.
- Make more shape animals as seen on The Educators’ Spin On It.
- Get active while you hunt for shapes with a photo scavenger hunt, just like on Hands On As We Grow.
- Sort shapes with this simple card sorting activity found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Make stars out of toothpicks with this experiment from Rookie Parenting.
Add in a little science fun with 50 easy experiments for kids!
Fun Learning Activities For Kids: Words & Letters
Have fun practicing ABCs, phonics, sight words, and spelling names with these easy and fun learning activities for kids.
No boring worksheets required!
- Check out these 12 fun phonics activities from Hands On As We Grow to practice sounding out words.
- Use plastic Easter eggs for a letter matching activity with an idea from Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary.
- Practice sight words with these 12 sight word activities found on Hands On As We Grow.
- The Imagination Tree uses a basket for their phonics sounds sorting activity.
- Practice beginning letter sounds with this beginning letter sounds sorting game found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Try 50 incredible alphabet activities for preschoolers, found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Discover 21 obvious and crazy ways to practice spelling words found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Try some more spelling word practice with these homemade spelling cards found on Confidence Meets Parenting.
- Practice writing names with these 35 name activities found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Find unique ways to write your child’s name with 12 name writing activities found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Practice letters using shaving cream with this shaving cream activity from Hands On As We Grow.
- Get active while learning words with this bean bag toss sight words game from Hands On As We Grow.
- Practice writing words with this triple name tracing fun activity, from Hands On As We Grow.
- Hands On As We Grow makes Easter eggs into a fun sight word scavenger hunt.
- Play hide and seek in this fun spelling game from What Do We Do All Day.
Add in a little counting and numbers practice with 40 number activities for preschoolers.
Fun Learning Activities For Kids: Colors
Colors can be found all around us. Have fun exploring and learning about colors with these simple color learning activities for kids.
- Sort colors with this color sensory bag found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Experiment with color mixing eruptions with an idea from Learn Play Imagine.
- Go on a color hunt with your toddler, just like Busy Toddler.
- A DIY color matching mat does double duty with fine motor skills practice, with a how-to from Hands On As We Grow.
- Make an upcycled clock color matching craft with a guide from Hands On As We Grow.
- Sort colors with this sticky window color matching activity from Hands On As We Grow.
- Use fall leaves and a color chart to make learning fun, as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
- Go on a preschool color scavenger hunt as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
- Match colors while creating a beautiful rainbow with this Cheerios Rainbow craft as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
- Don’t step in the lava as you jump from color to color, with an activity found on Hands On As We Grow.
- Match colors across the house with this connect the colors activity as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
- Make a color matching collage as seen on Hands On As We Grow.