Are you concerned that your preschooler is too busy playing to learn anything? It seems to be a constant theme for homeschooling moms who want to see some measurable progress in their child. Well, do not worry, your child really is learning. Here is part 1 of things your preschooler learns while playing.
Driving Toy Cars: Playing with toy cars can teach many basic life lessons. Children learn how to follow road signs like stop and go using activity driving rugs, as well as learning to recognize important buildings like churches, schools, and fire stations.
I Spy: Whether you use the board game or play it spontaneously, “I Spy” Teaches your preschooler colors, rhyming, and matching. It also teaches them to pay attention to the world around them.
Lego’s: Playing with Lego’s building sets help develop a child’s mind for logic, structure, math, architecture, and helps a child become process oriented. Lego’s were my child’s favorite toy growing up. He would build elaborate towers and structures that seemed to defy gravity. We were convinced he would be an architect. While he is still a kid at 13 years of age, it is obvious to us know that all those years of playing with Lego’s helped develop his mind for the slow, tedious, process oriented work or writing computer programs and creating flash media graphics. Playing with Lego’s can also lead to a future in robotics.
Play Kitchen: Every preschooler, boys and girls alike, should have access to a kitchen. For safety in play, it would not hurt to have a play kitchen. Some of the things your preschooler can learn in the kitchen are cooperative play (with friends and family), nutrition lessons, and early cooking skills like measuring and mixing ingredients. The Little Tykes Cookin Fun Interactive Kitchen is quite affordable and includes a kitchen timer that helps your child understand the passage of time.
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