Parent's Guide: Fun Activities for Kids!
This parent's guide bundles several short activities that build early comparison vocabulary - thick versus thin, tall versus short - alongside fine motor practice with buttons and straws and beginning calendar awareness through talking about the months. For children ages 3-5, comparing sizes verbally is an important pre-math skill, while threading buttons onto straws strengthens the pincer grip needed later for writing. Together these activities give a well-rounded session touching language, math, and motor development.
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Month 9: Play-Based Preschool Foundational Skills | Ages 4-5
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- Skill:
- Beginning Sounds (Phonics - Letter Sounds): Identify the beginning sound of words.
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- Page 2 of 31 in Month 9: Play-Based Preschool Foundational Skills | Ages 4-5.
How to use this worksheet
Start by laying out paper, crayons, buttons, and straws where your child can reach them easily. Work through the printed activities in order: first the thick/thin and tall/short comparison task, encouraging your child to point and say which item is which; then the buttons-and-straws activity, where they thread or sort buttons by size or color; and finally the calendar discussion, where you talk through the months and any objects or pictures tied to a season. Let your child use scissors and glue for any craft steps with your supervision, and keep each segment short since attention spans at this age are limited.
Materials needed
- Paper
- Pencils
- Crayons
- Buttons
- Straws
- Scissors
- Glue
Extension activities
- 1Line up household objects like spoons, books, or toys and ask your child to sort them from tallest to shortest.
- 2Give your child a handful of buttons and a straw and time how many they can thread in one minute, then try to beat their own record.
- 3Make a simple paper calendar together and mark upcoming events like birthdays or holidays with stickers.
- 4Compare thick and thin objects around the house, like a thick book versus a thin magazine, and sort them into two piles.
- 5Turn leftover buttons and straws into a necklace or bracelet craft your child can wear or gift.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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