101+ Indoor & Outdoor Activities For Kids



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Many schools are closing due to the imminent threat of COVID-19 and I’ve been getting lots of requests from my followers on how to keep our preschoolers and kids busy indoors and outdoors (in case you have your own yard).
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I hope you will like the ideas. What is more they are coming not only from my experience but I have also introduced some of my favorite bloggers.
What if I don’t have the items at home to set up these indoor and outdoor activities?
No need to worry. There is so many of them that for sure, you will find something for you. You do not need to perform all of them. And if you are determined enough head on to Amazon to order them.
So let’s start.
- What if I don’t have the items at home to set up these indoor and outdoor activities?
- Teach Your Child Addition
- Teach Your Child Subtraction
- Teach Your Child Square Numbers
- Teach Your Child Multiplication
- Teach Your Child To Tight Its Shoes
- Teach Your Child To Estimate? – Blue Water Beads Estimation
- 7 Ways To Teach Your Child Letters
- Teach Your Child Shapes
- 32 Ways To Discover Physics And Chemistry With Your Child
- What Are The Molecules And Atoms For Kids?
- Density Experiment I – Coloring The Water
- Density Experiment II – Floating Eggs
- Density Experiment III – 5-layer Liquid
- Egg In A Bottle – A One-Way Trip
- Bubble Tube
- Raising Water Using Candle And A Tube
- Self-Inflating Balloon
- Firing Up The Balloon
- Cold And Warm Water Experiment
- Learn About Friction On A Bottle Of Water
- Weights – Archimedes Law For Children
- Thermal Imaging
- Magic Of Electro-Magnetic Currents
- Learn About The Static Electricity Using A Balloon And Hair
- Magnetic Butterfly
- Fruity Atoms
- Home-Made Volcano
- Elephant Toothpaste
- Melting Heart
- Self-Growing Bubble
- Dry Ice Bubbles
- Dry Ice Pumpkins
- Ames Room
- Oil Dancing Bubbles
- Frozen Flower
- Crystal Hearts
- Small Balls – The Centrifugal Force For Kids
- Home-made Volcano Eruption
- Elephant Toothpaste
- Dancing Grapes
- Separate Water Into Hydrogen And Oxygen
- 26 Ways To Develop Sensory Skills With A Preschooler
- Rock Painting
- Diy Bowling Using Paper cups
- Rainbow Sponge
- Water Rainbow
- Painting Flamingo Using Hands
- Rescue Nemo And Count
- Draw A Tasty Mars
- Salt Painting
- A Toilet-Paper Rainbow
- Glitter Sensory Bag
- Draw A Heart
- Sensory Heart
- Playdough Maze
- Train Your Brain
- Marbles Trees
- Sensory Tubes
- Christmas Sensory Bin
- Plastic Crafts
- Glitter Leaves
- Painting With Salt
- Flowering Tree
- Shaving Cream Paintings
- Flowers
- Heart Rainbow And Addition
- Woolen Hair
- Water Beads Rainbow
- 3 Easter Activities
- 10 Magical Activities For Kids
- How To Introduce A Clock To A Preschooler?
- Teach Your Child A Logical Thinking
- Introduce Biology To A Preschooler
- 3 Activities With A Paper Carton
- 4 Activities With A Tray
- 3 Activities With Pom Poms
- Make A Pizza With Your Kid
- Water Beads In A Balloon – Slow Motion Video
- 5 Christmas Activities
- Go BIG, BIGGER, THE BIGGEST
- Special Programs And Events
Teach Your Child Addition
We practice the addition of bigger numbers. It is always tricky for kids as usually, we start counting using fingers; thus you have a limited number of them! The addition of bigger numbers could be so easy, you have just to add certain digits. To introduce this technique, I prepared a math board with digits, to ease the process, I used some colorful clips.
What do you need?
- Cardboard
- Markers
- Glue
- Clips
What skills do you practice?
- Addition
Check out our movie on how to teach a preschooler addition
Teach Your Child Subtraction
Today we used cardboard and clothespins to practice subtraction. I wrote on cardboard bunnies numbers to subtract and put the appropriate numbers on them.
Atena had to subtract numbers and remove relevant numbers of clothespins to have the correct result.
I cut cardboard bunnies. It took me less than 10 minutes.
What do you need?
- Cardboard
- Markers
- Clothespins
- Scissors
What skills do you practice?
- Math, Subtraction
Check out our movie on how to teach a preschooler substraction
Teach Your Child Square Numbers
What is a square number?
It is the product of some integer with itself. Example: 25 is a square number since it can be written 5 x 5.
Today we are practicing multiplication.
Additionally, I have introduced square numbers. I created the learning resource using an egg carton; I used the rainbow theme to encourage Atena to practice; it is so inviting for kids. Multiplication is still challenging for her, but we work on it systematically. We used dice to make it more attractive and random.
What do you need?
- Egg carton
- Marker
- Paints and brush
- Dice
What skills do you practice?
- Math, Multiplication
Check out our movie on how to perform square numbers activity
Teach Your Child Multiplication
Letter M is for Multiplication and math.
Today we started to learn multiplication. To make the activity more attractive, I used the Easter theme, small wooden eggs, and colorful dices.
What do you need?
- Something that could be counted
- Dices
What skills do you practice?
- Math, Multiplication
Watch our video where I demonstrate how to perform this multiplication activity
Teach Your Child To Tight Its Shoes
I prepared simply DIY shoe for Atena to encourage her to learn how to tie shoelaces.
We used old shoe cartons, winter shoes of the younger sister, and cardboard from another box. We have a lot of packing materials at home now as we order mostly everything via the internet.
She tried, and has not learnt yet, but I think it will happen in a few days! 🙂
What do you need?
- 💛Old carton
- 💛Cardboard
- 💛Ribbon or lace
- 💛Paints
- 💛Brush
- 💛Knife / Scissors
What skills do you practice?
💛Practical life skills
Watch our video where I demonstrate how to execute shoe tightening exercise
Teach Your Child To Estimate? – Blue Water Beads Estimation
7 Ways To Teach Your Child Letters
Matching Letters
Art The Alphabet – Letter M
Find Your Name
B Like A Bird
Letters Part 1
Letters Part 2 – Letter Stamps
Letters Sensory Bag
Teach Your Child Shapes
3d Shapes
Math Art
How Many Squares
32 Ways To Discover Physics And Chemistry With Your Child
What Are The Molecules And Atoms For Kids?
Density Experiment I – Coloring The Water
Density Experiment II – Floating Eggs
Density Experiment III – 5-layer Liquid
Egg In A Bottle – A One-Way Trip
Bubble Tube
Raising Water Using Candle And A Tube
Self-Inflating Balloon
Firing Up The Balloon
Cold And Warm Water Experiment
Learn About Friction On A Bottle Of Water
Weights – Archimedes Law For Children
Thermal Imaging
Magic Of Electro-Magnetic Currents
Learn About The Static Electricity Using A Balloon And Hair
Magnetic Butterfly
Fruity Atoms
Home-Made Volcano
Elephant Toothpaste
Melting Heart
Self-Growing Bubble
Dry Ice Bubbles
Dry Ice Pumpkins
Ames Room
Oil Dancing Bubbles
Frozen Flower
Crystal Hearts
Small Balls – The Centrifugal Force For Kids
Home-made Volcano Eruption
Elephant Toothpaste
Dancing Grapes
Separate Water Into Hydrogen And Oxygen
26 Ways To Develop Sensory Skills With A Preschooler
Rock Painting
Diy Bowling Using Paper cups
Rainbow Sponge
Water Rainbow
Painting Flamingo Using Hands
Rescue Nemo And Count
Draw A Tasty Mars
Salt Painting
A Toilet-Paper Rainbow
Glitter Sensory Bag
Draw A Heart
Sensory Heart
Playdough Maze
Train Your Brain
Marbles Trees
Sensory Tubes
Christmas Sensory Bin
Plastic Crafts
Glitter Leaves
Painting With Salt
Flowering Tree
Shaving Cream Paintings
Flowers
Heart Rainbow And Addition
Woolen Hair
Water Beads Rainbow
3 Easter Activities
Easter Eggs Coloring
Easter Math
Diy Easter Egg
10 Magical Activities For Kids
Mindblower – A Disappearing Coin
Magical Flower From The Toilet Paper
Spooky Candles
Billiard Balls And Gravity
Hide Your Kid In The Bubble
Magical Balloon
Silver Egg
Black Magic Hand
Disappearing Glass
Dancing Balls And A Hairdryer
How To Introduce A Clock To A Preschooler?
Teach Your Child A Logical Thinking
Tic Tac Toe
Pom Poms Fractions
Computer Science
Blocks
Discover Patterns
Discover Even More Difficult Patterns With Your Kid
Teach Addition Using Patterns
Discover Sets And Subsets With Your Child
Introduce Biology To A Preschooler
Biosphere – Time-Lapse Video
Learn About Bacterias Using Candies
3 Activities With A Paper Carton
Egg Carton
Diy Hearts
Heart Piggy Bank
4 Activities With A Tray
Sea Exploration
Sea Creatures Tray
Sea World
Planets Tray
3 Activities With Pom Poms
Pom Poms I
Pom Poms Ice Cubes
Hunting Pompoms
Make A Pizza With Your Kid
Water Beads In A Balloon – Slow Motion Video
5 Christmas Activities
Santa Claus
Christmas Math
Snow
Snowman
Smurf In The Jar
Go BIG, BIGGER, THE BIGGEST
Fly To The Moon
Feel The Power Of Wind
Fly To Mars
Special Programs And Events
We are all trying to do our best to support local communities and families with kids and teens who are looking for structured at-home activities where they are being directed by an instructor.
If you are looking for STEM activities near Massachusets, most of the summer camps and programs are not running in-person events this summer.
Therefore please check the list of virtual summer activities for kids in MA prepared by my colleague – Cyndi.