Activities for 5 Year Olds

Preschooler activities that are perfect for 5 to 6 year olds.

Please note: This is just the age that we tried these activities in our house.
These activities may be suitable for other ages. As well as not suitable for your child that is of this age. Please take into consideration the level of development that your child is at.

Other Ages to Explore:

The Kids Went Dumpster Diving… in a Cardboard Box!

Self Portraits for the Kids First Day of School Outfit

Squiggle! Tracing Lines on the Driveway

Making Fitness for Kids FUN!

Turn Leftover Kids Art into Streamers

Drawing on the Floor Kids Art! Super Simple Art Project

Classic Summer Craft: Coffee Filter Butterflies

Shape Activity: Sorting Blocks as a Graph

Fun Process Art for the Kids: Make Rain Art!

A Beginning Letter Sounds Hunt for Toys to Wash

Listening Activity with Blocks

Confetti Sprinkled Candy Bar Wrappers Craft for Father’s Day

Water Experiment: Find Out What Absorbs Water!

Learning Upper and Lowercase Letters on the Sidewalk

Learning Activity with Dominoes

Gross Motor Activity: Can You Move Like Baby Does?

Craft for Kids: Textured Painted Letter for Wall

Hey! I'm Jamie. I have 3 boys that are crazy energetic & we like to have fun!

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