My daughter is all about the games. Make something a game and she'll almost always be on board...for a little while at least...until it's time to clean up. Right? However, she also LOVES games that are wwaaayyy too old for her. She regularly pulls out our Sorry, Dominoes, Bananagrams, and Rumikub from the game cabinet to "play a game" with the pieces.
Recently in preschool we have been working on number recognition, and my little guy is just starting to catch on to a few of the basic colors.
Tools for teaching you kids can come from ANYWHERE. For me it largely depends on how much "mess" I'm willing to let them make with something clearly above their age level. Yesterday we played with the tiles from our Rumikub game. We did number and color identification and sequencing. Little girl practiced her numbers, little boy practiced his colors.
As with all preschool activities, it didn't last long, but I have to remind myself they are learning and they are having fun. The pieces in our set are durable and easily washable so they really aren't going to hurt anything or themselves.
From one mom to another, think out of the box, and use what you have to do the best you can with your kids. They clearly prefer this to a box of preschool flashcards. Your kids may too.
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