Indoor Activities to Keep Your Preschoolers Excited

As the season changes and we move into chillier weather, it can be hard to keep
preschoolers engaged and excited when they're trapped inside.
I am sharing my favorite ways to keep students excited and engaged!

Hula Habitats

Directions- Place as many hula hoops as you can on the floor in the middle of the room. They are the habitats. Children move to music around the outside of the group of hoops. They are the animals such as rabbits, giraffes elephants. When the music stops, children go into a habitat. Sharing is encouraged! Teacher can ask math questions such as- Which hoop has the most rabbits?. During each turn the teacher will remove a hoop. What is the fewest number of hoops that can hold everyone?  

Indoor Snowstorm

Directions- Every child has a scarf and when music plays,  throws and catches it. When music stops each child puts the scarf on their body without using hands to hold it. You also can experiment with catching the scarf without using hands! 

I like my hat! 

Directions- Using the Carole Peterson song- "I like my hat", each child uses a beanbag as a hat and follows the lyrics of the song- Great fun! 

Liven up Story Time

Directions- Each page can be an opportunity to move and have fun. This page from Brown Bear, by Eric Carle inspired me to use Margie La Bella's song- Tweet Tweet little Birdy for some active fun during a recent class of Dance a Story . Teachers and kids had a blast!