Story Time

Instead of simply reading your child's favorite book again, make it interactive. Let him/her choose a page or scene from the book and act it out. For example, my son loves construction equipment,... Read More

Read a book with your child. In a small cup, mix 1/4 cup of milk with a few drops of food coloring. Use a Q-tip to paint the colored milk onto a piece of bread. Ask your child to paint their... Read More

With your kids, sing the old summer camp song 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt.' (If you can't remember the words, you can find them here www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/teddy/bearhunt.html). Afterwards go... Read More

Try just starting a story in a quiet-ish moment. It can be a total non sequitur, no moral, no point, no lesson. Look at your little one and start with 'Did I ever tell you about ...' and just... Read More

Read The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss. Have your child demonstrate the pairs of opposite words using their own feet. For example, put one foot low and one foot high. One foot forward and one foot... Read More

This is a great activity for long car rides! You and your child (or children) take turns adding to a story. The parent begins by saying the first line (e.g. 'Once upon a time there was a little... Read More

My children all played this precious snack-time game at their preschool, and it has remained our favorite way to eat goldfish crackers. How to play: Explain to your child that you're going to tell... Read More

Give your child several sheets of paper and some stickers. If you wish, you can cut the paper into shapes (example: hearts for Valentine's Day). Your child can then put the stickers (and draw,... Read More

Wooden puzzle pieces, especially the chunky ones or ones with pegs, make great 'characters' for pretend play. If your child is through with fitting the pieces into the spaces, or just never took... Read More

Next time you read a story to your preschooler, try this activity to develop his problem solving and creative thinking skills. When you get to a point in the story where the character faces a... Read More

Encourage your child to recreate a story or create one of his own by using this magnetic story board. Pull out one of your old, burnt, baking sheets (or get them cheap at a garage sale). Cover... Read More

Buy 2 cheap books; the best kinds are the ones that are the kind that are bound with staples. Take both books apart, and put all of the pages on the table so that one of each page is facing up. ... Read More

Use this activity to help build your child's memory skills and story-telling skills. Take simply drawn characters from your preschooler's favorite book (Very Busy Spider or Brown Bear, Brown Bear... Read More

To Tell a Tale works like this: Give the first player a pen to use as a microphone. She begins a story and when she passes the pen, the next person continues it. You can pass it back and forth,... Read More

Here's an activity you can do before bedtime or on long car rides. Suggest three or four characters (say a pig, a basket, a car, and an apple) and challenge your child to create a story that uses... Read More

There is just something magical about the cadence and content of Eric Carle's books. My kids loved Brown Bear, Brown Bear so much that we have made several book adaptations in our house. One is a... Read More

Select a few pages from a coloring book. Laminate the pages (you can have them laminated for you at a local office supply store or you can purchase laminate sheets that don't require heat from... Read More

This takes a little time and is a little messy, but is well worth the effort for the cuteness factor! Paint half of your little one's foot, from heel to mid-foot, with red and white stripes. ... Read More

Read a book with rhyming words, such as Goodnight Moon, with your child. As you read it, ask your child to help you find the rhyming words. Write down each rhyming pair. Talk about how some... Read More

Celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday by making Cat in the Hat hats. Take a 9x13 piece of white paper and have your child paint red horizontal stripes. Let dry. Meanwhile, cut out the circle part of a... Read More