Daycare Activities
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Looking for daycare activities to add to your repertoire this school year? You came to the right place. We curated a variety of arts and crafts that will help the development of your children and enhance their motor skills. Explore shapes, colors, textures and have fun!
A Short Story About Animals
Talking about animals is always fun and exciting for small children. This short story will ask them to imagine what animal would they be, based on…
literacy|Preschool
A Short Story About Animals
Talking about animals is always fun and exciting for small children. This short story will ask them to imagine what animal would they be, based on…
literacy|Preschool
Paper Plate Tiger Masks
In this activity, children will create masks to transform into mighty tigers! This role-playing activity allows for lots of social interaction as…
social|Preschool
Paper Plate Tiger Masks
In this activity, children will create masks to transform into mighty tigers! This role-playing activity allows for lots of social interaction as…
social|Preschool
Giraffe Finger Painting
With their long necks and spots, giraffes are one of the most fascinating animals for children. Use this activity to explore them up close while…
emotional|Toddlers
Giraffe Finger Painting
With their long necks and spots, giraffes are one of the most fascinating animals for children. Use this activity to explore them up close while…
emotional|Toddlers
Z is for Zebra - With Cut Out Template
This activity will have your child working on their fine motor skills while learning more about zebras! Really simple and only needing a few everyday…
physical|Preschool
Z is for Zebra - With Cut Out Template
This activity will have your child working on their fine motor skills while learning more about zebras! Really simple and only needing a few everyday…
physical|Preschool
Animal Camouflage Activity
This activity will get your child thinking more about animals and their environments. Use this as an opportunity to stir up discussion about animals…
social|Preschool
Animal Camouflage Activity
This activity will get your child thinking more about animals and their environments. Use this as an opportunity to stir up discussion about animals…
social|Preschool
Build a Zoo
This is a fun and easy activity to do with any child, building on keeping their attention while allowing them to explore their creativity. This…
cognitive|Toddlers
Build a Zoo
This is a fun and easy activity to do with any child, building on keeping their attention while allowing them to explore their creativity. This…
cognitive|Toddlers
All About Me - A Short Story
This short story will remind children that everyone is different! Going beyond physical traits, every kid will have different preferences of animals…
literacy|Preschool
All About Me - A Short Story
This short story will remind children that everyone is different! Going beyond physical traits, every kid will have different preferences of animals…
literacy|Preschool
A Water Cycle Story
Reading is a great way to encourage language and development of literacy. This short story about the water cycle will teach children more about where…
literacy|Preschool
A Water Cycle Story
Reading is a great way to encourage language and development of literacy. This short story about the water cycle will teach children more about where…
literacy|Preschool
Walking Water Science Experiment
Get your child excited about water and science with this fun experiment! This activity will have your child building on their reasoning and logic as…
cognitive|Preschool
Walking Water Science Experiment
Get your child excited about water and science with this fun experiment! This activity will have your child building on their reasoning and logic as…
cognitive|Preschool
Spell Your Name
Having your child learn more about themselves is always fun and a great place to start is with their own name! Seeing how different letters come…
literacy|Preschool
Spell Your Name
Having your child learn more about themselves is always fun and a great place to start is with their own name! Seeing how different letters come…
literacy|Preschool
Self-Portrait Activity
This activity is a great way to help your child understand that everyone is different in their own special way. Plus, learning about who they are will…
emotional|Preschool
Self-Portrait Activity
This activity is a great way to help your child understand that everyone is different in their own special way. Plus, learning about who they are will…
emotional|Preschool
Exploring Fingerprints Activity
Exploring fingerprints is a fun way to show your child that they are unique in a cool way! This is an easy science experiment that will not only touch…
emotional|Preschool
Exploring Fingerprints Activity
Exploring fingerprints is a fun way to show your child that they are unique in a cool way! This is an easy science experiment that will not only touch…
emotional|Preschool
All About Me Puzzle
This activity will help toddlers explore how they picture themselves. Using their fine motor and cognition skills, children will color in the…
physical|Toddlers
All About Me Puzzle
This activity will help toddlers explore how they picture themselves. Using their fine motor and cognition skills, children will color in the…
physical|Toddlers
Fill Your Hands!
Get your toddler exploring more about their hands and what fits inside them with this simple activity. All your child will need to do is draw an…
cognitive|Toddlers
Fill Your Hands!
Get your toddler exploring more about their hands and what fits inside them with this simple activity. All your child will need to do is draw an…
cognitive|Toddlers
Feelings Chart for Calming Corner - with Printable
Students often have a range of emotions in preschool. They can be happy one second and angry the next and often do not know how to express or lack…
emotional|Preschool
Feelings Chart for Calming Corner - with Printable
Students often have a range of emotions in preschool. They can be happy one second and angry the next and often do not know how to express or lack…
emotional|Preschool
Floating Marker Experiment
Let your child explore the effects of water on different materials as they watch their artwork take on a life of its own! Draw with dry erase markers…
cognitive|Toddlers
Floating Marker Experiment
Let your child explore the effects of water on different materials as they watch their artwork take on a life of its own! Draw with dry erase markers…
cognitive|Toddlers
Raindrop Melted Crayon Sun Catchers
On a rainy day, this activity will make the blues go away as your child creates their own raindrops out of crayon shavings while using their fine…
physical|Toddlers
Raindrop Melted Crayon Sun Catchers
On a rainy day, this activity will make the blues go away as your child creates their own raindrops out of crayon shavings while using their fine…
physical|Toddlers
Spray Bottle Water Art
Get ready to get messy with this activity! Your toddler will get to explore colors, using their fine motor skills and also understanding how things…
social|Toddlers
Spray Bottle Water Art
Get ready to get messy with this activity! Your toddler will get to explore colors, using their fine motor skills and also understanding how things…
social|Toddlers
Oil and Water Lava Lamp Experiment
This is a fun experiment to show your kids how different liquids don’t always mix. Using food coloring, water, vegetable oil and Alka-Seltzer tablets…
literacy|Preschool
Oil and Water Lava Lamp Experiment
This is a fun experiment to show your kids how different liquids don’t always mix. Using food coloring, water, vegetable oil and Alka-Seltzer tablets…
literacy|Preschool
Christmas Tree Craft for Preschoolers
Doing a Christmas tree is a preschool staple, and there are many different ways to create one. Instead of felt, paper, or paper plates, this time you…
social|Preschool
Christmas Tree Craft for Preschoolers
Doing a Christmas tree is a preschool staple, and there are many different ways to create one. Instead of felt, paper, or paper plates, this time you…
social|Preschool
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This is your place to find childcare activities to help you complete your best work and improve learning outcomes for children aged zero to five. All free and available to discuss, borrow and reuse! Consider this your "ECE Library" for new ideas and materials, submitted by early childhood educators just like you. Our activities are separated by domain, to help you find exactly what you are looking for.