Imaginative preschool activities can help in laying a firm foundation for success in school
performance. Preschool is not just about fun and naps, finger painting, etc. It
is also about developing learning skills that enhance learning potentials through
appropriate activities.
Apart
from being fun, preschool activities promote skills that will help the kids in
all kinds of achievement throughout their adult life. Moreover, preschool
activities are launch pads for the visual development of children.
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What can preschool activities develop?
Early childhood education
teachers can successfully make use of vision therapy activities for developing
skills like focus, convergence, visualization, tracking, visual memory, sequencing
and coding, and fine motor control.
It is
a proven fact that correct vision therapy exercises can develop such important skills
in preschoolers. Consequentially, they help achieve long-term success by offering
an edge over others. The creativity is in producing the therapies in fun tasks so that the little ones will do the required exercises, and make the most of the
overall experience.
Activities that help
After
in-depth researching, behavioral optometrists have come up with powerful fun
exercises, designed for capturing the enthusiasm and attention of young
children. They are intended to cultivate
the visual skills needed for achieving success in their educational career. Simple
techniques when applied smartly during games can result in exciting preschool
therapies. Such exercises do go a long way in assisting cognitive development
of children. Given below are a few such exercises.
1.
Musical Chairs
Musical
chairs help students sharpen their listening skill by testing how alert they
are in distinguishing between silence and sound. It teaches as well preparedness
for quick responses, self-regulation, and lightning-like reflexes.
2.
Hide and Seek
Hide
an object in the classroom and then give the kids specific instructions such as
these: “move two steps backward” or “walk towards something red”, to lead them
to the hidden object. This game not only reinforces listening skills but also
gives practice in carrying out verbal instructions. Furthermore, it has a wider
scope for teaching children colors, positional words, shapes and the like.
3.
Art and Craft
Coloring,
drawing, finger painting, cutting, and pasting are all art and craft exercises
that are designed to develop fine motor skills of preschoolers.
4.
Sock Puppets Show
Students
can come up with hand puppets created out of socks and together put up a show in
the class. Creating puppets helps again to develop fine motor skills. In
addition, talking to others with the puppet helps to develop communication and language
skills. It also helps in teaching children how to resolve conflicts using words.
Thus,
imaginative fun activities and games for preschoolers can develop powerful
skills in them. This is important in early
childhood education as it is capable of laying the foundation for all their
achievements later in their life.
A
note of caution: the fun activities and games should be designed carefully to
kindle real interest and fun in the children. If not the efforts made will not
lead to the expected outcome.
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