6 Ideas to Try Right Now
Sticker Sorting Game
- 1Draw sections on paper (colours, shapes, animals).
- 2Give your child a sticker sheet.
- 3Challenge: put each sticker in the right section.
Interactive Storytelling
- 1Start telling a story about a character.
- 2Pause at key moments and ask your child to make the decision.
- 3Continue the story based on their choices!
Sensory Texture Hunt
- 1Find something soft, something hard, something smooth, and something rough in the room.
- 2Have your child touch and describe each object.
- 3Repeat with different textures.
Sponge Water Transfer
- 1Fill one bowl with water and leave the other empty.
- 2Give your child a large sponge.
- 3Let them soak water from one bowl and squeeze it into the other.
Feelings Faces Game
- 1Draw 4 faces on paper plates: happy, sad, angry, surprised.
- 2Call out a feeling and your child holds up the right face.
- 3Swap: your child calls it, you hold it up.
This builds emotional vocabulary — one of the best 3–4yo investments.
Color Matching Relay
- 1Place sheets of colored paper at one end of the room.
- 2Scatter matching colored toys at the other end.
- 3Have your child run, grab a toy, and place it on the matching paper.
