Fun Preschool Activity: Trip to the Strong National Museum of Play

Last weekend, we took my daughter to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. It was lots of fun! After all, what isn’t there to love about a museum of play? Almost all of their exhibits are interactive. Even if you don’t live near Rochester, NY, many states have museums for kids. They make for a fun family preschool field trip.

Here are some of the things we enjoyed at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.

Visit Elmo’s World and Appear on TV with Elmo!



Shop at the Super Kids Market (Put on by Wegmans Food Markets)



Visit the Field of Play Room





Visit the Berenstain Bears Room





Look at the Rainbow Reef Aquariums



Play at the Make It & Take It Centers



Note: This is just a sample of what was available. We opted to go on Sunday instead of Saturday and their hours were shorter, so we didn’t have as much time as I would have liked. Plus, there is so much to do that it is hard to take pictures of everything! If you would like more information on this particular children’s museum, click here to visit their website.

Fun Preschool Activity: Share Day at Home

This past year, my daughter was in pre-k at our local elementary school. One of the many preschool fun circle time activities she did was having share day. Each Friday, they would bring in a special item to share with the class. Each student would say a few words about their share and then pick two students from the class to ask a question.

Lol, honestly, I think this was my daughter’s favorite part of school. She was devastated a few weeks ago when school ended because there wasn’t going to be anymore Friday share days. So, we started doing share days at home. Although it isn’t as fun as sharing a toy with the entire class, she seems to like it. Have you and your family had a share day at home before? If not, it may be a fun preschool activity to try at home with your child.

Preschool Activity: Doing Preschool Worksheets

Not all children may consider doing preschool worksheets a fun preschool activity, but my daughter does. She loves them. She always says “can I learn?” That means I want to do a preschool worksheet.

I have a lot of preschool workbooks that I bought online and at the Dollar Tree. However, I started to create my own too. All you need is Microsoft Word (which gives you access to their free online clipart).

I just redid and added a bunch of preschool worksheets to my website. You can click here to access them. All the worksheets are kid tested and approved lol by my 5-year-old daughter. There are both color print and black and white preschool worksheets.

Fun Preschool Activities: Cooking Together

If your preschooler, is anything like mine, she loves her food, especially tasty snacks. Nothing is better than enjoying a great snack together. However, it is even better when you cook it together. In fact, cooking together is a fun preschool activity to do at home.

Personally, my daughter and I prepare many foods together. She likes to help make Jell-O and pudding. Our favorite thing to do together is to bake birthday cakes for family.

This is a picture of a cake we made for her dad’s birthday. She helped me add the ingredients, stir, and decorate the cake once it was cooled. Lol, those are really donut holes on the cake. She created a lake of sprinkles inside them. I love the imagination and creativity of small children.

Have you cooked with your child lately and what cute wacky idea did they have?

Fun Preschool Activity: Painting Pumpkins

In my last post, I mentioned how we went to a local pumpkin festival. We purchased a few small pumpkins for a dollar and painted them. It was a lot of fun. I made a face on my pumpkins, but my daughter just painted away.

In the next week or two, we will buy larger pumpkins to carve.

Preschool Activity: Fall Festivals

In my last post, I talked about taking your child to a pumpkin farm or at least a local farm that has fun activities for children. Now is also the time that you will find fall festivals happening.

This past weekend, we attended a local Pumpkin Festival in the next town over. It was pretty fun. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures to show.

There were pony rides, pumpkins for sale, sand crafts, games, face painting, music, puppet shows, and so much more. Not only are fall festivals fun, but they make for great preschool field trips.

Preschool Activity: Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

In my area, we have what I like to call the pumpkin farm. We went last year and are planning a trip this year. If you have a so called pumpkin farm in your area, consider planning a visit. It makes for the perfect preschool field trip!


The picture above was taken last year at the Iron Kettle Pumpkin Farm in Candor, NY.