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55+ Activities for 5 Year Olds

55+ Activities for 5 Year Olds

March 5, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone 3 Comments

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This is the ultimate list of activities for 5 year olds! Five year olds are working hard on many cognitive, physical and social skills. These range from expanding their counting and beginning to read, to story telling and more adept physical activity such as skipping. These 55+ activities for 5 year olds include play-based learning ideas to work on science, math, literacy, art and fine/gross motor skills! 

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These 55+ activities for 5 year olds include play-based learning ideas to work on science, math, literacy, art and fine/gross motor skills!

 

55+ Activities for 5 Year Olds

Science

These 55+ activities for 5 year olds include play-based learning ideas to work on science, math, literacy, art and fine/gross motor skills!

Butterfly Life Cycle with Pasta Activity (pictured)

Nebula Calm Down Jar: Sensory and Science 

Create a Flying Machine STEM Challenge for Kids  (pictured)

Simple Bug Hotel for Kids // Red Ted Art (pictured)

Exploring Shadows // The Pinterested Parent

Science Experiments with Egg Parachutes // J Daniel 4’s Mom

STEM Challenge to Go with Giraffes Can’t Dance // Preschool Powol Packets

STEM Activity: Build a Chair // There’s Just One Mommy

Volcano Science Experiment // Love Play and Learn

Science and Art: The Four Seasons of a Tree // KC Edventures

Kid Science Egg Carton Catapult // J Daniel 4’s Mom

Vanishing Ghosts Activity // There’s Just One Mommy

What Causes Storms // Frogs and Fairies

Floating Egg Experiment // There’s Just One Mommy

 

 

Arts & Crafts

These 55+ activities for 5 year olds include play-based learning ideas to work on science, math, literacy, art and fine/gross motor skills!

Painted Heart Suncatchers  (pictured)

Simple Bird Seed Bear Craft for Kids  (pictured)

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft // Red Ted Art

Rubber Cement and Watercolor Resist Art (pictured)

Make, Explore, Paint Rainbows // The Pinterested Parent

Fizzing Fireworks Painting  (pictured)

Process Art Craft Stick Rainbow Collaborative Art // Preschool Powol Packets

How to Make Homemade Puffy Paint // Simply Southern Mom

Free Printable Heart Glasses // Messy Little Monster

Yarn Rubbing Process Art 

Erasable Wall Decal Ocean Sticker Art // Artsy Momma

Parts of a Flower Craft for Kids // Natural Beach Living

Pour Painting Flower Pots // Messy Little Monster

Color Changing Chalk // Frogs and Fairies

Cardboard Batplane // Messy Little Monster

Cork Sail Boats // Frogs and Fairies

Math

These 55+ activities for 5 year olds include play-based learning ideas to work on science, math, literacy, art and fine/gross motor skills!

Counting Money Busy Bag (pictured)

Penguin Dice Addition Game // Adventures and Play (pictured)

Lite Brite Geoboard // There’s Just One Mommy

Free Monster Word Problems // You’ve Got This Math

Montessori Inspired Skip Counting for Kids // The Natural Homeschool

Hilarious Number Line Games // Teach me Mommy

Literacy

These 55+ activities for 5 year olds include play-based learning ideas to work on science, math, literacy, art and fine/gross motor skills!

See and Spell with Toy Train Cars (pictured)

Unlock the Sight Word Lock and Key Game  (pictured)

Make a Word Wall // The Stay at Home Mom Survival Guide (pictured)

Sight Word Splat with the Unicorn Popper

Montessori Inspired Farm Spelling Words // Natural Beach Living

Fun DIY Letter Sounds Game // Little Worlds Big Adventures

Polar Express Train Track Letter Puzzle // Adventures and Play (pictured)

Spell Your Name Hopscotch Game // The Stay at Home Mom Survival Guide

 

Fine and Gross Motor Activities

These 55+ activities for 5 year olds include play-based learning ideas to work on science, math, literacy, art and fine/gross motor skills!

 

Felt Cookie Busy Bag (pictured)

Fall Tree Button Practice   (pictured)

Shopkins I-Spy Bag  (pictured)

Jump and Wash Dinosaur Play // Little Worlds Big Adventures  (pictured)

Nature and Art Sensory Play // KC Edventures

Teaching Kids to Sew // The Stay At Home Mom Survival Guide

How to Create a Loose Parts Small World with Toys // Little Worlds Big Adventures

Jelly Bean Sorting Busy Bag // Teach Me Mommy

Invitation to Explore Loose Parts on a Mirror // Little Worlds Big Adventures

DIY Sponge Water Bombs // Messy Little Monster

Mini Magnetic Fishing Game // Little Worlds Big Adventures

Kind Words Sensory Lesson Friendship  // Preschool Powol Packets


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Comments

  1. maggy, red ted art says

    March 6, 2017 at 6:27 am

    Wow! What a fantastic resource! Thanks for including our coffee filter butterflies!!

    Reply
  2. Christina @There's Just One Mommy says

    March 6, 2017 at 8:26 am

    What a great collection of ideas that any 5 year-old would love! And they are all so different, too.

    Thanks for including our Build a Chair and Vanishing Ghosts activities.

    Reply
  3. Pam says

    March 6, 2017 at 12:49 pm

    This is an awesome list of activities. I can’t wait to try some of these with the kids. Thanks for including our puffy paint. Pinning this!

    Reply

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