Outdoor Activities for Preschoolers

Outdoor Activities for Preschoolers provides daycare providers and parents with activities for children to run off that extra energy outdoors.

• 6 cups water
• 2 cups Joy Dish Soap
• 3/4 c. corn syrup

How to play:

Pick one child to be the "stoplight". All the other children are "cars". The stoplight stands in a designated spot, with their back to the other children, about 20 - 25 feet away.

The children playing the "cars" should line up shoulder-to-shoulder. The "stoplight" hollers out "green light" and all the "cars" begin to move. Picking different amounts of time each time, the stoplight yells out "red light". All the cars must stop immediately. After yelling out "red light", the stoplight turns around. If he/she sees any cars moving, they are sent back to the start line. The winner is the car that reaches the stoplight first.

How to play:

One child is designated to be the runner. All the other children sit criss-cross applesauce style in a circle. The runner starts by walking around the outside of the circle, tapping each child on the head and saying "duck". At any time of their choosing, instead of saying "duck", they say "goose" when tapping a child's head. The runner begins to run around the circle. The child who was tapped as "goose" quickly stands up and chases the runner. If they tag the runner, they sit back down in their spot and the runner repeats the process. If the runner makes it around the entire circle and sits in the empty spot, the chaser now becomes the new runner.