Preschool Activity Box

Here is a familiar scenario at our house:

1. I find great ideas to use with preschoolers during school time (mostly from you wonderful homeschool bloggers!)
2. I think to myself...I will remember to do that...
3. I FORGET! Or I forgot WHERE I put that idea for reference...

So, a few years back, I started collecting those ideas with the intent of putting them together into a box that I could go to when I needed some inspiration. I needed all the ideas in ONE PLACE! Well, I FINALLY sat down to do that this morning.

Here's what it looks like:

I started with colored index cards and a card box with dividers.


I thought up how I wanted to divide my activities...here is what I came up with...


Now, time to add the activities...

If the activity needed directions, I usually just put it on one card, like this...


But, for the most part, I tried to do groups of cards like this...


I couldn't see flipping through thousands of cards looking for an idea during a school day. I needed easy, so less is best for me...

Now, when I find an idea I can take two seconds and just add it to a card!

A few WONDERFUL places to get ideas for keeping your preschooler busy during school time:

• 101 Activities to Do with Your Toddler
• This Page is FABULOUS! Tons of ideas and links to ideas...
• Article by Karen Andreola on Preschoolers

A few GREAT blogs that I know of for ideas:

• ABC and 123
• 1+1+1=1
• Totally Tots

If you know of any others, please share! I'm going to put links in my sidebar for preschool idea sites.

I think I might go play with my kids now...I have suddenly stumbled upon a few hundred great ideas :)