Activites to do with children under 5

Children between the ages of 0-5 tend to want to do so many activities at one time so one needs to be very creative when it comes to dealing with them. I have spent time with kids and so apart from the normal singing games e.g row your boy and london bridge, i have come up with a list of some of the things you could do. i dont know if this will apply with you but its worth a try 1.flashing color lab most kids find colors fascinating so to teach them how colors are made from 3 primary colors, take 3 balloons(make sure you keep the balloons out of the children's hands. 2. Take a flashlight and stretch the balloon over it and hold it in place with a rubber band 3. In a darkened room,have a child flash the flashlight on the wall or ceiling. by adding different balloon 'filters' you can make a variety of secondary colors(Blue + Yellow= Green, Red + Blue= Purple ). if you have several flashlights you can place one of the primary color balloons over each one and do the mixing on the wall or ceiling. Another good variation of this theme is if you let the kids hold the flashlights with the primary color balloons, get a paper bag with h0les on the bottom and wrap it around the torches and ask them to move the flashlights. it will create a rainbow like color dance and this will certainly create amusement and fun for the kids. Tell me if this idea is of assistance and if you need more from me i would be delighted to give you more ideas