Quiet activities for preschoolers- We just had a baby two weeks ago. Our other daughter, who is 4.5, sings from the moment she wakes up to the moment her head hits the pillow. She runs everywhere! She squeals when excited and loves to wrestle her Daddy. All of these things make me so happy and I love her excitement and joy for life. What I don’t love is feeling the need to shush her when the baby is sleeping in the room. I feel terrible, like I’m shushing her joy. I’ve come up with a roundup of our favorite ‘Quiet Activities for Preschoolers’ that she’s been enjoying the past couple of weeks.
Quiet Activities for Preschoolers
Easy DIY Projects
Here is a list of easy, low prep DIY projects you and your husband can put together that your child can play alone.
10 Easy Busy Bags by Powerful Mothering: these are great because your child can easily see what’s inside the bag. With inexpensive supplies you could make tons of different learning and play activities.
Block Puzzles Printable by All Our Days: I love this simple printable that you can print out to make block puzzles. Don’t have little blocks? Buy a pack of sponges at the dollar store and cut them up yourself!
Color Matching from The Rigneys: This is awesome because you can get free paint samples from any hardware store. Get a pack of clothespins and you’ve got a very inexpensive activity that uses matching and fine motor skills.
Activities You Can Buy
Here is a list of activities you can buy at your local store or online at Amazon. There are affiliate links included.
Bananagrams Word Center by Bugs and Beaches: Use the popular game Bananagrams
and these printables for your child to learn sight words.
Coloring books are perfect for this age group. Getting a book with stickers is even better! It helps with their concentration as well as their fine motor skills which leads to better grip for writing. Easily find Disney Coloring Books
or coloring books with animals
anywhere. Pair it with this ultimate crayon kit 
with 152 crayons and they’ll be set for a while!
Lego sets are now becoming even more kid friendly with smaller sets geared towards younger kids. Our daughter loves the LEGO Friends Set
because she can open all of the packaging, separate the pieces and follow the instructions all by herself.
Nature Shapes with No Time for Flash Cards: There are TONS of activities you could do with Play-Doh
. Kids love seeing what shapes they can make with their toys, alphabet magnets or even things found in nature.
What other quiet time activities do you suggest for little kids to be engaged while you feed the baby, have some meditation time or just need a little quiet time?
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