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What is on your bucket list? Skydiving, visiting another country, seeing the Northern Lights…. Adults usually have grand ideas for their bucket lists. Preschoolers are often more simplistic with their ideas. This summer try making a bucket list of things that you and your child can enjoy.
If you are unsure of how to begin a bucket list with your preschooler, here are a few ideas to help get you started.
Start with the familiar.
- Is there a playground your child loves?
- Is there an activity your preschooler enjoys that you have not done in a while?
Think about things you enjoyed when you were a child.
- Did you enjoy running through the sprinklers or playing in the water hose?
- Did you ever go to a drive-in movie?
- Did you play in a plastic kiddie pool?
Let your child brainstorm some ideas.
- Do they like to bake, build, or craft?
- Do they have favorite books or movies?
Try something new.
- Is there a place near your home that you have been wanting to visit?
- Is there an ice cream shop, splash pad, or hiking trail you have never tried?
There are many ways to create your bucket list. You may choose to write it on a large piece of construction paper or poster board and display it in your child’s room or a prominent area of the house. You can find fun, printable lists online that you can fill in or editable ones for printing. Remember to make it fun though! Allowing preschoolers to have ownership in the process by decorating the paper, choosing many of the activities, or writing in some of the words, will give them a sense of control.
You may have to set a few ground rules. What kid does not want to visit Disney World during the summer? Maybe you can add one big item to your list like a trip to the beach, the mountains, or another vacation destination you already have planned.
Need more ideas? Here is a free, downloadable, and Covid-safe summer bucket list that is perfect for preschoolers.
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