Copycat, also known as Mirror Mirror and My Shadow, is a classic preschool game that requires no equipment and can be played anywhere. Both single children and small groups may play.
An adult instructs the child to do whatever the adult does. The adult then goes through simple physical movements like spinning, making a face or skipping. The child has to mimic whatever the adult has done. To make the game more of a challenge, the adult can do movements in simple sequences, such as touching his head, patting his nose and waving his arm all in a row.
Bean Bag Toss is a preschooler game suggested the Family Education website. An adult puts some dry beans in small plastic bags. Then they take turns with the child trying to toss the bags into a container, such as a laundry basket or bathroom accessories bin. The smaller the child, the closer she can be to the container and the bigger the container can be. If the first container is too easy, the adult can keep swapping out the containers for smaller ones or move the preschooler further back before the child tosses her bean bag. Another variation is to set up multiple containers of different shapes or colors and tell the child to try to get the bean bag into a specific container.
Clothespin Grab is a game that gets kids stretching and teaches and practicing visual recognition. The adult makes some cards of different numbers, shapes, colors or pictures. He attaches these cards to some string or a length of clothesline with clothespins. Then he holds the string between his outstretched arms so the preschooler can see all the cards. The cards should be just out of the preschooler's reach. The adult then tells the preschooler to grab a specific card based on color, shape, number or picture. The preschooler must reach up and snatch the specified card. The adult should make this a little challenging by moving the height of and wiggling the string as the preschooler tries to grab the card--the child will be amused as the cards move and show their tricky nature.