Preschool children need to actively make sense of things that you have talked about in the classroom. Learning means to change the way you think about the world and understand it. This change means that you can act and behave in a different way. Being able to explain things that you have learned is different from simply remembering things.
Making up stories about things that you have talked about is an engaging and effective way to organize knowledge. Use characters and invent stories where the characters visit places that you have talked about. Let children help to make up a story about a squirrel which collects nuts to prepare for winter. Make the characters fun and interesting with memorable names and distinctive features such as a squirrel with an orange spot on the tail. This makes it easier for children to remember the stories and the facts that you have included in the story. Children can also draw and illustrate the story.
Certain activities in preschool are learned best by repetition. However, repeating facts and information should be done in a way that makes a child gain in confidence and self-esteem. Use online games that let children revise their alphabet or number skills. Online games often have several different levels, which means that it is possible to let children practice on things that they either like or have difficulties understanding. Let children make board games to enhance and deepen their understanding of material that have been discussed. A board game can consist of paper squares with drawings of all the different shapes that you have talked about.
Make up a song where you sing about things that you have done during the day. This is a fun way to end the day. Use a familiar song such as "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and change the words so that things you have done during the day can be included. Certain activities may sound funny when you try to sing about them, nonetheless, you may be able to change the words and this helps children to think about activities in different ways. Alternatively, read a rhyme where you include the things that you have talked about during the day.