Newspaper golf is an indoor game that can be used during rainy days. This game requires newspaper pages, tape, tennis balls and black construction paper. First, make golf clubs by rolling and taping several newspaper pages together in the shape of a club. Choose an area that has an even floor, and with the same color carpet. Cut out several black circles and tape them to the floor to make holes. Demonstrate to the kids how to use the newspaper golf club to swing at the tennis ball, while aiming for the black holes. Children can be rewarded with a special treat or a sticker if they hit the ball to a hole.
An obstacle course is a way to entertain children while teaching the concepts of under, in, on, through, beside and around. Children also work on developing their gross motor skills and learn how to follow instructions. This obstacle course can be constructed either indoors or outdoors, depending on the spatial provisions. The course requires a balance beam, hula hoops, tables, a limbo stick, tumbling mats and pylons. Set up the obstacle course so that children have to move around, under or through these objects. For example, give instructions to walk on the balance beam, jump into the hula hoops, crawl under a table or skip around the pylons. The teacher can choose to have children work together to come up with instructions for how to move around the objects.
Fishing phonics is a game designed to enhance letter recognition and sounds in preschool children. The teacher makes 26 large cutouts of fish with all the letters in the alphabet written on the back. Make fishing rods with magnetic lures using sticky magnets and plastic poles, and attach paper clips to the fish's lips. Place a large blue blanket on the carpet, or draw a blue pond with chalk. Put the fish face down in the pond. Have children stand along the outside of the pond and take turns catching fish. When they pick up the fish, they need to say the letter and the sound that letter makes. The children develop their language skills while learning the alphabet.