Most fun games for preschoolers have the added advantage of teaching them important skills and lessons. As an essential part of the learning process, these educational games offer a lot of learning potential for your little ones.

What are some games that teach life lessons to preschoolers? 

Try these games and activities with your little one to teach them valuable lessons while keeping them entertained:

1. Photo Alphabet
2. Guess the Object
3. Musical Chairs
4. Hide and Seek 
5. Duck, Duck, Goose

1) Photo Alphabet

Give your little one a camera they can use easily to take pictures of objects that range from A-Z. This will help them to associate images with objects while practicing their vocabulary in a fun way.

2) Guess the Object

Help your child to sort, identify, and classify objects by placing a household item in a bag and giving them clues as to what it is. Keep describing what the object does and repeat hints until they get the answer right.

3) Musical Chairs

This game will teach your preschooler to resolve arguments peacefully, deal with disappointment, and practice patience. Set chairs in a circle, one fewer than the number of people in the game, and then play music as everyone walks around the circle. Every time the music stops, children must try to sit on a chair. Kids who don’t get a chair are out. Then remove a chair and begin again.

4) Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek is a great game for teaching problem-solving. In order to stay hidden, children have to assess their options so they can pick the best possible hiding spot. This builds spatial awareness because kids must consider factors such as which hiding places will offer the most cover from the most vantage points.

5) Duck, Duck, Goose

Participants sit in a circle, and one child walks around the outside tapping each head in turn and saying “duck.” Eventually, they pick one child to be the “goose” and run around the circle to try to take that child’s place before the “goose” catches them. If they reach the end without getting tagged, the “goose” returns to their own seat and the original player continues around the circle.

Pro Tip: This kid-favorite is an excellent game for teaching strategic thinking.

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You can create an educational environment for your little ones with these fun games for preschoolers. By having fun with these activities, your child will be learning skills that will help them later in life.

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