5 Fantastic Activities for Five-Year-Old Kids!

Congratulations! Your child is 5 years old and hitting developmental milestones left and right. There’s so much they’ve learned and achieved by this point that a whole new world of opportunities is open to them! Help them further their development and have non-stop fun with some of Wondrfly’s favorite, time tested, kid approved activities for 5-year-old kids. 

Two-Ingredient Silly Putty

Who would have thought you could create a fun, squishy sensory toy with just two ingredients? You’ll never guess what they are, and they’re things nearly everyone has lying around the house! Homemade silly putty is as fun to make as it is to play with. It’s a simple recipe kids can easily help with. As they practice measuring and mixing with you, they learn to follow directions and engage their tactile senses to figure out when the mixture is the right consistency.  Check out this astounding recipe from PBS Kids For Parents.

Silly Putty Recipe | PBS KIDS for Parents

Sticky Note Dominoes

Dominoes are an excellent way to teach young kids counting and number sense. While keeping it fun! However, not everyone has a set of dominoes at home. The good news is that, with a little patience, you can make a colorful and exciting set of dominoes out of ordinary post-it notes! For detailed instructions, visit Happy Toddler Playtime. 

DIY Post-it Dominoes - HAPPY TODDLER PLAYTIME

Tic Tac Totally Awesome!

Tic tac toe is a childhood staple. It’s such a simple, nostalgic, and enduring game because it can be played anywhere, anytime! It keeps kids occupied on long car trips or flights. It’s great for waiting rooms and anywhere else a little distraction is required. It can even help calm your child down when they’ve been hard at play. In short, it’s the ideal parenting tool. This terrific twist on tic tac toe incorporates a few more challenging rules which turns the game into a learning activity. To learn how to give your kids a cognitive boost through this good old-fashioned game, visit Hands on as We Grow.

Super Fun Tic-Tac-Toe Activity with a Learning Twist | HOAWG (handsonaswegrow.com)

Sticky Walls

Another invaluable parenting tool? Contact paper. Unexpectedly, this ordinary household material has a million possible uses when it comes to teaching and entertaining your child. Happy Toddler Playtime has a tremendous selection of activities that use sticky contact paper to make “sticky walls”, and believe us when we say, the possibilities are endless. They have activities catered to every holiday, subject, and milestone of your child’s development! From dropping pom-poms through a tube contraption to build fine motor skills, to creating a tissue paper Christmas tree, these activities are sure to stick around! 

30+ of the BEST Contact Paper Activities - HAPPY TODDLER PLAYTIME

Learn Letters 

One of the greatest things about having a five-year-old is preparing them to begin their education. Five- year-olds are in an optimal position, cognitively and emotionally, to start learning number skills and literacy. Meaningful Mama’s letter collage activity not only gets kids used to seeing and identifying letters, but allows them to develop their fine motor skills by using a pair of safety scissors to cut out small letters. This may be challenging for them at first, but the more they try, the better they’ll get.

Making a Letter with Letters (meaningfulmama.com)

We hope you found something you can do at home with your child. Your five-year-old is learning new things every day! Celebrate your child’s development with Wondrfly.  We are the leading online platform to connect you to children’s activity providers in your area. Come search our collection of fun and learning activities for kids of all ages! Or, check out the Wondrfly blog for more activities you and your child can do at home, parenting advice, and more.