Please help me compile list of things to do with pre-schooler before she starts school in a year

[GingerBreadTeddy]

DD aged 3 is due to start school Sept 22.
I want to make the most of the next year. I work 4 days so have one day off each week.

Please help me compile a list of must do activities. So far I have:

• theatre to see a kids show
• ditto cinema
• beach
• ride on a train (never done this due to Covid!)
• go to London & visit Daddy at work
• “bike packing” trip ie cycle to a local youth hostel / BnB & stay overnight
• farms
• swimming
• Forest School

Thanks

'Pick your own' farm
Zoo (one you can drive round safari style)
Water park/swimming pool with slides
Baby classical concert (Albert Hall if you're in London)
Baby rave (South Bank - I'm sure they have them other places too)
The biggest and best softplay
Peppa Pig World

Thank you 🙏

Camp (blanket fort in living room is equally acceptable), make a fairy garden, science museum. Paddling in a river/beach. Remember their idea of amazing may be different to yours

Ooh following for ideas!

Theme parks. They are a must before school as they are quieter. 😊
I would go on holiday too... it'll be cheaper in term time.

Read books and tell stories. Lots and lots. Every day.

Teach little poems and songs.

Go to a fruit farm, pick your own fruit and make jam.

Term time holiday
Castle
Bear hunt, gruffalo hunt or similar through woods/forest (either a proper one or your own)
Grow tadpoles

I did a flight on the London Eye at that age with both DC, which was a massive hit. The playground right next to it is good, too.

Agree with term time theme park (some do very discounted next day tickets if you show your previous day tickets, so you could do Friday then Saturday if you wanted).

All great ideas but when I read your title I was thinking more along the lines of ensuring she can get her own shoes and clothes on and off (including getting them the right way round if turned inside out), wipe own bottom, has some pencil control (so lots of colouring as well as maybe starting to write own name), recognise own name, sit still and concentrate for a few minutes, share toys, say please and thank you, be left somewhere without you, cope with lots of people and noise, understand how to look at a book (ie she can turn pages left to right and point out what happens in the pictures). All done within the context of just enjoying doing things together such as those mentioned by PPs.

I'm in the last few weeks with my son before he starts school. This is one of our last thursdays just us.

I'd wanted to do lots of stuff on his last pre school year too, but covid put a stop to most of that.

So, make some plans and enjoy yourselves, but try not to worry that you're not doing enough or missing opportunities.

Following for ideas

That sounds like a lovely list - I was going to say practise buttons! DS1(summer born boy) has been absolutely fine academically and socially in reception but he still finds buttons really tricky.

Sounds idyllic but it sounds like you are making memories for yourself more than her (which is fine! I absolutely do that too) but she might be more than happy to play at home / garden, feed the ducks at the park, splash in a puddle and do a bit of baking and crafts with you…

so on the back of the other thread saying family days out are not all that much fun, you might find that the happiest days are the lazy unplanned chill out days, where you take her lead for what to do. So I would get plenty of these in!

Get some (or make) simple musical instruments and have your own band.

At Christmas, have some Christmas stories to read and songs to sing.

Visit a castle, take a crown with you.

@icelollies

*Sounds idyllic but it sounds like you are making memories for yourself more than her (which is fine! I absolutely do that too) but she might be more than happy to play at home / garden, feed the ducks at the park, splash in a puddle and do a bit of baking and crafts with you…

so on the back of the other thread saying family days out are not all that much fun, you might find that the happiest days are the lazy unplanned chill out days, where you take her lead for what to do. So I would get plenty of these in*

We do do lots of home-based activities / local park already. I think I know which other threads you’re referring to and if we’re thinking about the same one the main issue there seems to be sibling arguments & balancing the different needs of three kids. DC is an only child, so without spoiling her, we are able to tailor days out around her needs and don’t have the added complications of sibling dynamics.