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75 Quiet Time Box Ideas for Preschoolers

by Angela Thayer 7 Comments

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A few months ago, I wrote a post on using quiet time boxes when a child stops taking naps. I like to call these quiet time boxes a sanity saver! It is so nice to have peace and quiet for at least an hour each afternoon. Since we’ve started using quiet time boxes with my 4-year-old, I have realized that after a while, he gets bored with the material in each box. So, I have switched material out and changed things around so that he still enjoys quiet time and can work well independently.

As I was switching activities out, I realized that it would be helpful to have a list of lots of items that would be good for quiet time boxes. So today, I am sharing with you 75 quiet time box ideas for preschoolers. I hope that this list will be helpful to you! I am not telling you to go out and buy ALL of the material I suggest, but hopefully several of these activities will be helpful. Of course, please use discretion when deciding what to put in the quiet time box. If your child is young and puts items in the mouth, then do NOT give your child something with small objects. Also, at the bottom of the list includes more than 20 FREE resources you can print for quiet time boxes. Many of them can be printed on cardstock (and even laminated or placed in plastic sleeves) to be used again.

75 Quiet Time Box Ideas for Preschoolers

Here are 75 quiet time box ideas for preschoolers…

Alphabet
Kumon ABCs Uppercase Write & Wipe Flash Cards

Melissa & Doug See & Spell

Letter Construction Activity Set

Melissa & Doug Alphabet Stamp Set

Lacing Lowercase Alphabet Set

ABC Playdough and Tracing Mats

Numbers

Number Construction Activity

Number Lacing Cards

Crayola Dry Erase Activity Tablet — Numbers And Counting

Melissa & Doug Magnetic Number Maze

Melissa & Doug Water Wow Numbers

Fine Motor

ALEX® Toys – String A Farm

Plastic Lacing Beads

Rainbow Peg Play Activity Set

Gears Super Set

Puzzles

Melissa & Doug Latches Board

Melissa & Doug Wooden Bear Family Dress-Up Puzzle

Match It! Puzzle Games for Spelling

Melissa & Doug Alphabet Peg Puzzle

Ladybug Letters

Melissa & Doug Farm Sequencing Storytelling Puzzle Set

Shapes
Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards

Mental Blox Critical Thinking Game

Stacking Shapes Peg Board

Giant Soft Foam Floor Pattern

Primary Shapes Template Set

Pattern Block Activity Pack

Creative Color Cubes

ActivityBooks
Buki Activity Books
Melissa and Doug Reusable Sticker Pad

Magnetic Pattern Block Activity Set

Preschool Color & Activity Book

Art
Melissa & Doug Magnetic Picture Maker

Crayola No Mess Marker and Paper Set

Melissa & Doug Color by Dots

Melissa & Doug Color Blast Artwork

Melissa & Doug Jumbo Coloring Pad

Wikki Stix

Crayola Color Wonder Pads

Sensory

Playfoam

Lakeshore Scented Dough

Moon Dough

Technology

Hot Dots Jr. Phonics Fun

Hot Dots Jr. Patterns Card Set

Educational Insights Hot Dots Jr. Cards – The Alphabet

Crayola Touch Lites Color Pad

Books

The Splendid Spotted Snake: A Magic Ribbon Book

One to Ten… and Back Again

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Brown Bear and Friends)

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb

Put Me in the Zoo

Free Resources
6,000 Printable Mazes – would be easy to print and put into plastic sheet protectors and use dry erase markers.

More Free Mazes (kindergarten age)

Preschool Mazes

18 Easy Dot-to-Dot Activity Sheets

18 Hard Dot-to-Dot Activity Sheets

Alphabet Do-a-Dot Printables

Do-a-Dot Letter Mazes

Mystery Image Printable using Do-a-Dots

Insect Do-a-Dot Printables

Ocean Animals Do-a-Dot Printables

Farm Animals Do-a-Dot Printables

 Rainbow Do-a-Dot Printable

Alphabet Lacing Cards 

Shoe Lacing Cards

Duplo Building Cards

Writing Skills Dry-Erase Cards

I-Spy Game

Large ABC  Tracing Cards

Counting Cards

Ice Cream Color File Folder Game

I hope these ideas help when it comes to quiet rest time for your little one! 🙂

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Comments

  1. Jocelyn says
    April 9, 2014 at 3:41 am

    I read the original post and it inspired me to make boxes for my 2 children to use when I am coaching my high school colorguard. I told my 8 year old that if he played w each thing for about 15 min it would fill up most of the practice. Great ideas!

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  2. Tiffiny says
    April 15, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    What an exhaustive list! pinning for later.
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  3. Theres Just One Mommy says
    December 23, 2014 at 4:24 am

    Quiet time boxes were so perfect when mine stopped taking naps! In fact, I still use some “quiet time box” ideas for them now when they need a bit of downtime. Pinned!

    Reply
  4. Heather Dean says
    October 30, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    This is a great list, however many of the links are no longer active.

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      November 2, 2015 at 3:51 am

      I’m sorry for the trouble. They are fixed now!

      Reply
  5. Emilie Holloway says
    June 27, 2018 at 11:02 pm

    I Love The Quiet Time Box Idea. I plan to tell my Director about us making some for Heavens Angels. Great Idea

    Reply

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