Meet the Robinsons: Educational Activities and Games for 2 to 5 Year Olds

Let's face it, kids love movies, but it's been proven that they should watch no more than 2 hours of TV a day. So why not combine their love of a movie and activities that will help them learn and grow? Following are suggestions for the movie Meet the Robinsons released in 2007. These activities would also work well for preschool classes and party games for this age group.

Watch the movie

Let your kids watch the show while you prepare the activities for the rest of the day or attend to other responsibilities.

Rhyme Activity

Teach your child this rhyme. They'll enjoy doing the actions and it will teach them about family relationships.

The Family

This is mama, kind and dear (point to your child's thumb)

This is papa, standing near (point to their pointer finger)

This is brother, see how tall! (point to middle finger)

This is sister, not so tall. (point to ring finger)

This baby sweet and small. (point to the little finger)

This is family one and all. (wiggle all fingers)

Read a Book

There are a lot of incredible books available to go along with the movie Meet The Robinsons. Pick one you think your child would enjoy and involve them while you are reading. Ask them questions about the pictures and story. Following are a few suggestions of books to read.

• The Family Book by Todd Parr
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• Who's in a Family? by Robert Skutch and Laura Nienhaus
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• Inventing Stuff by Edwin J. C. Sobey
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• Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz

Snack Time

Create a mini pizza on a flour tortilla or hamburger bun with your child. Let them pick out and put on the toppings.

Create an Invention

Provide your child with plenty of craft items like pipe cleaners, pom-poms, googly eyes, popsicle sticks, glue, glitter, toothpicks, craft foam, egg cartons, cardboard tubes, and paper. Encourage them to "invent" something that would be helpful. Help them put together the object they want to invent. Having a hard time coming up with an idea? Why not create a robot instead?

Take a Trip

Take a trip to a museum, or children's museum to learn more about science.

Create a Photo Album

Make a photo album for your child that features pictures of each member of your family, including important extended family members like grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Put each persons name beneath the photo and look at it with your child. Cover up the name and ask your child who the person in the picture is. See if they can tell you how that person is related to them i.e. it's mom, or aunt so and so.