Wall-E: 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 Wall-E released in 2008. 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 Activities

Teach your child this rhyme and the actions.

I'd like to be a robot (walk stiffly, without bending legs or arms)

And rescue next door's cat (pretend to straighten whiskers on your face)

It always gets stuck up our tree (Put your arms out like branches)

Because it is so fat. (Put your arms out in a big circle)

I'd fire my trusty ray-gun (pretend your arm is a gun)

Up to the highest bough (stand up on your tip toes and reach as high as you can)

Then bring poor kitty back to earth (pretend to pull the cat down)

And hear a grateful 'meow'. (smile big and put your hands on your hips like a superhero)

~By Peter Allchin

Read a Book

Robots and outer space can be the source of endless fascination for many children. Pick a book that you think your child would enjoy. Keep your child's attention by asking them questions about the pictures and the story.

• Ultimate Robot by DK Publishing
• Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
• Eye Wonder: Space (Eye Wonder) by DK Publishing and Mary Ling
• Here In Space - Pbk by Milgrim
• I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton

Craft Activity

Provide your child with lots of crafting items like cereal boxes, paper towel tubes, googly eyes, markers, construction paper, craft pipe cleaners, stickers, glue etc. Encourage them to create a robot out of the items. Help them with harder actions like cutting the paper towel tubes and gluing items on.

Enjoy the Outdoors

In the movie, a small plant becomes very important. Explain to your child that we sometimes eat plants like lettuce, broccoli, fruits and other vegetables. Talk to them about what plants need to survive and then plant a seed and encourage them to take care of it. Spend time enjoying outdoor activities after planting the seed.