Quiet Time Station Activities For Pre-schoolers! Do you or did you have a daily quiet time for your little one when they stopped napping? Taylor stopped napping right before she turned 3-years-old, and my introverted/alone-time needing self thought I’d lose my mind! Without the nap I was used to her taking, not only was I not sure how I’d get my work done, I was absolutely drained by the end of the day. We pretty much immediately added Quiet Time into our toddler + mama routine*! Quiet time is not only a way for you to have a little, well-deserved mama break (especially if you are an introverted mama!), but there are also many researched benefits for your little one:

• it encourages independent play
• helps increase focus and attention
• avoids overwhelm
• increases creativity
• builds confidence

Win-win if you ask me! I showed my Facebook friends & followers some of the things we have added to her pre-school Quiet Time station in this video, but the full list is below it (the links are all Amazon Associate affiliate links which means if you make a purchase through one of them I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support of this content and my little fam!!)!

Some of our absolute must-have items for independent Quiet Time play are the following

(click on the image for details/pricing): 1. The Hatch Baby Sound Machine/Night Light that you can set to change colors (from your phone!) when Quiet Time is up – genius right?!: 2. Sterilite plastic 3 drawer storage chest (that I don’t have to worry about anchoring or it getting ruined) because it’s short, made of plastic, and cheap!! 3. 25 piece foam puzzles, which many pre-schoolers can do on their own! 4. Melissa & Doug Magnetic Dress-Up Dolls: 5. Ready to Read books!! Love these because, once you show your pre-schooler how to choose the corresponding button, the book reads TO THEM! Independent literacy! 6. Mess Free Coloring Books and pens (self-explanatory, I hope!): 7. Again, Melissa & Doug, clutch with the reusable sticker books: 8. A set of Mega Blocks: All the items we have in Taylor’s Pre-school Quiet Time Station can also be found in our Amazon Favs page which has all the highlights from this blog, as well as our everyday finds!! Hopefully, these ideas help you put together a Quiet Time Station for your pre-schooler that will keep their minds entertained & independent so that YOU can catch a break! Want to receive updates when more content just like this is published?! Enter your name and email below (I promise I won’t spam ya!): *I have to tell you that since I started this draft, we have not been doing consistent Quiet Times in her room. She does very much love using her station activities in the presence of an adult though! She is SUCH an extrovert, that she’d end up talking to me through her monitor the ENTIRE TIME which was really promoting independence, NOT relaxing in the least for me, nor conducive to getting anything productive done.  I’ve read that for extroverted “spirited” children like she is, a lot of alone time can actually feel quite torturous. As an alternative, most afternoons I will either let her watch a tv show (or two!) in her Playroom while I get some work/relaxing done, or allow her some iPad screen time in her room because for THAT she’ll quiet down. Wishing you the best, mama!!