Early Childhood Activities : Page 18

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Make a flowerpot recipe holder for a great kitchen gadget that makes cooking easy as pie.

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

Make these edible dreidels out of marshmallows, pretzels and chocolate chips for Hanukkah.

Have your child create and decorate a paper plate frisbee that will keep them occupied for hours on end.

Give snack time a fresh floral touch with this flower-shaped garden snack, perfect for tea parties with your preschooler!

Your kindergartener will be delighted to refine his motor and conceptual skills as he creates his own Maccabee shield in honor of the Maccabee revolt.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!

Play this fun math numbers game with your kindergartener! Practice following instructions as you roll the dice and count.

Want to create some really unusual artwork and introduce your little artist to color combining? Try out some bubble painting!

Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

Get your preschooler to practice a steady hand and celebrate Read Across America Day with this challenging stacking activity inspired by Dr. Seuss.

Introduce shapes to art projects with this fun Valentine-themed craft.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Make a handprint turkey with your child to celebrate Thanksgiving. A handprint turkey makes a great base for Thanksgiving coasters, note cards, or place cards.

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

All your preschooler needs to create a personalized Halloween memento is their two hands and some black paint.

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?