Early Childhood Activities : Page 21

At your next party, play this amped-up version of hot potato that comes with a prize!

Homemade face paint is a safe and economical way to jazz up your Halloween costume. Even better, this easy-to-make face paint requires just three ingredients!

Learn how to make a cape for your little superhero, vampire, or Elvis impersonator. See how to make a cape with this simple tutorial.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

Enjoy the beach all year long with this fun activity that uses sand, seashells, and a shoebox to create a mini beach right in your house!

Make healthy eating a manageable (and yummy) task for your kindergartener by encouraging her to help you make a healthy apple sauce snack!

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Make ghost decorations for Halloween! They're made out of paper towels and are a cinch to create!

Run, run as fast as you canâto create this felt gingerbread man! Bring this beloved tale to life with felt, cardstock and brightly colored decorations.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

You don't need to spend big bucks to buy a pre-boxed version of a matching game at the store. You can make your own easily. Here's how:

Have the kids make Mom a wooden "Love Box" for Mother's Day (or any other day!) to show her how much she means to everyone.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Here's an easy activity that will help your preschooler improve his number recognition and math skills while satisfying his afternoon hunger.

Create one-of-a-kind noisemakers to bring some fun to New Year's Eve.

Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

The objectives of this classic game are to toss a marker onto each square, to hop onto the single squares, and to skip the square where the marker landed.

This engaging, fun, pattern resist painting is inspired by your little one's love of shapes.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!