Early Childhood Activities : Page 23

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

This latke song gets your child excited for the Hanukkah treat. Sing this latke song with your child during the Festival of Lights.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Make sweet personalized invitations for a laid-back pumpkin carving party.

Baking these fun cookies will introduce your child to the concept of cross-sections.

While you whip up mashed potatoes for your next dinner party, your first grader and friends can stay occupied by crafting their own silly spud characters.

Show your child how to "recycle" by making a milk box toy car. Here's how to get started.

Want to add a little craftiness to preschool math? Break out the glue gun and create a button board!

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Make a brag sash with your child to celebrate an amazing school year filled with accomplishments.

Let your preschooler feel like a real chef by helping him create his very own chef's hat!

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

In this playful preschool arts and crafts activity, your child will create a cute and colorful caterpillar using pom-poms, googly eyes, and a clothespin.

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.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Recycle all those old puzzles with missing pieces into a cute and easy puzzle piece tree.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Every day will be a new experience as you explore and learn about the different colors.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity: re-purpose an old t-shirt into a simple apron to use for your child's cooking and art projects.

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

Your child can celebrate Mexican culture by making his very own percussion instrument using simple materials such as paper plates and tissue paper.

Ordinal numbers, or numbers that indicate order, are the focus of this fun math game for young learners.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Want a fun craft project that will get your preschooler using his senses? Create a colorful, abstract piece of fabric art with your child!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

Craft these awards out of ribbon for a birthday, party, holiday, or any other event you can think of!