Early Childhood Activities : Page 25

Your child can create his own colorful leprechaun paper bag puppet for St. Patrick's Day in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Turkey cupcakes are quirky fowl-themed desserts that bring extra cheer to your Thanksgiving meal. Make turkey cupcakes that your kids will want to gobble up.

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

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making an amazing sculpture using recycled materials.

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Forget expensive store bought cards, this handmade card truly delivers--and it helps your preschooler with letter recognition.

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

Your preschooler can learn how to siphon water with just two bottles and a plastic tube in this fun, educational science activity.

Organize your child's art supplies with this fun and colorful tray!

Teach your child about jesters as she makes her very own jester hat.

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

Here's a festive, patriotic 4th of July fruit platter that is healthy, delicious, and guaranteed to be a real crowd pleaser.

Give items that usually get tossed in the trash a second life with this green arts and crafts activity for kindergarteners. Make a milk carton train engine!

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!

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

Help your child learn about the science of color mixing and primary and secondary colors with this experimental art activity.

This art activity encourages your child to create her own papier-mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

Try this fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make art by grating colored chalk over a sheet of buttermilk-painted paper. Watch as it sparkles!

Here's a preschool activity to help your child get a head start on his day: make car-shaped toast slathered with his favorite topping.

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

Want to give craft time a little pop and sizzle? Try this colorful painting craft that uses one of our favorite toys--a Koosh ball!

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Make homemade potpourri out of roses with your child!

Pilgrim hat cookies are tasty Thanksgiving treats. Make marshmallow pilgrim hat cookies with your child to celebrate the Thanksgiving season.

Ever wonder where paint comes from? This recipe works well with preschoolers because of its consistency and its natural nontoxicity.