Early Childhood Activities : Page 32

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

Use fun and fuzzy pipe cleaners to help your child learn how to form important letters that make up the words that are the building blocks of phonics.

Kids print their own smudges, then turn them into silly monsters that are sure to bring lots of laughs along the way.

Save money and get creative by helping your preschooler create and make her own unique sketchbook to put her art in.

This March, try decorating your home with these scented shamrocks--sure to fill your home with Irish spirit.

Make a natural wooden peg board to sharpen your child's color skills. Help your little one ace her color matching skills with this natural wooden peg board.

This dreidel ornament makes a sparkling spinning top out of popsicle sticks. Make this dreidel ornament and get ready for Hanukkah.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

This fun outdoor game will help your child develop her addition and subtraction skills and teach her basic arithmetic while keeping her active.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Celebrate your child's first day of kindergarten with this arts and crafts activity: make a SchultÃte, a cardboard cone filled with candy and other goodies!

In this arts and crafts activity, let your kindergartener create life-sized body stamps using some paint and his own hands and feet.

Help your child add her own silly charm to a pair of traditional chopsticks.

Craft a glamorous crown that your preschooler can wear when he demonstrates good behavior!

In this arts and crafts activity, encourage your preschooler to create these shape-stick puppets which can be used to put on plays or act out stories with.

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Here's an easy activity for your preschooler or kindergartener: use waffles and fresh fruit to give your child hands-on practice with patterning and numbers.

Play this fun matching game with your kindergartener! It's a great way to practice math and number skills with playing cards.

Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Make your own ribbon to give gifts that special touch. Enlist your preschooler or kindergartener to help create an extra special holiday ribbon this winter.

Have your child create her own version of an ancient Egyptian jewelry cuff similar to one that a goddess might have worn with this fun recycled craft.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Etch designs into discs of plaster of Paris using a traditional whaler technique to create a beautiful artisan necklace.

Toothpaste plus water equals the start to a magical winter paper project.

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

Make these sweet-smelling sachets that smell like delicious cinnamon candy.