Early Childhood Activities : Page 33

Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make an over-sized stuffed plaything out of butcher paper and wadded-up newspaper.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

These handmade Christmas treat cups are perfect for house parties, school celebrations, and holiday bake sales.

Jazz up your holiday greetings with a textured and artsy paper poinsettia!

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

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!

In this activity, students will draw a picture of the things they like to listen to at home using their superpower sense of mindful listening.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your preschooler make metal cloth embroidery art using only a metal screen, yarn, and other materials!

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Most people throw out soaked tea bags after use, but artists know a secret--tea bags can be a great medium for creating one-of-a-kind modern art.

Want to make your own version of the Hollywood walk of fame in your own garden? Immortalize your child's handiwork by creating a cement handprint craft.

Learning to count can be pretty tough. Have your child play this game with you or a friend and watch her quickly become a master counter.

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.

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

This activity is a great way to practice sorting, counting, matching, and other early math skills--- on the fly.

Use common kitchen tools to create an entirely uncommon work of art!

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

Help your kid make beautiful coin rubbings to decorate a fun treasure box.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and sneak in a little extra nutrition this holiday season: make a mashed potato snowman sculpture!

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

This gluten free recipe for coconut rice is a tasty way to help any picky eater expand her culinary horizons. She'll get great measuring practice along the way!

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Reuse beloved old Christmas cards by filling them with candies and toys, and turn them into something to enjoy for years.

This Rudolph craft will help your kid make a goofy and memorable ornament. Make a Rudolph craft this winter to bring some added merriment to your Christmas.

Using markers and construction paper, your child will design their own patterned fish.

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Baking holiday gingerbread men has ever been more educational! Your kindergartener will work on fine motor skills, logic, and counting in this cookie activity.

Your child will enjoy feeling independent and creative as she develops her fine motor skills while making this necklace using just yarn and colored straws.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.