Early Childhood Activities : Page 37

Help your preschooler practice counting, matching, and learning colors with this fun game!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Make a flame-free menorah from beans, pasta, and tissue paper with this simple Hannukah craft activity! 

A pom pom Christmas tree dresses up holiday cards and decorations with some festive fuzz. Make a pom pom Christmas tree with your child this holiday season.

These colorful apple snacks make colorful mouths, and the almonds add a boost of protein and healthy fats for growing bodies.

Give your child a chance to mix and match jack-o'-lantern faces to create a wide range of expressions and emotions.

In this activity, your child will learn about how focusing on positive feelings, like love and peace, helps these feelings grow. They will also decorate pots and plant seeds as a reminder of this.

A plastic tray is the perfect tool to teach your little one how to count. Try out this activity, and your child will have her numbers down in no time.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Get in the Halloween spirit with these simple, silly bat decorations!

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and surprise someone special on May Day with a homemade basket of pretty tissue paper blooms.

Make interesting art and learn about shapes, lines and patterns by using spaghetti noodles.

Kids generally can't come up with the cash to buy the bling they dream of giving mom. With this project, they can make her jewelry themselves!

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Encourage sensory exploration with this sticky, but not messy, art projectâ no glue or gunk required!

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Shamrock Stamps are a great way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Simple and symmetrical, this symbol of Irish culture is the perfect shape for prints.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

Using only the elements in your backyard, make paintbrushes with your child and create truly homemade works of art.

This Easter, try putting on a guided family scavenger hunt to help your kindergartener track down the Easter eggs.

Here's an adorable kindergarten refrigerator magnet that celebrates the glories of the letter "B" and benefits your early reader.

A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

Put a spin on your child's old routine with this salad spinner painting project.

Make some spooky snacks this Halloween with your little trick or treater. He'll get a kick out of these deliciously gross recipes!

Christmas stencils let your preschooler make his mark on the holiday. Make Christmas stencils with your young crafter this holiday season.

Use watercolors and crayons to teach your child about resistance while she creates a beautiful Easter decoration with this festive craft.