Early Childhood Activities : Page 38

In this activity, you'll find out an easy way to make your own pretend potato -- out of an old pair of stockings!

Nothing is more wonderfully rich than a chocolate truffle. Help your child make a batch shaped like eggs to share with family and friends this Easter.

Who needs a plastic potato head when you can use the real thing?

Make healthy eating a manageable (and yummy) task for your kindergartener by encouraging her to help you make a healthy apple sauce snack!

Make mini heating pads for the special animal in your household or to use the next time you or your child has some aches and pains.

Your kindergartener can contribute these beaded napkin rings to your Thanksgiving table...and sneak in some good math patterning practice, too.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Use the activity below to help your child create bath salts as she observes how a solid changes when placed into a liquid.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

This reindeer antlers headband helps your little one get in a festive Christmas mood. Make a reindeer antlers headband with your child this holiday season.

Be the mane attraction by creating a lion out of leaves! This wild craft keeps kids engaged and makes for fabulous art.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

Your little one will love making this bunny mask. From the mask's furry texture to its cute marshmallow nose, she will hardly be able to wait to wear it.

Add a sugary kick to your traditional breakfast foods with this gingerbread-shaped cereal snack!

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

Help your kindergartener make and play a "Hop On Pop"-inspired card game--a fun way to learn word families!

This sweet cardstock bouquet featuring your child's photo is sure to make Mom or Grandma smile on Mother's Day or any day of the year.

Make Valentine's Day breakfast special with this 'hearty' egg and toast recipe. This Valentine's Day breakfast gets a special twist with a heart-shaped egg.

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping her create a patriotic piece of artwork. It's the perfect way for your kid to honor our veterans.

This is a surprising science experiment that your child will surely be awestruck by! It involves poking sharpened pencils into a bag filled with water without spilling a drop of water.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your preschooler or pre-kindergartener bringing home the beach with this underwater beach scene.

Explore the changing seasons with your preschooler by helping her create a cork-stamped masterpiece.

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

This year, help your child celebrate Easter by upcycling an old light bulb and make a cute little chicken face.