Early Childhood Activities : Page 6

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Help your child will learn about shapes and patterns by creating her own masterpiece mosaic out of dried beans.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Save some money this Halloween and work out fine motor skills by helping your child make his very own computer costume.

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Turn wait time in the doctor's office or travel time in the car into fun time with your own version of I Spy.

Not all snowmen are made of ice. This popcorn snowman tastes like the holiday season and also makes a cute decoration on any dining table.

Your child will "build" a snowman and lace her way around the paper plates, boosting her manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

Warm up your little one's counting skills with this adorable winter number-match game. Play until she's warmed up and ready to count all on her own!

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

Get ready for Thanksgiving by explaining the importance of the harvest. This craft is a great way for her to show thanks for all that delicious food!

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

This dalmatian costume is simple for expert crafters and novice dog lovers alike. Make a dalmatian costume with your child for Halloween or play time.

For most kids the fun is in the process, and making a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes is as creative as it gets! Here's how to make your own dollhouse.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, liven things up by using salt to create a beautiful painting with unique crystal texture!

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

There's no need to buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets in less time than it takes to click your way through a percussive song.