Early Childhood Activities : Page 9

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Celebrate Dad with this decorative stepping stone for your garden!

In this activity, students will learn about the meaning and information on a police badge. Then they will be able to create their own badge with their own identification.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

A thankful turkey helps your child think about on the things that he's thankful for. Make this turkey craft with your child for Thanksgiving.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Your kindergarten artist will love practicing math and coloring when he makes his own unique paint-by-numbers! This activity is creative and educational.

In this simple math activity, your young learner will compare two types of Valentine's Day candy using a Venn diagram.

In this activity, your child will learn and teach someone else five finger breathing, and they will also draw a picture of their experience.

This Valentine's Day, spend a couple of hours with your child constructing a colorful, spring-limbed "heart man"!

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This underwater painting is as colorful as it is fun!

Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

Disguise a lesson focused on shape recognition as a Santa collage, and your pre-kindergartener won't even realize she's learning!

Your kindergartener will delight in creating this "handcrafted" sweatshirt for Grandma and Grandpa this holiday season, filled with her colorful handprints.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Your kindergartener will be delighted to refine his motor and conceptual skills as he creates his own Maccabee shield in honor of the Maccabee revolt.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Help your child make a festive woven basket using paper bowls and yarn that is sure to please and fun to make.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.