Early Childhood Activities : Page 9

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Baking these fun cookies will introduce your child to the concept of cross-sections.

This March, try decorating your home with these scented shamrocks--sure to fill your home with Irish spirit.

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

A serape is a long, blanket-like shawl worn over the shoulders. With a few simple materials, your child can fashion his very own serape!

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

This beaded wind chime is fun to make and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

This collage is a great way for children to see different methods of creating the same idea.

Help your preschooler understand that the surrounding world is made up of a varied combination of land, air and water with this simple activity.

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.

Is your kid struggling with number recognition? Here's a great way to go fishing for numbers that will feel more like play than counting practice.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

Use egg cartons to create imaginative spiders the kids will treasure.

Get your kindergartener involved in the kitchen by making healthy cupcakes loaded with veggies and protein in this fun cooking activity.

In this fun, magical art activity, children paint an invisible picture that is only revealed when covered with watercolors.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!