Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

You kid can count from one to ten, no problem. They can even do it backward. Work on their addition and subtraction skills with this fun fruit picking activity.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

Is your kindergartener having trouble picking outfits for the rapidly cooling weather? This handy dressing wheel makes getting ready a breeze!

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Got a whistful wisher on your hands? Help her make her very own magic wand! The result is a creative craft that's great for pretend play.

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this hands-on lesson in how all of us are more alike than different, especially on the inside.

In this fun activity, kids learn how to make their own bravery badges so they can be brave anytime they want.

Encourage your child's creativity by giving him a new kind of paintbrush -- a feather!

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Your child will boost her fine motor skills as she makes unique cards to give away to family and friends

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

While you are waiting for the real stuff, this activity lets your child play in pretend "snow" while practicing reading skills and learning about magnets.

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

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

Let your kid have fun painting by blowing the paint around on the paper rather than using a paintbrush. The result will be a fabulously abstract piece of art!

Help your kindergartener recognize the signs of the season with a winter scavenger hunt.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

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

This engaging outdoor game is a blind obstacle course to help your Kindergarten aged child learn to follow directions.

Introduce your kindergartener to some art history by showing him how to create an everyday object print, Andy Warhol-style.

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