Kindergarten Activities : Page 15

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

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

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Run, run as fast as you canâto create this felt gingerbread man! Bring this beloved tale to life with felt, cardstock and brightly colored decorations.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

Have the kids make Mom a wooden "Love Box" for Mother's Day (or any other day!) to show her how much she means to everyone.

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

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Create one-of-a-kind noisemakers to bring some fun to New Year's Eve.

Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

The objectives of this classic game are to toss a marker onto each square, to hop onto the single squares, and to skip the square where the marker landed.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

In this arts and crafts activity, let your kindergartener create life-sized body stamps using some paint and his own hands and feet.

Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!

This simple and seasonal kid activity turns glue and food coloring into beautiful autumn leaves that will last forever.

Here's a color matching game that is perfect for winter! Your child will race against the clock to assemble the name of a color with its matching parts.

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

Homemade candy canes are a sweet gift for your friends and family. Make homemade candy canes with your child this Christmas.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Learn how to make paper Christmas trees with this simple craft. See how to make paper Christmas trees and celebrate the holiday season.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.