Using only the elements in your backyard, make paintbrushes with your child and create truly homemade works of art.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

This incredibly edible activity gives kindergarteners the chance to practice identifying, copying and extending basic patterns.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

With this activity, your child can learn about how molecules join together and make a pretty decoration to hang around the house. Here's how:

Baking holiday gingerbread men has ever been more educational! Your kindergartener will work on fine motor skills, logic, and counting in this cookie activity.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

Use watercolors and crayons to teach your child about resistance while she creates a beautiful Easter decoration with this festive craft.

What better dessert to serve on April Foolâs Day than cookie fish sticks? Make this fish stick meal for an unforgettable reaction.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

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

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Help your kindergartener's handwriting, hand strength and coordination by making a "stress ball" from this homemade, nontoxic "silly squeezy putty."

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.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

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

Want to give craft time a little pop and sizzle? Try this colorful painting craft that uses one of our favorite toys--a Koosh ball!