This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

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

These paper pumpkins will make lovely, festive centerpieces in your home this fall.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your child and teach her about Mexican heritage with this fun arts and crafts activity.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Gather your child's old artwork together into a bookmark, a perfect gift to retain these memories long after kindergarten is over.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

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

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Help your kid get in touch with their wild side with this Big Bad Wolf mask! Bring this fairy tale villain to life with simple crafting supplies.

Let your child be the king or queen of Mardi Gras by making his own shiny and spectacular Mardi Gras crown.

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

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

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Teach your child about jesters as she makes her very own jester hat.

Kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school will love turning flower pots into homemade musical instruments in this fun and simple activity.

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

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Give your kindergartener a beautiful way to say "I love you" while giving end-of-year math and writing skills a workout!

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

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.