Preschool - 1st Grade Activities : Page 13

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

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

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

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.

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.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Help your child craft a magnetic menorah that they can safely "light" themselves!

In this leap frog activity, your child will use her muscles to jump over her friends and onto lily pads as she practices number recognition.

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Candy cane ornaments bring some cheer to your Christmas tree. Make a batch of candy cane ornaments with your child to practice patterning and fine motor skills.

Here's a delightful activity that uses your child's name to help him improve his writing skills.

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.

It can feel good to hit something when you're mad. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes this dough, the better these play dough cookies will taste!

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Celebrate President's Day with your kindergartener by building a delicious presidential snack: a banana log cabin!

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Does your child still want to play in the snow, even after he has to come inside? In this activity you'll build a snowman indoors!

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

Challenge your kindergartener to finding out if a coin toss is really fair by conducting this coin toss experiment.

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.