Preschool - 4th Grade Activities : Page 131

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Take a pretty parfait glass and help your preschooler create a simple A-B-A-B pattern as she layers strawberries and yogurt.

This easy painting activity feels magical, especially when you use it for a secret message.

Craft a winter words alphabet book to celebrate this chilly season in this preschool-kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Invite your child to partake in an eco-friendly craft by weaving long twigs into a useful kitchen stand for hot pots and pans.

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.

Make a campfire crown, complete with roasted marshmallows!

Avoid holiday card clutter by arranging cards into an artfully simple display: pin them to a length of yarn with classic wooden clothespins.

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Liven up your Christmas decor with vibrant reindeer created from cardboard. This decoration can hang above a fireplace, over a door, or across a wall.

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

This fall-themed missing letter activity is a great way to help your child learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary and bolster letter recognition skills.

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Serve up this pretend play activity to your preschooler to give her counting skills a healthy boost.

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

Send big holiday love on a small budget by sending these "Elf Tickets" this year...and give your child some writing practice in the bargain.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Since every person's fingerprint is unique, a fingerprint keychain is a fun way for your kindergartener to leave her own special mark on a useful item.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

When it comes to snack time, you can't have much more fun than a treat in a yummy edible bowl. Check out our quick and easy cookie cup recipe.

Craft your own Mardi Gras wreath to celebrate the holiday and help your kid build her fine motor skills while you're at it!

Bring the crisscrossing lines of highways and the sprawling webs of metropolitan cities to your dinner table!

In this fun art exercise, kids practice seeing multiple shapes and colors inside a water-filled glass and recreate them as a still life using colored paper.

Help your child master shape recognition by creating some funky topiary trees.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.