Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Here's an easy activity for your preschooler or kindergartener: use waffles and fresh fruit to give your child hands-on practice with patterning and numbers.

Get your preschooler to practice a steady hand and celebrate Read Across America Day with this challenging stacking activity inspired by Dr. Seuss.

Give your child a chance to mix and match jack-o'-lantern faces to create a wide range of expressions and emotions.

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

Dream big by making some washi tape wall art, an easy (and totally temporary) way to experiment with murals.

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!

Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

With a little guidance from parents, youngsters can create a Christmas tree using their thumb as a stamp.

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

This is a surprising science experiment that your child will surely be awestruck by! It involves poking sharpened pencils into a bag filled with water without spilling a drop of water.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

This school bus is easy to make, and all you need are some common household items.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

This year on Dad's day, here's a creative gift that your child can make using simple materials, some of them even recycled.

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

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.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Make a hand-decorated pillowcase to help ease the bedtime battle so that everyone can get a night of sweet dreams.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

During this chilly winter season, try this fun indoor craft with your preschooler to help him explore art concepts like shape, form and texture.

These papier-mâché bracelets are simple to make, and the result is truly stunning!

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.