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.

Have your preschooler paint like Monet, and build crucial handwriting skills at the same time!

Your preschooler or kindergartener will count their way to Valentine's Day while designing an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards!

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

Use simple items like clothespins and yarn to craft these adorable little dolls. They're fun to make and even more fun to play with!

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Make a beautiful waxed Easter egg relief drawing for a lesson in this unique art technique.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Practice color combinations with a learning tool that looks amazing — and delicious!

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

Transform paper towel tubes into some great binoculars for imaginary playtime!

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Increase your preschooler's observation skills with this fun and colorful science experiment!

This delicious recipe is one that both kids with and without gluten sensitivity will love! A familiar classic is reworked into a healthy snack.

What do you get when you combine science and fairies? Fairy scientists who make their own potion, of course! This activity promotes critical thinking skills as your child mixes, experiments, and creates their very own fairy potions.

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.

Is your kid struggling with number recognition? Here's a great way to go fishing for numbers that will feel more like play than counting practice.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

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

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

A fingerprint heart is a lovely craft for little hands to make on Valentine's Day. Create a glittering fingerprint heart with your child this Valentine's Day.

It's Thanksgiving, so why not celebrate of the turkey? Let the little ones partake in the turkey fun, without having to do any of the carving.