Preschool Activities : Page 6

Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Try this fun and interactive collage activity with your preschooler to teach her the "building blocks" of math and architecture.

Heart math is a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day and familiarize your advanced preschooler with the concept of adding numbers.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

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.

This simple and seasonal kid activity turns glue and food coloring into beautiful autumn leaves that will last forever.

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

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

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

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

In this fun snack-time activity, kids boost counting, sorting, and color recognition skills as they make a delicious and nutritious snack.

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

This activity is a fun way to fill up your child's tummy and spend time together creating edible lessons in the kitchen.

Batik is a fabric dying technique usually done with hot wax. This flour-and-water method is kid-safe and easy, and it creates beautiful batik designs.

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

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

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Turn ordinary cookies into puppets and create edible performance art!

Wishing for snow? If the weather refuses to cooperate, take charge and make your own snow in this fun painting activity!