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Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

Preschoolers get a hands-on lesson about the color wheel in this St. Patrick's Day exploratory painting activity.

Familiarize your preschooler with the concept of numbers one through five and counting with this hands-on activity.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Little hands and feet can be a big help when learning how to measure! In this activity your preschooler will practice using a ruler and writing numbers.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun, hands-on art activity that will teach your child about the different colors of the seasons.

This hands-on activity that involves arranging pieces of yarn will teach your pre-K child the concept of ordering items by length in an interesting way.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

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.

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.

Practice counting to five with your child while making this adorably "scary" ghost to celebrate Halloween.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

The pottery technique of coiling may be old, but it's probably new to your kid! Make coil pots with your preschooler throw in a little cultural lesson too!

Here's a fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make homemade clay bead jewelry. All you need is flour, cornstarch, and salt to get started.

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Make a handprint turkey with your child to celebrate Thanksgiving. A handprint turkey makes a great base for Thanksgiving coasters, note cards, or place cards.

Put your junk mail to good use! Armed with a stack ads and a few simple art supplies, your preschooler can make a cool poster for his room.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

These little monsters made from balloons and flour are silly and fun and best of all, easy for preschoolers to make.

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

This counting activity helps preschoolers learn about number sequences and adding.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Featuring plenty of good old fashioned squishy, gooey fun without the mess, this compromise of an art project is sure to please little ones and grown-ups alike.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!