In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

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!

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

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

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

This gluten free recipe for coconut rice is a tasty way to help any picky eater expand her culinary horizons. She'll get great measuring practice along the way!

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!