Kids' Activities and Games
Looking for kids activities to show your child the fun side of learning? From science experiments and math games to writing projects and more, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to browse our kids activities, or narrow your search by grade and subject area.
Give Thanks: Make a Cornucopia Table Setting
A cornucopia is the traditional table decoration of Thanksgiving. Let all your Thanksgiving guests join the celebration by slipping their own thank-yous into the cornucopia before the meal.
Make Holiday Thank You Cards
Kids love the holidays because they're full of family, tradition, and - oh yes - gifts. Use this opportunity to teach your child the good manners of sending thank you cards. Your child will get some great writing practice in, too!
Make Thanksgiving Teepee Place Cards
Keep your child busy and entertained this Thanksgiving by enlisting her to make the table's place cards! She'll be delighted to have such an important job and she'll improve her spelling and fine motor skills along the way.
Make Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments
Decorate your Christmas tree with beaded candy canes made by your child. This activity teaches your child an AB pattern which is taught in kindergarten and essential for learning number patterns. You can even make enough for relatives and friends or attach them to holiday gifts!
Three Kinds of Colonial Cornbread
Back in the 1620's, when our Mayflower ancestors were struggling to survive, corn became a lifesaver. But for the Pilgrims, "cornbread" wasn't necessarily the fluffy, cake-like mixture we eat today. Here are three recipes that harken back to those early times. Taste and explore!
Create Thanksgiving Finger Puppets
Help your child make these charming Thanksgiving finger puppets. Then, use them to reenact the first Thanksgiving.
Do Some Cranberry Sauce Science!
It's food. It's Thanksgiving tradition. And guess what: Cranberry Sauce is also science!
Make an Alphabet Memory Game
Learning the alphabet and letter sounds is extra fun if you play a game that you and your child made together! This game is very inexpensive to make and allows your child to practice using scissors and glue.
Craft a Red Nosed Reindeer Collage
Christmas is a time of celebration, but it can also provide an opportunity to learn. Regale your child with the famous Christmas story of the red nosed reindeer, and then segue into a fun paper and glue art project.
Make Handprint Turkeys
Take finger painting to the next level as you show him how to stamp turkeys with his hands as his sense of touch is awoken by the cold, squishy paint. The final product can be used to make coasters, place cards, note cards and more!
