Games and Activities
Looking for 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 around, or narrow your search by grade and subject area.
Take a regular old beach ball, a sharpie marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!
Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's a simple activity you can do at home before your middle-schooler begins those long end-of-the-chapter review questions.
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Environmental Print Bingo
When you're driving in the car do you hear calls from the back seat, "There's Target, McDonald's, Home Depot, Toys R Us?" This is what teachers call "environmental print" and it's important for reading readiness. You can use these symbols and signs as the basis for a fun game of bingo.
Play the Rainbow to Explore Acoustics!
In this activity, your child will fill jars with varied amounts of water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.
Practice Hula Hoop Times Tables!
If you're finding it painful to get your child to practice math lessons learned throughout the school year and her skills are slipping, try this mental and physical multitasking game to get your child back into the swing of things.
Create a Color Collage
This hands-on art activity will help your child work on her sorting skills, and make a beautiful addition to the refrigerator gallery, too!
Drawing Shadow Art
Here's an activity that will develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day!
Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
This activity allows your child to translate what he observes around him into a beautiful poem. Plus, the process will sharpen his awareness that words hold meaning and are a way of expressing himself.
Counting Cups
Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten skill. In a nutshell, it means children are able to count a group of objects, while touching each object, one at a time. This activity turns it into a simple game.
Go on a Nature Hunt!
In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are “bigger” and “smaller,” “longer" and “shorter." These concepts are not only important for kindergarten math, they also encourage children to become better scientific observers.
Pay the Toll! A Communication Game
Is your family a little lax in the grammar department? Don’t worry! This game helps to strengthen your child’s speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.
Digital Algebra
Are kindergarteners really expected to do algebra? Believe it or not, they are! Before you start getting nervous, know this: kindergarten algebra is a lot different than what you did in high school. In the world of kindergarten, algebra means putting like things into groups, or noticing what ...
