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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.

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Practice Hula Hoop Times Tables!

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

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

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

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 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!

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

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

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 ...

My Backyard Counting Book

My Backyard Counting Book

To master counting to ten, kindergarteners often count their fingers and toes. Have him apply his natural curiosity about the outdoors to counting practice, and create a counting book for repeated practice!

Exercise the Alphabet Outside!

Exercise the Alphabet Outside!

In kindergarten, children are expected to become masters of the alphabet. If your child is a mover and a shaker, there's no better way to practice alphabet skills than to get her outside, and exercise the alphabet!


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