Draw Shadow Art
Here's an activity that will develop your kindergartner's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day!
Rock Out with Tic-Tac-Toe
A fun twist on the classic game. Use chalk to create an outdoor tic-tac-toe board, and play using colorfully painted rocks in place of X's and O's.
What Was There? A Classic Memory Game
Play 'Memory' to sharpen your child's memorization skills. All you need is some common household items and a timer to start.
Crazy Eights With Word Families!
Make and play a Crazy Eights-inspired card game with your kindergartner to help boost her understanding of phonics and word families.
Paper Plate Ring Toss
Here's an easy activity to play a county fair favorite: Paper Plate Ring Toss! Use paper plates to create the rings while teaching your child about direction and number values. It's a fun way to mix fun with basic math.
Play the Build a Monster Game!
Monsters can be scary, but drawing your own makes them fun! Play this game and create your own silly monster! Your child will get her creative juices flowing, and she'll even get to practice her math. It's fun and simple, and the drawings she'll come up with will surely be a riot.
Toss and Blend: A Carnival Game
This game may not win your child a giant stuffed giraffe, but it will help boost his reading and spelling skills. Bring out the paper cups and let's build some words!
Build Writing Muscles with a Water Relay
Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing his name an excruciating task? For many young writers, it is. The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.
Coffee Can Stilts
If you have a child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts. Easy to make, they're sure to provide hours of backyard fun and exercise.
One Fish, Two Fish, Cast and Go Fish!
Celebrate Read Across America Seuss-style! In this wacky Dr. Seuss-inspired fishing game, you can turn your bathtub into your very own fishing hole.
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