Take a trip to the pet store with your kindergartner and snap shots of the living and non living things she sees! Create a scrapbook to help her know the difference and practice her writing skills, too!

Simon Says is a classic outdoor game that young children love. You can promote your child's skill development by playing this game in a new way. Here's how.

The traditional objectives of this classic game are to toss a marker (a flat stone, a beanbag, etc.) onto each numbered square consecutively, to hop onto the single squares without putting the second foot down, and to skip the square where the marker has landed.

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

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

Shed some "light" on the Chinese culture while brightening up your home. Help your kindergartner create these delightful, paper lanterns in honor of the Chinese New Year!

By the start of kindergarten, most kids are able to sing the "Alphabet Song." But reading, writing and understanding all those letters and their sounds? That takes more time, and practice makes perfect. Here's a journal activity that can help your child develop her alphabet understanding.

Let's put it this way: it's a rare kindergartener who's going to win penmanship honors. Should you worry? Not yet! Instead, help your child build hand strength and coordination by making a squeezy ball from some homemade, nontoxic "silly, squeezy putty."

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster. By visually showing the distinction between the two, your child will learn quickly whether what he's asking for is something he needs or something he wants.