Help your preschooler get a jump start on her reading skills with this fun activity! Using homemade felt letters and 26 colorful pictures, she'll get to practice recognizing letters and the sounds they make. This fun matching game will get her acquainted with the alphabet in no time.

If your child wants to pretend to be a cowboy, you can bet that he needs a horse! Make one at home using an empty dish soap bottle, a broom stick, and some pieces of felt for one grade-A prop! It makes a perfect toy to use in all sorts of imaginative play!

To help your child have a good time practicing colors and numbers try playing Clothespin Colors, a fun matching game! It will help your preschooler with his colors, patterns, and counting!

In the age of CDs and MP3s, you probably think that the old record player in your attic is pretty useless. But think again! Did you know you could use an old record player to create beautiful, funky works of art? Use this creative project that lets your child experiment with color and movement!

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.

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make! He'll also get a headstart on patterning as he makes up his own musical beats.

Looking for a colorful painting project to do with your preschooler? Try Marble Art, an exciting art activity that uses marbles instead of paint brushes. The results are always unique, and it will let your child practice her prediction and observation skills!

Here's an easy and fun science project that uses all things yellow! It's exciting for your preschooler because she'll get to watch substances mix together, and you'll love it because it will help her increase observation and comparing skills!

This activity is a learning opportunity disguised as a fun activity. Create a mini ocean floor and use a homemade underwater viewer to examine the objects beneath the surface! Your preschooler will get to practice observing, examining, and experimenting!

Craft a colorful paper chain with this activity that lets your child create an imaginative prop or house decoration by alternating two colors in a repetitive pattern. Expose your preschooler to this basic math skill early or do it with your kindergartner to help her master her patterning skills!