Play Musical Statues
This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.
Draw Your Own Cartouche: Personalized Hieroglyphics
Has your child ever wondered what her name would look like written in hieroglyphs? Bring history to life by helping her create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.
Ojo de Dios
In this activity, give your child some insight into another culture with this craft activity: create an ojo de Dios (eye of God), a representation of the yarn weaving done by the Huichol population of northwest Mexico.
Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!
Sew a Colorful Amish Potholder
The careful measurements and piecing of quilting happen to provide outstanding practice in spatial reasoning and early geometry. Quilting is also a great way to connect with the past hands-on. Help fourth graders stitch all these ideas together by letting them quilt something of their own!
Create a Post Office Play Station
Want to help your preschooler with a creative play station that's loads of fun? Set up a post office in your home!
Bake Challah Bread
This challah bread recipe is great for hands-on lesson in the science of baking! Your fledgling baker will enjoy this tactile experience--and the final product!
Make Popsicle Puppets...and Practice Communication
How many times a day do you say "Use your words, not your hands" to your young children? Probably more than you'd like to count! Preschoolers need to learn about conflict resolution. And puppets can help!
Renaissance Art Project: Create a Silverpoint Drawing
Have your high school artist revive a bit of ancient history through art by creating a silverpoint sketch, or a drawing made of silver. In this activity, learn how to construct a "silver" stylus with gauge wire to make a unique drawing that she can cherish.
Morse Code Messaging
Kids and codes go together like dashes and dots. Teach your child Morse code, a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!
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