Browse Kindergarten Reading & Writing Arts & Crafts Hands-on Activities

Build Family Mailboxes!

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

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Make a Thank You Frame

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Make a Thank You Frame

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

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Reading Tour

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Reading Tour

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

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Time Book About the Day

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Time Book About the Day

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

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F is for Frog Craft

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F is for Frog Craft

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

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Father's Day Shorts

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Father's Day Shorts

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

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Mother's Day Coupons

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Mother's Day Coupons

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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Cloud Writing

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Cloud Writing

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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Make a Tooth Care Poster

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Make a Tooth Care Poster

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

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Make a "First Day of School" Photo Book

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Make a "First Day of School" Photo Book

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

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Social studies

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Make a Paper Bag Book

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Make a Paper Bag Book

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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White Collage

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White Collage

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

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Fairy Tale Dice

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Fairy Tale Dice

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

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Create an Autumn Tree of Resolutions

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Create an Autumn Tree of Resolutions

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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Make Your Own Postcard

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Make Your Own Postcard

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

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How to Make a Homemade Book

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How to Make a Homemade Book

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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Wham! Bam! Kapow!: Cartoon Storytelling

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Wham! Bam! Kapow!: Cartoon Storytelling

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

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Codex Book

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Codex Book

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

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Monster Dance

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Monster Dance

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!

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I Am Thankful For...

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I Am Thankful For...

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

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Reading & Writing

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Hissing Cat

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Hissing Cat

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Kindergarten

Math

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Polar Bear Craft

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Polar Bear Craft

Winter is a great time to create a textured polar bear. Not only will your child gain practice identifying shapes, they'll also work on fine motor skills.

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