Preschool Activities : Page 9

Put a spin on your child's old routine with this salad spinner painting project.

Make interesting art and learn about shapes, lines and patterns by using spaghetti noodles.

This activity is a fun way to fill up your child's tummy and spend time together creating edible lessons in the kitchen.

Increase your preschooler's observation skills with this fun and colorful science experiment!

This shamrock magnet is the perfect project for St. Patrick's Day. It's simple to make and will fill your refrigerator with Irish spirit!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschooler: make pendulum paintings using only a funnel, canvas, and paint!

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

Sponges are easy to handle and fun to play with, and your child will love putting these simple, three-piece puzzles together.

Help your kid get in touch with their wild side with this Big Bad Wolf mask! Bring this fairy tale villain to life with simple crafting supplies.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Give snack time a fresh floral touch with this flower-shaped garden snack, perfect for tea parties with your preschooler!

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!

Want to create some really unusual artwork and introduce your little artist to color combining? Try out some bubble painting!