Early Childhood Activities : Page 3

Treasure hunts are tons of fun and they're a great way to introduce maps. Set the stage, and your kid's imagination will do the rest.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

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.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

This dalmatian costume is simple for expert crafters and novice dog lovers alike. Make a dalmatian costume with your child for Halloween or play time.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

In this playful preschool arts and crafts activity, your child will create a cute and colorful caterpillar using pom-poms, googly eyes, and a clothespin.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.