Use paper and paste to create a colorful collage of shapes that turns into a school bus right before your eyes.

This school bus is easy to make, and all you need are some common household items.

Feed your preschoolerâs love for all things transportation-related with this tasty and educational snack.

In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

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

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your preschooler or kindergartener create his own set of building blocks to create her dream house and buildings.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Celebrate your kindergarten grad's new âbig kidâ status by signing off on her first library card and making a library card pocket holder to stash it in.

This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

In this fun activity, kids learn how to make their own bravery badges so they can be brave anytime they want.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

Christmas stencils let your preschooler make his mark on the holiday. Make Christmas stencils with your young crafter this holiday season.

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!

Help your preschooler practice counting, matching, and learning colors with this fun game!

Put your individual fingerprint on the 100th Day of School (literally!) with this activity.

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

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

Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry! Use rice to make pictures.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

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?