Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 27

Rainy day? Stuck inside? Here's an arts and crafts pasta project to enjoy with your kindergartener that helps her with math patterns too.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Ringing a quiet bell is also a great way to support focus and bring kids into the present moment so they can be aware of what they are experiencing inside.

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

This colorful garland can be strung across a fireplace and remind you of your blessings well into the new year.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

It's a race against time to see how quickly she can color match and correctly place all of the water beads!

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Your child will "build" a snowman and lace her way around the paper plates, boosting her manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

A thankful turkey helps your child think about on the things that he's thankful for. Make this turkey craft with your child for Thanksgiving.

Make the sentiment of live flowers last and last by showing your kindergartener how to craft a bouquet that will never wilt--a family photo bouquet, that is.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

Add a sugary kick to your traditional breakfast foods with this gingerbread-shaped cereal snack!

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Your kindergartener will thoroughly enjoy making this gingerbread man paper chain. This activity is small on cost, but large on imagination!

Help keep your child's baby teeth safe with this cute tooth-shaped felt pillow that comes with a little pouch that's just the right size for a lost tooth.

In this fun, magical art activity, children paint an invisible picture that is only revealed when covered with watercolors.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

Make these sweet-smelling sachets that smell like delicious cinnamon candy.

Make some fairy tale felt board stories with your child the next time you're looking for a fun activity for a lazy afternoon.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.