Give items that usually get tossed in the trash a second life with this green arts and crafts activity for kindergarteners. Make a milk carton train engine!

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

A twist on the gingerbread house, this train is made with graham crackers, icing, and candy decorations. A great 2nd-3rd grade holiday arts and crafts activity.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

Recycle all those old puzzles with missing pieces into a cute and easy puzzle piece tree.

Turn leftover puzzle pieces into a one-of-a-kind necklace that's sure to brighten any outfit.

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

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

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

This unique Santa is made only from circles. Your little one will have a fantastic time puzzling together Santa's face with this circle-centric activity.

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

Spark your childâs interest in epic fantasy tales with this ferocious dragon craft.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Prepare for school the washi tape way with some washi tape school supplies!