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Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

This arts and crafts activity explores triptych painting while encouraging your preschooler to increase critical sequencing and early literacy skills.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

In this activity, your child will learn the benefits of positive thinking. They will write positive statements about themselves and create a gratitude board.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

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!

Is your kindergartener having trouble picking outfits for the rapidly cooling weather? This handy dressing wheel makes getting ready a breeze!

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Work with your child's sense of fun by making this interesting snack, where playing with healthy food gets your child eating it

In this activity, help your kindergartener develop sequencing skills with these easy story sequence cards

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

This homemade alphabet game will keep your kindergartener on his toes and help him practice letter, numbers, and taking turns. The whole family can participate!

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

In this activity, your child will create a fun lion mask and learn a little about Chinese culture too!

In this activity, your child will learn about how focusing on positive feelings, like love and peace, helps these feelings grow. They will also decorate pots and plant seeds as a reminder of this.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by creating a geometric, math-inspired mural in the style of Henri Matisse in this creative kindergarten grade art activity.