Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Don't let alphabet practice turn into catching zzz's. Paint up a zany Z zebra and inject a little excitement into learning letters.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

This art activity encourages your child to create her own papier-mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.

Every day will be a new experience as you explore and learn about the different colors.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

Want to make your own version of the Hollywood walk of fame in your own garden? Immortalize your child's handiwork by creating a cement handprint craft.

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.