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Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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

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

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

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

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

Got a fussy eater on your hands? Here's a great way to make fruit appear more appealing, and make eating it a lot more fun, too!

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

The Christmas Addition Tree is a great way to get kids actively involved in math practice through art projects over the holiday break.

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

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.

Introduce colors to shadow play with this creative and irresistible science activity!

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as they use bugs in addition and subtraction problems.

If your young child is a kinesthetic learner, this equation board is perfect for teaching him addition and subtraction facts.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

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

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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

Play this fun math numbers game with your kindergartener! Practice following instructions as you roll the dice and count.