For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Use simple items like clothespins and yarn to craft these adorable little dolls. They're fun to make and even more fun to play with!

Try this fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make art by grating colored chalk over a sheet of buttermilk-painted paper. Watch as it sparkles!

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.

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Add a flourish of flowers to your dining table with simple and creative sponge art!

Heart hair clips give your sweetheart a sweet style upgrade. These heart hair clips are perfect for Valentine's Day or anyday that needs a little extra love.

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

This creepy, crawly spider fiber arts project is a great way to practice combining different materials to create an interesting work of decorative art.

Get oodles of noodles this year, not for dinner, but to create this funky ornament for the Christmas tree!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Batik is a fabric dying technique usually done with hot wax. This flour-and-water method is kid-safe and easy, and it creates beautiful batik designs.

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

In this activity, your child fills jars with water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

Whether you love the sweet candy kernels or not, the vibrant colors of candy corn make them perfect for your child and his artistic talents.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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.