Preschool - 1st Grade Activities : Page 25

Make these edible dreidels out of marshmallows, pretzels and chocolate chips for Hanukkah.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Have your child create and decorate a paper plate frisbee that will keep them occupied for hours on end.

Give snack time a fresh floral touch with this flower-shaped garden snack, perfect for tea parties with your preschooler!

Your kindergartener will be delighted to refine his motor and conceptual skills as he creates his own Maccabee shield in honor of the Maccabee revolt.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

Every day can be Chinese New Year with a dancing dragon that your child can make at home.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

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

Want to create some really unusual artwork and introduce your little artist to color combining? Try out some bubble painting!

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

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

Get your preschooler to practice a steady hand and celebrate Read Across America Day with this challenging stacking activity inspired by Dr. Seuss.

Introduce shapes to art projects with this fun Valentine-themed craft.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Make a handprint turkey with your child to celebrate Thanksgiving. A handprint turkey makes a great base for Thanksgiving coasters, note cards, or place cards.

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

All your preschooler needs to create a personalized Halloween memento is their two hands and some black paint.

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?