Preschool - 1st Grade Activities : Page 27

Give your kindergartener a beautiful way to say "I love you" while giving end-of-year math and writing skills a workout!

Stringing beads helps develop the hand-eye coordination kids need to write, and noodles are sized just right for junior jewelry-makers.

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this first grade math card game.

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

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

Get your kids to give you a hand in the kitchen--literally!--by making fun grilled cheese sandwiches decorated with their handprints.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

This underwater painting is as colorful as it is fun!

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

Celebrate all your wonderful tongue taste buds with a giant paper tongue project -- you'll even get to decorate it with actual pieces of candy!

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

Bring the sea to your home with this marine life–inspired art project that displays beautifully when suspended from the ceiling.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

This Santa key lets kids invite Mr. Claus inside, even if they don't have a chimney. Make a Santa key with your child to bring some Christmas cheer inside.

If your kid is fascinated by dinosaurs, show him how to make his very own dinosaur egg. When he's not looking, hide a surprise inside!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will go on a nature scavenger hunt to look for patterns in nature and appreciate how amazing nature is.

Kids can celebrate Veterans Day by making a mosaic American flag out of jelly beans in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Invite your first grader to play with his food! He will improve his fine motor skills as he creates zany edible art!

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

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

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

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

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!