Preschool - 1st Grade Activities : Page 34

Halloween is approaching, so why not create some ghost flash cards that will help your child learn their numbers the spooky way?

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. This activity uses a clothesline to work on alphabet sounds.

Design a set of uppercase and lowercase alphabet cards, then use them to play memory and phonics games!

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry! Use rice to make pictures.

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Use the activity below to help your child create bath salts as she observes how a solid changes when placed into a liquid.

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

Be the mane attraction by creating a lion out of leaves! This wild craft keeps kids engaged and makes for fabulous art.

Pine cone decorations are fun and festive for the Christmas season. Make pine cone decorations with your child to celebrate the beauty of winter.

Make your own volleyball net! This beach ball game is a great activity for kids of all ages to develop coordination and teamwork.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Use common kitchen tools to create an entirely uncommon work of art!

Here is a guide to making a felt busy book that's perfect for focusing on specific learning areas with your child.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

This fun math game will help develop your child's counting skills and number recognition skills.

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.

These homemade thumbprint cards are as personalized as it gets, and your child will love using his prints to make holiday magic!

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

This is a simple, nutritious food kids love for snacks and lunches all year.

Create striking pieces of art using handmade heart stencils in this hands-on Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity!

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Turn your home into a public art space by trying your hand at creating your own removable wall mural.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!