Preschool - 1st Grade Activities : Page 9

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

At your next party, play this amped-up version of hot potato that comes with a prize!

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

Jump into pretend play this Easter with a classic preschool arts and crafts activity: make a bunny paper bag puppet!

Good for indoor and outdoor play, this patriotic tossing game uses lightweight pieces that can be found in almost any household.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Play with shapes, like triangles and circles, to help your child review the different kinds and create a new picture!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Your preschooler wonât need a passport to go on this nature safari! All you need are paper, crayons and a nature trail or your back yard.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Tissue Valentine's hearts make great decorations and help your child work out those all-important fine motor skills.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Show your child how to "recycle" by making a milk box toy car. Here's how to get started.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!