Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 36

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.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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!

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

This cut-out craft makes an elegant Mother's Day gift.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

This is an easy, edible craft that your second grader is sure to enjoy!

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

Replace the butterfat and sugar of ice cream with the sublime sweetness of a frozen chocolate-covered banana.

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Your child's painted handprint helps create a lucky bearded leprechaun to bring a smile to everyone celebrating St. Patrick's Day!