Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 53

This heart chain will help spread the love on Valentine's Day. Help your child make a colorful heart chain for your home or classroom this Valentine's Day.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

Teach your kids about colors and patterns while creating a beautiful work of art.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Heart math is a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day and familiarize your advanced preschooler with the concept of adding numbers.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

A heart wreath is a pretty and festive Valentine's Day decoration. Make a heart wreath with your child this Valentine's Day.

This St. Patrick's Day show your child to the fun of resist painting. It's as simple as getting out a crayon and some watercolor paints!

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

Bring the Star of David symbol to life by baking and decorating festive sugar cookies for Hanukkah!

Before hitting the road this summer, arm yourself with Straight Face, a game guaranteed to turn bored frowns into happy grins and giggles.

Crayon hearts add some Valentine's Day fun to your child's coloring pages. Make a set of crayons hearts as a beautiful gift for your child or a friend.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

This seashell necklace lets you keep a piece of the beach with you. Help your crafty kid create this seashell necklace, the perfect summer keepsake.

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Explore the changing seasons with your preschooler by helping her create a cork-stamped masterpiece.

Make a mixed up animal collage and help your preschooler build her visual arts and math skills along the way.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Your child will have loads of fun creating this decorative basket and filling it with a secret gift or goodie before sharing with a friend or family member.

Preschoolers can explore shapes and texture in this fun and fantastically messy art project!

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...