Preschool - 4th Grade Activities : Page 47

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

This fingerpaint version of the classic Rorschach stumper is sure to be an artistic treat for your kindergartener!

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Give items that usually get tossed in the trash a second life with this green arts and crafts activity for kindergarteners. Make a milk carton train engine!

Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

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!

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

Observe corn seed germination to learn about dicots and monocots and how plants grow from seeds to seedlings to full-grown plants!

What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

This activity is a fun way to fill up your child's tummy and spend time together creating edible lessons in the kitchen.

This engaging, fun, pattern resist painting is inspired by your little one's love of shapes.

Your kid will have the coolest lunch around when he creates this owl's head lunch bag topper. Celebrate the arrival of fall with this rustic-inspired craft.

Teach your child measurement skills and some Mardi Gras history as you make this delectably delicious traditional treat known as King Cake.

A heart hug can brighten up any dreary Valentine's Day. Give a friend a heart hug with this fun holiday craft.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

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

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Here's an easy activity for your preschooler or kindergartener: use waffles and fresh fruit to give your child hands-on practice with patterning and numbers.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

Familiarize your preschooler with the concept of numbers one through five and counting with this hands-on activity.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This fun project will showcase spring's freshest flowers and help your child contribute to the Passover Seder.

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Here's a festive, patriotic 4th of July fruit platter that is healthy, delicious, and guaranteed to be a real crowd pleaser.