Preschool - 4th Grade Activities : Page 87

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Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Let your child be the king or queen of Mardi Gras by making his own shiny and spectacular Mardi Gras crown.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Your preschooler will master this quick and easy apple pizza recipe in no time! Bread, butter, cheese, and apples make a healthy alternative to greasy pizza.

Your first grader will love making her favorite feline a chase toy out of old fabric scraps, and she will learn beginning sewing basics while she's at it!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers: try finger painting with corn syrup and food coloring to make bright, colorful works of art.

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

Help your child learn how to protect the environment by creating a useful reference for the family with this recycling poster.

Light up your home with this lightning bug craft that will keep glowing even after summer's gone!

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

This beautiful salad looks like a butterfly and tastes like your favorite vegetables!

Let your child add her creative touch to Cinco de Mayo celebrations by showing her how to make chili pepper napkin rings.

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

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

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

Future engineers, unite! Discover how to keep a sandcastleâs bridge from falling into the moat.

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

Kids get innovative as they mix their own colors then make a painting with the new shades of color they've created.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Express the love that you share with your child this Valentine's Day by creating unique "me and you" portraits together!

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.