Preschool - 5th Grade Activities : Page 135

Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

This handprint angel adds some sparkle to Christmas. Watch as your child's handprints turn into beautiful angel wings.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

Caring for ourselves and others can build connections and a greater sense of love. In this activity, your child will discuss what it means to be caring and will demonstrate care through drawing and by performing two caring and kind deeds.

Patterns are everywhere. This activity allows your child to practice inventing their own patterns while creating a portrait of a pet.

You can try this simple activity with your third grader to get him thinking about the real world math you use everyday.

Introduce your kid to cooking basics as you make shepherd's pie: a traditional Irish dish thanks to the trusty potato!

Make this delicious coconut cream pie recipe this Kwanzaa, and teach your kids the meaning of this important African-American holiday.

With so many high fat snacks on the market, eating healthy can be tricky. Help your child make a low fat snack with little more than a can of chick peas!

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

Want to turn snack time into fun-time? Help him turn ordinary rice cakes into creatures that are silly, creepy, or just plain cute!

This beginner's sewing craft turns ordinary gloves into fancy fur fashion statements!

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

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.

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!

Most timeline activities are all about history. Make timelines more relevant and personal for your child by focusing on the hours and minutes of his day.

Learn about nature while creating a nest for baby chicks with this project that is a fun way to explore how to layer shapes and create texture.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

Learn about construction while making a fun new toy, the Mini-Marshmallow Popper.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

You and your child can make Easter egg dye with the food coloring that you already have in your cupboard.

The proportion game combines chance with math skills and is a perfect way for your third grader to become more familiar with equivalent fractions.

Make ghost decorations for Halloween! They're made out of paper towels and are a cinch to create!

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Your child will have a blast creating this adorable black cat with a cardboard tube and some pipe cleaners. A perfect craft for Halloween decorating!

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Here's a great homemade card idea that supports fine motor skills and creativity in addition to introducing your child to the art of quilling.

In this activity, your child will write and draw about a time when they acted in ways that illustrated responsibility, kindness, or integrity. They will also reflect on what it felt like to have control over their choices and behaviors.

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!