Preschool - 7th Grade Activities : Page 51

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

This collage is a great way for children to see different methods of creating the same idea.

In celebration of National Peace Day on September 21st, your child can create a colorful peace collage, using magazine clippings and colorful pieces of paper.

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

Your child will "build" a snowman and lace her way around the paper plates, boosting her manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and surprise someone special on May Day with a homemade basket of pretty tissue paper blooms.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

Help your child observe Veterans Day by having him create a paper chain American flag; it's a fun and crafty way to show your patriotism.

In this free science fair project, build a star clock and learn how to tell time on a clear night by observing the big dipper!

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

This recipe provides a quicker, easier, and slightly healthier way to prepare this classic Louisiana Creole dish.

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

Your youngster can explore the parts of a face while creating this ghoulish Halloween zombie head sandwich!

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Candy cane ornaments bring some cheer to your Christmas tree. Make a batch of candy cane ornaments with your child to practice patterning and fine motor skills.