Early Childhood Activities

Make a peace dove to commemorate Black History Month and hang it in your home as a quiet reminder of the spirit of the movement.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Winter is a great time to create a textured polar bear. Not only will your child gain practice identifying shapes, they'll also work on fine motor skills.

Ringing a quiet bell is also a great way to support focus and bring kids into the present moment so they can be aware of what they are experiencing inside.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

This homemade snow globe is fun for kids who are excited about the arrival of winter. Kids can complete this snow globe craft quickly and easily.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.