Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

Your preschooler can learn how to siphon water with just two bottles and a plastic tube in this fun, educational science activity.

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

Use common kitchen tools to create an entirely uncommon work of art!

Treasure hunts are tons of fun and they're a great way to introduce maps. Set the stage, and your kid's imagination will do the rest.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

In this arts and crafts activity, encourage your preschooler to create these shape-stick puppets which can be used to put on plays or act out stories with.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

The pudding adds an extra bit of sweetness and elegance to this simple dessert while the strawberries keep it healthy.

Building a rocket ship is a great way for kids to learn about measuring and construction. It'll fuel their creative side too!

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Challenge your preschooler to a game of shape match-up--an entertaining way to boost her observational ability.

Use a chunk of Styrofoam and some golf tees to make a safe and quiet tool bench for the kids.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Your preschooler will strengthen his fine motor skills by cutting, painting, and drawing as he creates a crafty caterpillar out of an egg carton.

These homemade thumbprint cards are as personalized as it gets, and your child will love using his prints to make holiday magic!

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.