Here's a fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make homemade clay bead jewelry. All you need is flour, cornstarch, and salt to get started.

It can feel good to hit something when you're mad. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes this dough, the better these play dough cookies will taste!

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

Help your child learn about the science of color mixing and primary and secondary colors with this experimental art activity.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

Help your preschooler practice tying knots and bows by making a chain of chocolate kisses in this sweet Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity.

Preschoolers can ply their creativity making recycled egg carton masks in this clever eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

This simple and seasonal kid activity turns glue and food coloring into beautiful autumn leaves that will last forever.

Get your preschooler or kindergartener into the holiday spirit by making a holiday instrument that will improve his fine motor skills and sense of rhythm.

Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry! Use rice to make pictures.

Tap into your child's imagination while creating magic water bottles by filling a bottle with objects that they can search for and locate.

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Show your child how to make a cool fleece poncho without any sewing, and help develop fine motor skills and patterning at the same time. Here's how.

Want to help your kid with math? Get out the grab bag! This game is a great way to practice the tricky business of associating numbers with sets of objects.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

This Easter, try putting on a guided family scavenger hunt to help your kindergartener track down the Easter eggs.

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

Make homemade potpourri out of roses with your child!

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!

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

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.

This Play-Doh counting game will improve your little one's math skills and the hanging Christmas trees will make great decoration.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

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.