Preschool Activities : Page 3

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

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.

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

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.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

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

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

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

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

When your child is itching for a game, consider ditching Hide and Seek in favor of Shape and Seek. Here's how it works:

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

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.

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Looking for a noisemaker that's more musical than your kid's typical banging and clanging? Make a paper plate tambourine!

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.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Play with shapes, like triangles and circles, to help your child review the different kinds and create a new picture!

Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

This guessing game is a hoot. And it helps teach kids to categorize a set of objects-- a key skill for preschool.