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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?

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener: make a print relief out of cardboard.

Try this fun and interactive collage activity with your preschooler to teach her the "building blocks" of math and architecture.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

Looking for a healthy alternative for your preschoolerâs next birthday bonanza? Try out this surprisingly nutritious and wonderfully delicious dessert pizza!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschool or pre-kindergarten child: make a tubescope out of a cardboard tube and colored and wax paper!

Stringing beads helps develop the hand-eye coordination kids need to write, and noodles are sized just right for junior jewelry-makers.

This is an easy counting game for preschoolers and toddlers. Great for car trips!

This activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun, hands-on art activity that will teach your child about the different colors of the seasons.

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

Craft your own Mardi Gras wreath to celebrate the holiday and help your kid build her fine motor skills while you're at it!

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

This Valentine's Day, learn a little more about the organ that keeps everything in your body going--the heart!

Make some fairy tale felt board stories with your child the next time you're looking for a fun activity for a lazy afternoon.

Learners will boost their visual recognition skills and become more familiar with different colors as they pair up craft sticks with the same patterns.

Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!

Kids print their own smudges, then turn them into silly monsters that are sure to bring lots of laughs along the way.

Does your preschooler like cereal? Explore numbers with everyday objects and food with this fun counting activity.

This sweet cardstock bouquet featuring your child's photo is sure to make Mom or Grandma smile on Mother's Day or any day of the year.

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

Jump into pretend play this Easter with a classic preschool arts and crafts activity: make a bunny paper bag puppet!

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

Boost your child's early literacy skills and create alphabet tiles she can play and practice with - great reinforcement for ABC's, phonics and writing!