Preschool Activities : Page 4

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

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

Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

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

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

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

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!

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Here is a guide to making a felt busy book that's perfect for focusing on specific learning areas with your child.

When it comes to working kids' muscles, nothing beats an obstacle course! Here are some easy ideas for creating your own course at home.

Make a beautiful waxed Easter egg relief drawing for a lesson in this unique art technique.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

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

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

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

Enjoy the beach all year long with this fun activity that uses sand, seashells, and a shoebox to create a mini beach right in your house!

You kid can count from one to ten, no problem. They can even do it backward. Work on their addition and subtraction skills with this fun fruit picking activity.

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

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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!

Teach your child how to create lots and lots of line designs by wrapping string around wooden blocks, and using them to create line-filled prints.

Kids love making shapes with Play-Doh, so they'll love creating their own colorful playful clay!

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!

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.