Showing Results for .beginning

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

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Try this simple preschool arts and crafts activity: make a plaster of Paris sculpture in a plastic sandwich bag!

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. This activity uses a clothesline to work on alphabet sounds.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

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!

Halloween is approaching, so why not create some ghost flash cards that will help your child learn their numbers the spooky way?

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

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

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

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

Disguise a lesson focused on shape recognition as a Santa collage, and your pre-kindergartener won't even realize she's learning!

Play with, explore, and describe everyday objects with your preschooler to get her ready to learn basic math skills and concepts.

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

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.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

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.

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

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.