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

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help them learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

Help your preschooler understand that the surrounding world is made up of a varied combination of land, air and water with this simple activity.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

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.

As your child plays photographer, snapping pictures around the yard, he'll also be practicing recognizing letter sounds, which will help him learn to read.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

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

This adorable toy is fun to play with and easy to make. Even better, you should be able to find all the materials you need lying around your house.

Let your kid have fun painting by blowing the paint around on the paper rather than using a paintbrush. The result will be a fabulously abstract piece of art!

This very physical game gets math off the page and into the real world-- and it works on number sense and estimation, key skills for kindergarten readiness.

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.

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!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

This March, try decorating your home with these scented shamrocks--sure to fill your home with Irish spirit.

Batik is a fabric dying technique usually done with hot wax. This flour-and-water method is kid-safe and easy, and it creates beautiful batik designs.

Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make an over-sized stuffed plaything out of butcher paper and wadded-up newspaper.

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

Teach your preschooler some physics that she can relate to with this fun and simple activity!

This gluten free recipe for coconut rice is a tasty way to help any picky eater expand her culinary horizons. She'll get great measuring practice along the way!

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!

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.