Help your child develop his counting and language skills with this fun activity. He'll be a number hero for a day and learn about safety while he's at it.

Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

This Halloween, encourage your child to create a super sweet mosaic. They'll make a candy corn pumpkin and then decide if they want to eat it, or keep it!

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

Sponges are easy to handle and fun to play with, and your child will love putting these simple, three-piece puzzles together.

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

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

Homemade face paint is a safe and economical way to jazz up your Halloween costume. Even better, this easy-to-make face paint requires just three ingredients!

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

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

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

Is your kid struggling with number recognition? Here's a great way to go fishing for numbers that will feel more like play than counting practice.

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

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Tic-tac-toe is tons of fun, but the traditional version can get a little monotonous after a while. Mix it up and try this colorful outdoor version!

These papier-mâché bracelets are simple to make, and the result is truly stunning!

With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.

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

Here's an easy activity for your preschooler or kindergartener: use waffles and fresh fruit to give your child hands-on practice with patterning and numbers.

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!

Guide your preschooler through making a handmade bug valentine for a loved one; it's an adorable way to say, "I love you."

Combine fun sensory play with early number awareness in a squishy sun catcher project. It's a fun way for your kid to learn about numbers.