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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your preschooler or kindergartener create his own set of building blocks to create her dream house and buildings.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

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.

This hands-on activity that involves arranging pieces of yarn will teach your pre-K child the concept of ordering items by length in an interesting way.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

Turn ordinary cookies into puppets and create edible performance art!

If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, liven things up by using salt to create a beautiful painting with unique crystal texture!

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

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.

Your preschooler will master this quick and easy apple pizza recipe in no time! Bread, butter, cheese, and apples make a healthy alternative to greasy pizza.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

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

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Perfect for a hot summer day, this cool arts and crafts activity has your preschooler painting a beautiful, textured print from seashells.

This activity is a great way to practice sorting, counting, matching, and other early math skills--- on the fly.