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

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

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

Help your child learn the language of mathematics through cupcakes with this fun counting activity.

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

Work with your child's sense of fun by making this interesting snack, where playing with healthy food gets your child eating it

Encourage your preschooler to create his own edible moue creation complete with an ice cream face, cookie ears, sprinkle whiskers, and jelly bean nose and eyes.

Help your preschooler explore the effects of light and shadow, and make a pretty sun print at the same time!

Have your preschooler paint like Monet, and build crucial handwriting skills at the same time!

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

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!

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

This homemade snow globe is fun for kids who are excited about the arrival of winter. Kids can complete this snow globe craft quickly and easily.

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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

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

This baking activity lets kids play with frosting, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix.

In this preschool counting game, kids learn to count with their fingers, but without their eyes!

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

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.

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

Hereâs a surefire way to get your kids practicing their ABCs. Create an edible alphabet out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

This guessing game is a hoot. And it helps teach kids to categorize a set of objects-- a key skill for preschool.

Kids learn how to play Jan-Ken-Pon, Japanese rock-paper-scissors, in this fun preschool activity.

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

Healthy eating may sound dull to kids, but it doesn't have to be boring. Add a little pizzazz to snack time by holding a snack hunt!