Get ready for Thanksgiving by explaining the importance of the harvest. This craft is a great way for her to show thanks for all that delicious food!

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

This dreidel ornament makes a sparkling spinning top out of popsicle sticks. Make this dreidel ornament and get ready for Hanukkah.

Here is a guide to making a felt busy book that's perfect for focusing on specific learning areas with your child.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

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 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.

This shamrock magnet is the perfect project for St. Patrick's Day. It's simple to make and will fill your refrigerator with Irish spirit!

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

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

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

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

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Have your child create her own version of an ancient Egyptian jewelry cuff similar to one that a goddess might have worn with this fun recycled craft.

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.

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

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Let your preschooler feel like a real chef by helping him create his very own chef's hat!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

The pottery technique of coiling may be old, but it's probably new to your kid! Make coil pots with your preschooler throw in a little cultural lesson too!

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 simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

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!

Introduce your kid to abstract art with this painting activity. It's the perfect way to engage a kinesthetic learner and spark an interest in art history!