Preschool Activities

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!

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

Chocolate rice krispie treats get a fun spin in our recipe. Make chocolate rice krispie treats shaped like chocolate kisses for a special Valentine's Day treat.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Here's a preschool color collage activity to help your child work on their sorting skills, and create a beautiful addition to the refrigerator gallery.

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

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

This clay doesn't need to go into the oven. Brew up a batch, let your child shape it, and dry overnight. By morning, it's ready for paint. Perfect for holidays!

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.

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

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!

Show your child how to make a cool fleece poncho without any sewing, and help develop fine motor skills and patterning at the same time. Here's how.

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

Make ghost decorations for Halloween! They're made out of paper towels and are a cinch to create!

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the preschool curriculum. Put a fun twist on this science concept with these cup pets.

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

Looking for a noisemaker that's more musical than your kid's typical banging and clanging? Make a paper plate tambourine!

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

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

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.