Create a Placemat
This activity will help your kindergartner build reading and writing skills.

Sorting Beans
By sorting and categorizing beans, your kindergartner will begin to build math and problem-solving skills.

Amazing Bubbles
This fun activity engages your child's curiosity and builds observation skills, which will become important as your child studies science.

Telling Tales
By sharing family stories, you will reinforce an understanding of family and how things are similar or different from generation to generation. This provides a building block for studying social studies.

Making Hieroglyphics
by delving into the art of ancient Egypt, you'll be giving your child a glimpse of art history.

Letters in Clay
Forming letters out of clay is a fun and easy art project that gives kids a hands-on feel for learning handwriting.

Create a Name Book
Using a computer word-processing program and a digital camera, your kindergartner can learn basic computer skills by making this name book. Once the book is complete, he can read it over and over, and practice his reading skills.

Personalized Bookmark
This easy project will help your child begin to learn the letters of the alphabet, and how to spell her name.

Kitchen Band
Banging pots and pans, and beating on an oatmeal tin can teach the basics of finding the musical beat.

Counting Coins
By counting pennies, nickels and dimes, your child will learn how to count by ones, fives and 10s.

The Right Shoes
Pick shoes for your kindergartner that are designed for ease of movement.

Creating Art Projects at Home
Printmaking using fruits and vegetables is a fun art activity to try at home.

Updated December 2006