Activities

Birthday Book

What you need:  Drawing paper  Markers and/or crayons  Bookbinding materials: a stapler or a hole punch and yarn    What...

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog

K is for Kind

When Kindergartners Are Ready to Write | Open Up the World For Your Kindergartner

At this time of year, most kindergartners are excited about reading and writing because their literacy skills are growing stronger by the day....

Create a Special Book for Their Special Moments

What you need:  construction paper decorating supplies of your choice (markers, crayons, glitter) glue scissors hole puncher ribbon...

Sing Your Way to Reading Success

There are plenty of scholarly studies that show a strong relationship between singing and literacy development in preschoolers — and there...

The Language of Music

What you need: large plastic containers small plastic containers filled with sand, beans, or buttons rhythm instruments such as bells,...

How Gardening Teaches Kids to Grow

Photo: Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images   Many adults have fond memories of helping out in the garden as children. I can remember watching...

5 Ways to Help Your Child Become an Outdoor Observer

Create play binoculars to train your child to focus his gaze. Tape two toilet paper rolls together side-by-side, and attach a string so he...

Please and Thank You: Encouraging Good Dinner Table Etiquette

Photo credit: Media Bakery (RF)   The holiday season is magical in so many ways. Yet all the excitement, time with family, and indulgent...

Brooke Shields Talks Holiday Traditions

The Addams Family might not come to mind when you think of a traditional family, but to Brooke Shields, who is currently starring as Morticia...

Pasta Math

Pasta is always a big hit with little kids. Variously shaped dried pastas can be counted, compared, sorted, patterned, weighed and measured....

Batter Up!

The joy of cooking with children is in the batter. There is so much your child can do in the process of creating batter-based recipes —...

Pasta Math

Pasta is always a big hit with little kids. Variously shaped dried pastas can be counted, compared, sorted, patterned, weighed and measured....

Color, Shape, and Size

Your kitchen is filled with many wonderful foods and cooking tools in a variety of colors, sizes, and shapes. It is the perfect laboratory for...