Entertainment and Activities

Keep your child occupied by asking her to sort a bowl of mixed pasta shapes.

This clean and quiet activity makes a great toddler game. See the yarn stick to the sandpaper!

Your toddler will love transferring the water from bowl to bowl in this sponge activity.

Your toddler may enjoy painting rocks, using them to make a shaker toy, or just dropping them in a bucket.

This activity demonstrates how plants drink water through their stalks.

Help your child create a time capsule to be opened next year – or ten years from now.

Help your child learn the alphabet by decorating letters with sparkly glitter.

Your preschooler will be happy to stay in his own backyard when you create an outdoor obstacle course.

Paint his nose red and call your child Rudolph when he wears this Christmas antler hat.

Here are some interesting words that your preschool child has probably heard, but may not understand.

This art project lets your preschooler incorporate her thumbprint into a sketch of a mouse!

Preschoolers love this loopy coloring activity. Read the instructions and help your child get started.

Melting crayon shavings on spring flowers or fall leaves can result in lovely greeting cards or art for the wall.

Silly Putty is even more fun when you and your preschooler make it from scratch!

Try this game next time you travel. You'll keep the kids busy, and they'll love getting prizes!

The object of this on-the-go game is to form a square by joining four dots. This is a great game to play on a restaurant napkin!

Here's a great activity that will give your child lots of practice with writing, and help her keep track of the books and authors she likes.

You can have lots of fun playing these palindrome games with your child, and they will help to build her vocabulary.