Entertainment and Activities

Spend some quality quiet time with your child with this simple outdoor activity. Just take a blanket, pillows, and some books outside -- and relax!

Demonstrate a scientific principle for your child. This activity shows that water doesn't like mixing with wax.

Try this hands-on activity with your preschooler -- show him how plants grow.

This art activity provides plans for a homemade fan that's easy for preschoolers to make.

Teach your preschooler how to put paint on paper drop by drop, to make a picture.

Hide numbers around your house, and have your preschool child find them in numerical order.

In this observation game, make a change to the room, and see if your child notices what it is.

Slap the jack, but make sure not to slap anything else in this energetic card game!

Decorate a box with your child's art and fill it with notes to praise and encourage everyone in the family.

These colorful pots can be used for candies or plants, and they make excellent gifts.

In marble bowling, children must hit the target marble in a tense competition with one another.

A sprinkling of powdered tempera paint and a sliding ice cube can make painting more fun and exciting.

In this identification game, children have to find an item that combines the color and characteristic found on the provided grid.

This science activity uses a lemon, a paper clip, and some copper wire to demonstrate a battery's function.

This easy "clay" recipe can be used to make brooches, magnets, necklaces, or picture frames.

Make this attractive wall-mounted holder for your child's beanbag baby animals.

In this art activity, your toddler paints a Kwanzaa place mat with a corn cob.

Use a marble to help your toddler create a realistic Halloween spiderweb pattern on a paper plate.