Learning activities for kids

Printable worksheets and hands-on ideas for ages 0–6 — each with learning goals, step-by-step instructions and teaching tips.

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Shoe Tying Certificate
Age 6 10 min

Shoe Tying Certificate

Celebrate learning to tie shoes independently with a certificate to fill in with the child’s name and date.

Award certificate

Fall Scavenger Hunt
Age 6 25 min

Fall Scavenger Hunt

Explore an outdoor space and mark nine fall treasures as you find them.

Scavenger hunt

Animal Syllable Dice Game
Age 6 25 min

Animal Syllable Dice Game

Make an animal die, roll it and clap once for each syllable in the animal’s name.

Roll and play

Year-End Number Bingo 1 to 20
Age 6 20 min

Year-End Number Bingo 1 to 20

Play bingo with two number cards and calling cards. A fun way to recognize numbers from 1 to 20.

Bingo

Community Helpers
Age 6 20 min

Community Helpers

Look at a city scene and imagine the work of a firefighter, mail carrier, police officer, baker, and doctor. Talk about what each person does and what might happen next.

Picture talk

Welcoming a New Classmate
Age 6 20 min

Welcoming a New Classmate

Read a story about a friendship card for a new classmate and talk about kind ways to welcome someone.

Story & talk

Write About Summer Vacation
Age 6 20 min

Write About Summer Vacation

A journal page for drawing a special day from summer vacation and writing a sentence about it.

Journal page

Find Letters b and d
Age 6 15 min

Find Letters b and d

Find the letters b and d in a grid and circle each one in a different color.

Find and circle

Adding Cars and Buses
Age 6 20 min

Adding Cars and Buses

Count cars and buses and solve six addition problems with totals up to 10.

Picture math

Find and Count Farm Animals
Age 6 20 min

Find and Count Farm Animals

Find the farm animals and objects, count each group, and write how many there are. Counts go up to 12.

I spy and count

Sight Words Can and See
Age 6 20 min

Sight Words Can and See

Read, trace and find the sight words can and see in sentences about community helpers. Then complete a sentence.

Sight words

First Letters of Animals
Age 6 20 min

First Letters of Animals

Children name six animals and write the missing first letter of each word.

Missing letters

Halloween Word Search
Age 6 20 min

Halloween Word Search

Find eight Halloween words in a 10×10 word search with a picture word bank.

Word search

Astronaut Movement Course
Age 5 15 min

Astronaut Movement Course

Walk through the spaceship, jump on the Moon, practice balancing, and count down to launch!

Movement & dance

Banana Oat Pancake Recipe
Age 5 20 min

Banana Oat Pancake Recipe

Mash, mix, and follow a picture recipe for pancakes. An adult handles the stove while the child helps with the safe steps.

Cooking together

Ocean Animal Memory Game
Age 5 20 min

Ocean Animal Memory Game

Cut out 8 pairs of ocean animals and play a matching game that builds memory and encourages conversation about marine life.

Memory game

Spring Flower Crown
Age 5 25 min

Spring Flower Crown

Color, cut out, and make a spring crown decorated with flowers.

Craft template

Dinosaur Baking Soda Volcano
Age 5 20 min

Dinosaur Baking Soda Volcano

Make a foaming volcano with baking soda and vinegar in a dinosaur setting. Draw a prediction first, then draw what happened.

Science experiment

Complete the Rocket and Robot
Age 5 20 min

Complete the Rocket and Robot

Draw the missing halves of a rocket and a robot, using the grid as a guide.

Draw the other half

Letter Path Board Game
Age 5 20 min

Letter Path Board Game

Roll the die, move along the path, and name words that begin with the letters you land on.

Board game

Insect Picture Sudoku
Age 5 15 min

Insect Picture Sudoku

Complete a 4×4 sudoku with a bee, ladybug, butterfly and ant. Practice observing, comparing and solving problems.

Picture sudoku

Star, Bell and Gift Patterns
Age 5 15 min

Star, Bell and Gift Patterns

Continue five ABC and AABB patterns by drawing stars, bells and gifts. Look for what repeats and discover what comes next.

Patterns

Make 10 With Hearts
Age 5 15 min

Make 10 With Hearts

Count the hearts in six ten frames and draw the missing hearts to make 10.

Ten frames

Weekly Weather Graph
Age 5 5 min

Weekly Weather Graph

Observe and record the weather for seven days, then color a graph to find out which kind of weather appeared most often.

Count and graph