Activities

Kids grow all day, every day. Give them a bright future with brain-boosting activities! As your ally in continuous learning, WY Quality Counts has created a selection of FREE and fun activity printables for you to share with your family.

Featured Activities

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CHUCK & PEPPER ACTIVITY

Chuck & Pepper Care For the Birds

Winter is for the birds.

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Gratitude Tree free activity for kids from WYQC

Salt Dough Mosaics

Salt Dough Mosaics

Math skills, motor skills, creative expression, and super simple materials all in one.

Fruit Cutting

Fruit Cutting

Practice makes perfect (and perfectly portioned snacks).

Name Art

Name Art

Turn cardboard boxes into a personalized backyard art studio.

Comb Kazoo

Comb Kazoo

Make your own kazoo and start a family band!

Discovery Jug

Discovery Jug

Repurpose what you already have for brain-boosting fun.

Gone Fishin’

Gone Fishin’

Who knew catching fish practices skills in every Domain of Development?

DIY Sunnies

DIY Sunnies

Get your kids used to wearing sunglasses by playing pretend first!

Water Games

Water Games

What could possibly make playing outside even more fun? Add water!

Balloon Boxing

Balloon Boxing

Balloons, tape, and string are all you need for some midline-crossing fun.

DIY Puzzle

DIY Puzzle

Make your own puzzles from old pictures, and make new memories!

Build Your Own Robot

Build Your Own Robot

“Beep boo bop boop!” (That’s Robot for “Let’s get creative and have some fun.”)

Chuck & Pepper’s Nature Xylophones

Chuck & Pepper’s Nature Xylophones

Chuck & Pepper love to find new ways to explore and play, and to appreciate the places where they live. They love it so much, they even make music about it!

Sensory Leaf Painting

Sensory Leaf Painting

Leaves don’t always crunch, sometimes they squish and squelch! Try this no mess sensory activity with your kids to encourage their curiosity and help them tune into their senses.

Bubble Art

Bubble Art

Did you know that blowing bubbles is a calming activity? Taking deep breaths to blow bubbles can even help kids learn to regulate their emotions! Now take that mindful breathing and turn it into some art.

STEM Snowcanos

STEM Snowcanos

Science, snow, and explosions. Your kids will love this activity! Bonus: with just a few household ingredients, they will learn about what happens when an acid reacts with a base.

Constellation Creations

Constellation Creations

What patterns and shapes can your kids find in the stars? Help them learn about constellations by making your own!

Pompom Play

Pompom Play

Exercise your kids’ fine motor development with just some pompoms and a few household items!

Art for Transition Times

Art for Transition Times

A low key activity, like a simple art project, can help kids transition from one thing to the next!

Easy Indoor Exercises

Easy Indoor Exercises

Get your body moving and warm up those muscles with this easy exercise routine you can do with your kids!

Pumpkin Stencils

Pumpkin Stencils

Get in the spooky season spirit with Chuck & Pepper pumpkins!

Cardboard Station

Cardboard Station

Big, small, stacked, or flat, something about cardboard boxes always sparks kids’ imaginations. But have they ever tried to make a box into a train track?

Frozen Fun

Frozen Fun

Mix one part sensory play with one part motor skills development, add as much imagination as you like, and serve it over ice.

Friendship Cards

Friendship Cards

Kids can show their friends of every shape, size, color, and species how much they are appreciated with these customizable cards.

Gratitude Tree

Gratitude Tree

Create a Gratitude Tree together, hang it up in a shared space, and make conceptual and social-emotional connections!

Gratitude Yoga Flow

Gratitude Yoga Flow

Breathe, bend, and be grateful. Take time to connect with your kids and talk about gratitude with this simple yoga activity.

Painted Turkey Art

Painted Turkey Art

This “resist art” activity will inspire your kids’ creativity and exercise their motor skills, too!

STEM  Parachute Drop

STEM Parachute Drop

Show your kids science, engineering, and math concepts with an activity that lets them build, climb, experiment, and think!

Curiosity Card Game

Curiosity Card Game

Use these curiosity cards for quick, simple activities to help your kids develop wonder, curiosity and exploration!

Baby Sign Language

Baby Sign Language

You can download, print, and hang up this instructional sheet wherever it might be convenient to have a reminder of how the signs are formed!

Apple Bubble Science

Apple Bubble Science

You can help spark your kids’ curious minds with this simple science experiment.

Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Have your kids been curious about why leaves change color in the fall? Help them figure it with this STEM activity!

Nature Badges & Bracelets

Nature Badges & Bracelets

Help your kids engage in the world around them by getting outside and exploring what’s growing there.

Backyard Activity Dice

Backyard Activity Dice

Use this activity to spark your imagination and explore like Chuck & Pepper in your own backyard!

STEM Balloon Rocket

STEM Balloon Rocket

This easy balloon rocket activity will spark your child’s curiosity and imagination!

Easy Sidewalk Chalk

Easy Sidewalk Chalk

This activity gets your kids outside, being creative, doing science, and using fine motor skills!

Emotions Card Game

Emotions Card Game

Get your kids talking about emotions – their own and the emotions of those around them!

Germ Games

Germ Games

These quick and simple activities are a fun way to help your kids visualize how germs spread and how washing hands with soap can make the germs go away!

A Sea of Emotions | Emotional Regulation Card Deck

A Sea of Emotions | Emotional Regulation Card Deck

These cards can be used as a fun, any-day activity. But as your kids learn the actions on each card, their experience with this deck can turn into an easy way to call attention to and regulate emotions.

Dress Up, Act Out!

Dress Up, Act Out!

Learning to take the initiative leads to independence and is an important part of development. You can help them master getting dressed on their own by making it a game!

Nature Color Wheel

Nature Color Wheel

Help your kids discover how colorful their world is this hands on activity!

Motor Skills Dice

Motor Skills Dice

Engaging your kids in simple activities, like the ones on these DIY Activity Dice, will help them develop the skills they need for everyday actions!

Let’s Make Breakfast!

Let’s Make Breakfast!

Make the most of your time together and get your kids into healthy eating habits from the start by cooking together! Try this easy breakfast recipe, giving your kids different steps to help with.

This is Me Treasure Chest

This is Me Treasure Chest

Appreciating the special qualities in ourselves and in others fosters self-awareness, self-confidence, and acceptance of differences. Learn about what makes each other unique by sharing your favorite treasures!

Living Room Camping

Living Room Camping

Camping inside is fun, easy, and local! You can camp any time of year in your living room, and it is a great way to spend quality family time together.

Float Your Boat

Float Your Boat

Children are naturally curious – that’s why they ask so many questions! Encourage their curiosity with engaging activities like this one: create your own boats, add weights to them and see if they sink or float!

Bison Coloring Page

Bison Coloring Page

Encourage your little one’s curiosity about Bison with this fun and educational coloring page!

Emotions Bingo

Emotions Bingo

Recognizing and naming feelings is the first step to learning how to handle them in healthy ways.

Today I Feel…

Today I Feel…

Sometimes it’s hard to explain how we feel using words, but that doesn’t mean we should keep our feelings to ourselves! With this activity, encourage your kids to associate emotions with different symbols, and to use these symbols to show you how they feel.

Animal Yoga for Kids

Animal Yoga for Kids

Yoga is a practice in self-discovery. Simple poses paired with intentional breathing will help your child develop physically, mentally, and emotionally.

New Year New Me

New Year New Me

To make the most of this year, encourage your kids to try new things! Talk to them about their goals, and help them make a plan to achieve them.

Discover Fall Activity Page

Discover Fall Activity Page

There’s so much to explore together in the fall. As the weather gets cooler, bring fall fun inside with this free activity!