By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.