Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

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

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!