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

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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

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

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

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.

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.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

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

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

What do you get when you combine science and fairies? Fairy scientists who make their own potion, of course! This activity promotes critical thinking skills as your child mixes, experiments, and creates their very own fairy potions.