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!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

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!

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

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.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

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.

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

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