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Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Make a clay sculpture of a fall tree to celebrate the changing seasons and bring out the artist in your third grader.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

This beautiful salad looks like a butterfly and tastes like your favorite vegetables!

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Your child can get out the acrylic paints and create a colorful paperweight perfect for dad this Father's Day!

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

Movement activities are crucial for developing minds and bodies. Animal movements, in particular, encourage children to think about their own body mechanics in comparison with animals they may have observed.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

Patterns are everywhere. This activity allows your child to practice inventing their own patterns while creating a portrait of a pet.

What is mulch? Kids will provide soil with a wet blanket of mulch and see if that helps keep drought-stricken soil damp.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.

Learn about landscape painting—and artist Grandma Moses—in this engaging watercolor activity!

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!