Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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

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

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.