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Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.