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In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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.

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.

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

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Celebrate Earth Day by making colorful animal sculptures using recycled materials from around the house in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Thiscuddly stuffed animal is made from just a few materials, including your recycled stockings.

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

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.

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.