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Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

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!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

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

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.