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Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

DIY gift tags make any holiday gift more special. Make these DIY gift tags with your child.

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

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.