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.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

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.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

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

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

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

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.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.