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In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

This homemade snare drum made with everyday household items gets its authentic rattle sound from paper clips and tin.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

Here's a fun activity to get your kindergarten child to listen to beginning alphabet sounds and match them with their letter symbols.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

Did you know a mouse eats almost fifty times as much as a cow? Find out how and test out the strange science with your friends!

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

This cut-out craft makes an elegant Mother's Day gift.

Covered in patterns and reflective texture, this paper purse is sure to stand out!

Act out the Three Billy Goats Gruff with this adorable paper plate mask.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!