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In this activity, your child will develop her sensory awareness and build important math skills while having fun outdoors.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

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.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

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 fun outdoor game will help your child develop her addition and subtraction skills and teach her basic arithmetic while keeping her active.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.