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Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

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.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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.

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

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Make this easy recipe for Halloween, featuring white chocolate and pretzels, for a crispy, creepy treat!

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.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

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

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

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

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?

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

If you're looking for a fun way to have your child gain practice pattern-making while working out fine motor skills, making Washi eggs is the perfect activity.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

These pretzel reindeer cookies are a great holiday recipe for kids to make. Rudolph and the whole gang agree!

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!