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 play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

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 science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

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

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

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.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.