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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.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

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.

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.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

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!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

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!

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

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.