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

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!

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

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.

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.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

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.

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!

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

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

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

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.

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

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

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.