By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

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

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

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!

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!

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

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

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

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

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

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

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

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

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

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

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

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.

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!

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