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Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

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!

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

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.

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

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

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

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

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

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

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

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.

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

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

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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:

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!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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.