In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

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.

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:

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

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.

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

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

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

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

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

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

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

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.