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.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

What do you get when you combine science and fairies? Fairy scientists who make their own potion, of course! This activity promotes critical thinking skills as your child mixes, experiments, and creates their very own fairy potions.

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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 free science fair project idea, we learn about surface tension and how it can support mass—in this case, a floating paper clip.

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.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

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

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

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

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

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!

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.