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With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

In this activity, your child will develop her sensory awareness and build important math skills while having fun outdoors.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

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

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

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Want to build some homemade instruments? These maracas make a racket, and they couldn't be easier to make...

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!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

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!

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

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

Celebrate African-American history with your child by cooking up peanut soup, a dish rooted in African-American culture.