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

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

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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 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.

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

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

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

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

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

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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 fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

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.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

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!