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

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

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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

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!

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

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

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

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.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

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

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

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

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

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:

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

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!

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

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.