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.

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

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

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

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

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.

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

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

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.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

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

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

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

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!

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

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

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

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Try this arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make bread from yeast dough to teach her about the science behind bread baking.

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!

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

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.

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!