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.

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

Your preschooler can learn how to siphon water with just two bottles and a plastic tube in this fun, educational science activity.

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!

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

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.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

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, 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:

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

Help your child make an attractive frozen holiday ornament to hang outside during winter months.

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

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

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

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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.

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

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

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!

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

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

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.

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.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.