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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!

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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

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.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

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

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

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

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!

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

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

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

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