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.

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.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

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

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

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

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

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.

When the wind starts blowing, you and your child can plant a sponge garden in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here's how:

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

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

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

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.

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

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!

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