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.

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

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

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

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!

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

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

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

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

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

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

What do you get when you combine science and fairies? Fairy scientists who make their own potion, of course! This activity promotes critical thinking skills as your child mixes, experiments, and creates their very own fairy potions.

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

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!

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.