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This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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