Movement activities are crucial for developing minds and bodies. Animal movements, in particular, encourage children to think about their own body mechanics in comparison with animals they may have observed.

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

Determine how effective animal camouflage is by simulating it in an indoor and outdoor setting.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

Does your kid love animals, especially wild ones like tigers and bears? With this fun and easy project your child can craft his own animal puppets and go wild!

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

Make a mixed up animal collage and help your preschooler build her visual arts and math skills along the way.

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Here are three activities you can do at home and around town to bring algebra into your daily lives.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

In this activity, children learn about artistic portraiture by creating a life-sized painting of their favorite creature.

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

Transform paper and clothespins into endearing animal pals with this easy and delightful DIY craft.

Help your kindergartener visualize life on a farm in this arts and crafts project that has her drawing and creating her own barn.

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Celebrate Earth Day by making colorful animal sculptures using recycled materials from around the house in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!