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!

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

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

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

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

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

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

The goal of this science fair project is to demonstrate current methods of detecting counterfeit money, in particular counterfeit detection pens.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

The goal of this middle school science fair project is to examine the effect of caffeine on plant growth.

Here's an arts and crafts guide for your high-school teenager that'll help her create a naturalist drawing and painting.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!