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

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Here's a way to make history both interesting and relevant: design a garden using plants that were used by people in colonial times!

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!

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

In this middle school activity, your child will learn how to press plants and create her very own herbarium, or plant library! Here's how:

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

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

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

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!

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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!

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

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

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.