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Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

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.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

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

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!

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

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.