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Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

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!

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

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

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!