Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.