How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

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

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

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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!

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

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

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

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.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

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

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.