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Help your child learn how to protect the environment by creating a useful reference for the family with this recycling poster.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Create a one-of-a-kind lunchbox with your second grader using recycled materials and some down home ingenuity!

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

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

Help your second grader craft some lovely, personalized Valentine's Day cards--out of kitchen materials!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

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

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

Help your child organize her jewelry or hair bands with this pretty holder made from recycled materials. The finished holder also makes a great gift!

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

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Add a Hannukah twist to Chutes and Ladders by using a dreidel as the dice.

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

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!