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This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Let your preschooler play with her food by making snack logs out of celery, peanut butter and corn flakes.

This simple and creative arts and crafts activity is great for preschoolers or kindergarteners and uses recycled magazines or newspapers.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Why wait for the Easter bunny to arrive when your child can become a bunny herself? Creating a bunny mask is the perfect way to celebrate Easter.

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

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

Practice counting with this winter kindergarten art project! As your child sculpts a clay igloo, he will work on math and dexterity and learn about snow.

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

Introduce your little one to the joys of gardening with this adorable do-it-yourself planter made from clothespins.

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