Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

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

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

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

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

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

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

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

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

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

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

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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

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.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.