Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Ever wonder how those kooky kazoos work? Get to know the science behind this silly instrument by making your very own kazoo!

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

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.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

Kids make a cute pipe cleaner bumble bee craft and learn a few interesting bee facts along the way in this spring-themed arts and crafts activity.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Brrrrr! It's chilly outside. Now's the perfect time to create a snow globe. But, don't worry, you don't need glass for this dome.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and surprise someone special on May Day with a homemade basket of pretty tissue paper blooms.

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Light up the sky with this lotus lantern, a perfect way to explore Buddha Day.

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

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

Make these crazy shaped bubbles from simple items in the kitchen, and teacher your kids to experiment and hypothesize. Here's how:

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

Challenge your kindergartener to finding out if a coin toss is really fair by conducting this coin toss experiment.