This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

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

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

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.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

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

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

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

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!

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

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

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

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.