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Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Does your child need counting help? Here's a simple game that kids can do at home to help them practice counting to two-digit numbers.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Combine an introduction to shape and counting with a springtime art project by showing your kindergartener how to create a vibrant rainbow mosaic.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

There's nothing like a treasure hunt to get kids excited about math and sorting.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

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

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by creating a geometric, math-inspired mural in the style of Henri Matisse in this creative kindergarten grade art activity.

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

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

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

Guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's a fun way to bring estimation to the breakfast table.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.

Make this paper chain calendar and give your child a visual reminder of the passing of time.