Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

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!

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!

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

These handmade Christmas treat cups are perfect for house parties, school celebrations, and holiday bake sales.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Introduce the idea of measuring weight to your preschooler or kindergartener by making a fun and easy-to-use bungee scale to weigh household objects.

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 cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

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

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

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

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

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.

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!

Challenge your preschooler to a game of shape match-up--an entertaining way to boost her observational ability.

This very physical game gets math off the page and into the real world-- and it works on number sense and estimation, key skills for kindergarten readiness.