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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!

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering her materials outside, and then using them to create a piece of art!

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

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

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.

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

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.