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In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

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

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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

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!

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

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