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.

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

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

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

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

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.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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.

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

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

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 this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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!

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.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

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

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

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.

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!