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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!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Your preschooler can learn how to siphon water with just two bottles and a plastic tube in this fun, educational science activity.

Try this arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make bread from yeast dough to teach her about the science behind bread baking.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

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

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

What do you get when you combine science and fairies? Fairy scientists who make their own potion, of course! This activity promotes critical thinking skills as your child mixes, experiments, and creates their very own fairy potions.

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

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

Teach your preschooler some physics that she can relate to with this fun and simple activity!

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.

When the wind starts blowing, you and your child can plant a sponge garden in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here's how:

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

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

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

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