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!

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!

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Your preschooler wonât need a passport to go on this nature safari! All you need are paper, crayons and a nature trail or your back yard.

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.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

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!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

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.

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

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

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

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

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

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

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

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