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!

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!

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

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!