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

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

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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.

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 fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

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.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

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

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

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

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

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

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.

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

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!