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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

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

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

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

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

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.

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.

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

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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!

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

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

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.

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!