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

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

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.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

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

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

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.

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

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

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

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

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.