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You received this message because you signed up for Education.com's Activity of the Week newsletter. If you think you've received this email in error, click here to unsubscribe. PRESCHOOL Make Your Own Edible Play Dough This project is a great way to give toddlers the freedom to enjoy an educational and developmentally stimulating activity, without having to worry about what will happen if they eat the materials! Create a Bread Sculpture Sculpt a Popcorn Masterpiece Create Squishy Paint Art KINDERGARTEN Shaving Cream Paintings Let your kindergartener squish his way to an understanding of colors with some shaving cream and food coloring. Here's a hands-on activity that shows your child how primary colors combine to make secondary colors. Explore Bubble Science Create Life-Sized Body Stamps Sort the Mixed Up ABCs FIRST GRADE So Silly!: Make Your Own Putty Your putty should bounce and transfer pictures just like the store-bought stuff. Add food coloring or even a few sprinkles of glitter for your own take on the gooey original! Mud Painting: Outdoor Writing Fun! Homonym Adventures Bowling for Addition SECOND GRADE Make a Glittering String Ball Your child will love that this project gives her the chance to get messy (under adult supervision, of course) and create some unique home decor that really shines! States of Matter in a Baggie Play the Measuring Game The Wind Game THIRD GRADE Bake Chocolate Volcano Cupcakes! Cupcakes and science? What a treat! Invite your child to make chocolate cupcakes that resemble exploding volcanoes and watch his eyes light up! Make Gak: Experiment with Polymers Hold a Math Marathon! Play the Bag Game: Learn Parts of Speech FOURTH GRADE Make a Volcano that Really Erupts! Your child will be hooked on chemistry after she builds a model volcano by combining an acid and an alkaline substance. Whoosh! Exploding Marshmallows! Yeast Science: Can Yeast Inflate a Balloon? Make Your Own Butter! FIFTH GRADE Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid? Make oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between solid and liquid that occurs! Foam It! Cause a Chemical Reaction Ick Can Stick! Make Milk Glue Percent Flash MIDDLE SCHOOL Curds and Whey: A Milky Experiment Have you or your child ever heard that nursery rhyme and wondered just what curds and whey are anyway? Do this simple, and yes, gross, experiment together to find out! Make a Papier-Mâché Mask The Cause and Effect Card Game Democracy For the Kids, By the Kids HIGH SCHOOL Make Baking Soda Toothpaste Make eco-friendly, chemical-free toothpaste at home. SAT Card Shark: Strategies for Sentence Completion Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal Become a Cereal Scrapbooker Activities by Topic Study Skills Test Prep Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Arts and Crafts Games Recipes Holidays & Seasons ADVERTISEMENT Today on Education.com Mother's Day Celebrate with ideas for homemade gifts and cards, plus fun stuff to do with mom on her special day. 9 Ways to Encourage Early Literacy With these tips, your child will be introduced to early reading and writing skills in fun and interactive ways.