Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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!

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

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

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.

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

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!

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

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!

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Does putting soapy water on plants help or hinder plant growth? Kids learn about greywater and how it affects plant growth in this cool science fair project.