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

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.

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!

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

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!

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

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

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

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.

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

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

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.

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.

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

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

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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

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.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

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

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

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.

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!

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

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

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.

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!

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!