Early Childhood Science Activities : Page 8

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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 science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

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

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

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

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

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

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

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.

Introduce your child to the wonders of colorful chemistry with this simple food coloring project.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

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

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

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

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.