Early Childhood Earth and Space Science Activities

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

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

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

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

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

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.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

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.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Your preschooler wonât need a passport to go on this nature safari! All you need are paper, crayons and a nature trail or your back yard.

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

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

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

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.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

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

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

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.