Early Childhood Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 2

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.