This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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 experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

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

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.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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 snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.