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

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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!

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

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.

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

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

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

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!