Kindergarten and 1st Grade Life Science Activities : Page 3

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

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

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

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

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

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

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!

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

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.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

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

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.

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

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

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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.

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.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

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

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

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