Kindergarten and 1st Grade Life Science Activities : Page 3

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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

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 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:

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

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

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

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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!

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

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

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

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

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

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

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.