Kindergarten and 1st Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

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

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.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

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

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

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

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

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

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.

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

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!