Kindergarten and 1st Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

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.

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

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:

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

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

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

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

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

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

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

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.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

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

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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!

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!

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

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

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

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!