Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

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

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:

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

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.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

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.

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

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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.

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.

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

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

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

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

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

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

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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!

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!

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

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

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).

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!