In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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!

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

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

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

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

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

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

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

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

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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.

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.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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!

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

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

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.