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!

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!

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?

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

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.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

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.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

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

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

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

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

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!

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

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

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

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.