Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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!

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!

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!

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

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 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.

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!

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

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

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).

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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

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

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

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

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

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

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

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.