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.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

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

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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?