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

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

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.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

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

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

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

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

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

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

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.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

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

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

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!

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

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

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

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

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).