Kindergarten Life Science Activities : Page 3

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

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

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

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

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

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!

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!

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

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

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

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

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).

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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.

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

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

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

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

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.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.