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.

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

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

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!

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

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).

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

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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

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!

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.

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!

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

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

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

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

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

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!

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

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

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!

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

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

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?