Preschool - 1st Grade Life Science Activities : Page 3

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

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

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.

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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 kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

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.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

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

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!

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

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!

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

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!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

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