Preschool - 1st Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

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

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.

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!

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 simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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

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!

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!

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

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

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!

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

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

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

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

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

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.

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).

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.