Preschool - 1st Grade Life Science Activities : Page 5

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).

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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.

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

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

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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

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!

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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