Preschool - 2nd Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 2

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

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 don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!