Preschool - 2nd Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 3

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

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

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

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

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

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

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

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

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

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

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

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!

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

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!

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

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

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

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.

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

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