Preschool - 2nd Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

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

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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!

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!

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

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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

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

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

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

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:

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

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

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.