Early Childhood Science Activities : Page 7

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

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!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Try this arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make bread from yeast dough to teach her about the science behind bread baking.

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.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

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.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

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

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

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.