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Kindergarten Plants, Animals & the Earth Activities

There are a whole host of exciting kindergarten plants, animals, and earth activities that help young learners engage with the world around them. When weather permits, collecting materials to recreate a bird’s nest is a fun way to pass the day. If it’s a rainy or snowy day, Education.com has also created numerous indoor kindergarten plants, animals, and earth activities that promote a love of science and the natural environment.

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Backyard Astronomy

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching her some backyard astronomy at the same time.

Learn the Layers: Become a Dirt Expert

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

Play Camouflage Match-Up!

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

Make a "See Through" Seed Museum

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.

Plant Your Name with Seeds

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious kindergarteners. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Make Waves in a Bottle

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

Build a Pine Cone Bird Feeder!

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

Watch Your Garden Grow

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Explore Earth Science and Make a "Worm Hotel"

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Grow a Sock Garden

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Produce a Vegetable Puppet Play

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Make a Handy Seed Chart

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

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

Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!

Alive or Not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

Experiment with Crater Science

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Make a Shell Craft Treasure Box

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while she creates a lovely treasure box.

Make a Living and Non Living Scrapbook

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Indoor Herb Garden

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Craft the Frog Life Cycle

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Pollution Experiment

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

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