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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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Kindergarten

Plants, Animals & the Earth

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Kindergarten

Plants, Animals & the Earth

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Growing Sunflower Sprouts

Growing Sunflower Sprouts

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

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Windowsill Herb Garden

Windowsill Herb Garden

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.

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Fruit and Vegetable Prints

Fruit and Vegetable Prints

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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Make Your Own Fossils

Make Your Own Fossils

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

Create a Hibernating Bear Den

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learn about bears and winter hibernation.

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Make a Paper Plate Porthole

Make a Paper Plate Porthole

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

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Explore the Layers of the Earth

Explore the Layers of the Earth

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

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Cactus Craft

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

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Dinosaur Silhouette

Dinosaur Silhouette

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

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Color Changing Carnations

Color Changing Carnations

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

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Make a Soda Bottle Greenhouse

Make a Soda Bottle Greenhouse

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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How to Make Compost

How to Make Compost

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!

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Plant a Fail-Safe Veggie Garden

Plant a Fail-Safe Veggie Garden

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

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Bean Sprout Science

Bean Sprout Science

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and she may even develop a green thumb in the process!

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Backyard Astronomy

Backyard Astronomy

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

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Grow a Sock Garden

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.

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Produce a Vegetable Puppet Play

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.

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Explore Earth Science and Make a "Worm Hotel"

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.

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Play Camouflage Match-Up!

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!

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Make a Handy Seed Chart

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.

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Baby Seeds

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

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Build a Pine Cone Bird Feeder!

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.

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Watch Your Garden Grow

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.

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Make a "See Through" Seed Museum

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.

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Plant Your Name with Seeds

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!

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