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Kindergarten Plants, Animals & the Earth Activities

Foster your budding scientist’s interest in the natural world through kindergarten plants, animals & the earth activities like making a bird’s nest, creating an ocean in a bottle, or building a worm hotel in a jar. Once your child has washed their hands, teach them how to grow and transform life with kindergarten life science activities like making homemade yogurt.

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Plants, Animals & the Earth

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.

Make Like a Bird and Nest

Teach the kids how a bird's nest is made by making your own nests using only natural materials!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Balloon Greenhouse

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as she plants radish seeds and watches them grow.

Make a Paper Plate Porthole

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

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!

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

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.

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!

Make an ABC Nature Book

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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!

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!

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!

Dinosaur Silhouette

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

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.

Backyard Astronomy

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

Make a Bug Headband

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs she can think of, then she'll add antennae so she can pretend to be a bug herself!

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

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.

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 a Bird Bath

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.

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