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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

Current Filters (47 results): 47 filtered results

Kindergarten

Plants, Animals & the Earth

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Make an Outdoor Fairy Dwelling

Make an Outdoor Fairy Dwelling

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

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Sandbox Fossil Find

Sandbox Fossil Find

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.

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Pollution Experiment

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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Craft the Frog Life Cycle

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.

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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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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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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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Make a Shell Craft Treasure Box

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.

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Mushroom Prints

Mushroom Prints

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

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

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!

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Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips

Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips

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

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Experiment with Crater Science

Experiment with Crater Science

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

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Make a Living and Non Living Scrapbook

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!

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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game

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.

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Indoor Herb Garden

Indoor Herb Garden

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

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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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Learn the Layers: Become a Dirt Expert

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.

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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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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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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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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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Make Waves in a Bottle

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.

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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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