Preschool Nature Activities

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

Make a spring collage with your preschooler to get her outside and those creative juices flowing!

Show your preschooler how to press flowers into a modeling medium to discover the wonders of simple clay play!

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world around her through the changing seasons.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help her build fine motor skills.

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

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!

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.

Help your child make an attractive frozen holiday ornament to hang outside during winter months.