Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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

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

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

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

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

Does putting soapy water on plants help or hinder plant growth? Kids learn about greywater and how it affects plant growth in this cool science fair project.

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.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

When the wind starts blowing, you and your child can plant a sponge garden in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here's how:

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

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.

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

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.

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!

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

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

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

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

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!

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

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

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

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.

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.

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