Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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!

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

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

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.

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.

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!

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.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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!