Early Childhood Science Activities

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

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

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

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!

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

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.

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!

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.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.