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.

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!

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 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.

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

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

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!

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.