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

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

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

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 activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

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

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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!

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

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.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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!

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