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?

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.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

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.

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

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

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

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

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.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

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

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