Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

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!

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

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

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

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

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

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

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

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

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

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!

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

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?

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

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

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.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

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

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!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.