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!

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

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

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

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

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

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

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

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

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

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

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!

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

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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.

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

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

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

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.

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!

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