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

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

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:

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

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

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

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

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.

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.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

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 great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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!

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

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

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

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.

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!

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).