Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

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.

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

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

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

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

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:

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

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

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.

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

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.

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

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

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

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.

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