Preschool - 1st Grade Measurement Activities

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

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

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

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.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

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

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

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.

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

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