Preschool - 1st Grade Earth and Space Science Activities

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.