Preschool - 1st Grade Animals Activities

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

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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!

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

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

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

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

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!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

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).

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

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.