Preschool - 2nd Grade Life Science Activities

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

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

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

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

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

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.

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.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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

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

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

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!

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

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.