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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

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

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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

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

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.