Early Childhood 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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.