Preschool Science Activities : Page 2

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

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

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.

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

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

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

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

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

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

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 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.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

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

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

Your preschooler wonât need a passport to go on this nature safari! All you need are paper, crayons and a nature trail or your back yard.

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

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

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

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

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

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.

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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!

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.