Your kids will have a blast making a mess while they build important science and reading skills. So roll up your sleeves and dig in to this week's ideas!

There's not much in the animal kingdom more interesting than tentacles with suckers! Learn about octopus anatomy with this worksheet.

Have a budding ornithologist on your hands? Check out the birds like Illinois state bird, the cardinal, with this series of coloring pages!

Kids love exploring, so take your little one on a nature walk and learn about living things together with this science worksheet.

Here's a creature that can be a heard a mile away: a thick-billed parrot. Learn more about these birds that are the only parrots native to the USA.

Spark your child's interest in dinosaurs with this prehistoric dot to dot featuring plant-eating Stegosaurus.

Lots of people like turtles, but how much do you really know about them? Get to know one of many types of turtles with this informational worksheet.

Explore the circle of life with this informative coloring sheet! Help your student color and learn the names of each stage of a mouseâs life.

Get your young one excited about natural sciences by discussing how living things need oxygen, food, and water to grow and reproduce. Then have fun drawing!

Get to know the residents of the reef with this coral reef-themed crossword, perfect for expanding life science knowledge and working on vocabulary, too!

Get your child thinking about the five senses with this worksheet that gets him to consider taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing.

Discover the many different kinds of conifer and deciduous trees as you complete this word search!

Did you know an elephant can eat 300 pounds of food in one day? This fun worksheet is jam-packed with fun facts, a word search and trivia, all about elephants!

Explore this diagram of the water hyacinth with your little one. She'll be learning the parts of a flower as she colors in this delighful picture.

Did you know we eat all kinds of plant parts, from the root to the flowers? Discover the importance of plants in our diet with this fun worksheet.

Coyotes' famous howl gave them the nickname "song dogs." This is just one of several coyote facts your child can learn from this worksheet.

Teach your 1st grader about bees with this fun fact worksheet. Play Sudoku to challenge her logic puzzle skills!

Don't believe a bird could catch a rattlesnake? Believe it. The greater roadrunner lives up to its name by running up to 20 miles per hour and hunting snakes.

Learn about the animal practice of hibernation in this quick science worksheet.

If your kid loves the ocean, he may enjoy learning tons of trivia about our fishy friends in the sea. Brush up on your fish facts with this fun page!

Learn a bit about planting bell peppers with this fun coloring page! As you color, read about how to care for your bell pepper plant.

This bright and colorful worksheet helps your child bring the technical terms of the bones in his legs down to size.

Does your child love dogs? Test his knowledge on the different breeds of dog with some trivia questions!

Learn all about Delaware's state bird, the Blue Hen Chicken.

Got a curious kid at home? Help him discover more about the kangaroo, the national animal of Australia and a favorite of zoo-goers everywhere.

What has two legs and carries its baby in a pouch? Fill in this crossword puzzle and learn some fun facts about two-legged creatures!

Explore the circle of life with this informative coloring sheet! Help your student color and learn the names of each stage of a cicadaâs life.

Looking for a worksheet to help your kid with his knowledge of human biology? This printable will help him with the digestive system.

Challenge your child with a basic life science question, and she'll circle the objects that she thinks helps flowers grow.

As kids cut and pastes the pictures in the right places on this life science sheet, they learn a little about the process lettuce goes through as it grows.