Free Science Educational Activities

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Arctic Habitat Play

Learn about the arctic while creating this habitat. Free printables are included.

Body Part Matching

Help your little one develop fine motor skills while learning to identify body parts.

Butterfly Life Cycle Play

Create butterfly eggs, caterpillars, cocoons, and butterflies while learning about unique life cycle! Then play!

Grand Canyon Artwork

Learn why the Grand Canyon has beautiful rock layers. Also learn about a few of the animals that live there. Printables are included.

Nocturnal Animal Play

Discover the nocturnal world by reading the facts in the printable and creating this habitat.

Penguin Habitat Play

Learn about penguins from around the world while creating a penguin habitat. Did you know some penguins live in warm climates too?

Bug Dress-Up Play

Create these easy no-sew costumes for your little one. Read some facts about bugs, and let your child pretend!

Tadpole to Frog Printable

This printable allows children to craft and play as they learn about a tadpole to frog metamorphosis.

Dinosaur Habitat

Create this craft while learning about dinosaurs! Free printable worksheet included!

No-Mess Paint Experiments

Let your child discover primary and secondary colors with this no-mess activity.

Caterpillar to Butterfly Printable

This printable allows children to craft and play as they learn about a caterpillar to chrysalis, to butterfly metamorphosis.

Combine science, literacy, and math with these

Itsy Bitsy Spider activities.

Teaching Tip: Science is exploring and playing. It is asking questions! Take the time to discover answers with your child.

Teaching Tip: You can transform "trash" into free art supplies. For example, toilet paper rolls were made into penguins. Leftover tissue paper was used for bushes, leaves, and butterfly wings. Labels and pictures in advertisements can be cut out and used as decoration. Packaging materials was used as imaginary ice.

Teaching Tip: When your little one is tired and bored, reading a science book from the library or watching an episode of Curious George can give him or her a chance to relax and learn. Our local library has many science readers that are labeled PreK through 4th grade. Reading or watching during quiet times often gives my children more ideas to experiment with later.

Other Websites With Helpful and Free Resources

I cannot create it all, so I often search for worksheets based on what my child needs. The following websites are my go-to for science. I am not affiliated with these websites, but I do recommend their resources.

LivingLifeAndLearning.com by Monique is a wonderful place to get free science activities, projects, and ideas. There is also a shop.

FreedomHomeschooling.com has some public domain nature readers from the 1800s. Each lesson reads like a story. It pulls young readers in and keeps them wanting to hear more!

Code Wizards HQ, which is a leading online coding school for kids and teens, has put together an amazing list of free STEM resources!

Many local libraries have a website that lets you search for books based on age or reading level. I often check our local library's website for additional books to go along with whatever it is that we are studying in science.

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