Science for Preschoolers

Kids of all ages love science and preschoolers are no exception. Engage your preschool kids with these fun hands-on science activities and investigations.

Science and Medicine Dramatic Play

medical themed dramatic play unit

Use this free printable to create a rock collection container from a simple egg carton and get ideas for over 20 fun learning activities with rocks. Here are some fun learning activities for your preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, or for at home learning. Teach kids about the science of rocks and minerals while using this rock collection for cheap, easy, and fun math, measurement, and sorting activities.

Space Playdough Investigation

Learn how to easily create a space theme playdough tray for your preschoolers with these material ideas. Your kids will love this invitation to play. Perfect for open-ended play in preschool, pre-k or kindergarten classroom for a space-themed or transportation theme unit or lesson plans. Combine fine motor skills activities, sensory play, + science. Your little astronauts can explore planets, rockets, the moon in a hands-on play-based way - with play dough. Click to get lots of ideas.

Comparing Weights

Use this fun activity featuring measurement for kids in your math or STEM learning center. Kids weigh containers of everyday objects in a bucket balance scale. Your children will have fun while learning the concepts of heavy and light and also learn to sort the objects by weight. Perfect for your preschool, pre-k and kindergarten classroom. This hands-on learning center can be used for any theme or lesson plans....just use thematic materials in the containers...ideas are included. #preschool

Weather Station Dramatic Play

Your kids will have fun learning about the weather when you set up a weather station dramatic play area. Encourage pretend play, math, science, and literacy learning with these ideas and printables. Perfect for a weather theme unit or lesson plans in your #preschool #prek or #kindergarten classroom. Spring, summer, fall & winter ..... use all year (in the science center and at circle time too). Click to get ideas for DIY, props, set up, and experiment ideas. #dramaticplay #learnthroughplay

The Scientific Method

Use this free Scientific Method for Kids printable in your STEM or science center to show your young children that they are scientists. The printables are perfect for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom....and they are easy to use Encourage kids to observe, question, make predictions, conduct experiments, record and share their findings. Use on a bulletin board, bind it and create a book, or tape the pages together to make an accordion book or display. #STEM #preschoolscience

DIY Space Craft – Make a Jetpack

Your little astronauts will have so much fun blasting through space with these jet packs. Even if you are not crafty, it's super easy to make a DIY jet pack....a perfect addition to your space theme dramatic play area or center. Find the step by step tutorial to help you create this fun addition to your dress up area, astronaut costume, or pretend play area. #preschoolscience #spacetheme #dramaticplay

Space Investigation – Straw Rockets

Your kids can easily launch these fun free printable rockets with a simple straw. Lots of ideas for science and #STEM learning are included. Kids can engineer their own rockets or modify and experiment with the printable straw rockets to fly better. Use the free printables in your science center or as a small group activity to go with space theme or transportation theme unit or lesson plans. Click to get your free printable today. #preschoolscience #preschool #prek #spacetheme

Space Themed Dramatic Play

Find lots of ideas to create a DIY space dramatic play area. Your kids will have fun as they learn about space and pretend. Perfect for your preschool, prek or kindergarten classroom to incorporate science, math, and literacy learning in a fun play-based way. Printables will help you create control panels for a space station, rocket, or mission control in no time. Create a night sky and observatory and an astronaut training area. Set up a space station today. #preschoolscience #dramaticplay

Geology Lab Dramatic Play

Create a geology lab dramatic play center in your preschool, prek, or kindergarten classroom. Combine science, math, and literacy in a developmentally appropriate way with these fun play-based ideas. Kids love the pretend play....they won't even that they are learning. Sensory play, and fine motor skills activity ideas are included. This is a perfect addition to your rocks theme. Use the printables in your dramatic play area or in your science learning center. #dramaticplay #preschoolscience

Entomology Lab Dramatic Play

Find ideas to create an entomology lab dramatic play area set up. Your kids will love playing and learning in an insect research lab dramatic play center. Perfect for your insects and bugs theme, spring theme, summer theme, or outdoor themes in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Many ideas for fun, hands-on learning activities and printables are included...perfect for early childhood play-based learning. Math, science, literacy, STEM, and STEAM in one play center. #dramaticplay #preschool

Color Exploration

Your kids will be memorized by this cellophane stained glass craft. It's fun way to explore color with kids. Use this as a process art activity and fun way for teaching color mixing and transparency. It's a great sensory activity that can even be used on a light table in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Children will love to experiment while learning about colors (red, blue, yellow, green..), color mixing and the science of color.

STEM Investigation – Make a Balance

Learn how to make a DIY balance for kids with a few simple and inexpensive materials from the craft store. The balances are great for math, science, or STEM learning centers in your preschool or pre-k classroom. The fun ramps and balances are perfect for small group and independent activities. Use in math centers or math work stations...or in a sensory table or sensory bin. Your kids will love learning with these preschool weight and measurement activities. #preschoolstem

Pumpkin Investigation

You will love these fun pumpkin science ideas. The #pumpkin investigation activities are perfect for a Halloween theme, pumpkins theme, or fall science center or #STEM center in #preschool or #prek classroom. Kids love to study real pumpkin, and the activities include opportunities for fine motor, sensory, literacy, and math learning. From learning pumpkin parts to learning about the life cycle of pumpkins, your kids will have a blast. Click for more idea. #preschoolscience #pumpkinstheme

Preschool STEAM Activity

An easy preschool counting and creating activity to make math fun. Use simple, on hand materials with this free printable for this fun preschool STEAM math and design activity. Add play dough for 3-D designs. Perfect for your hands on math centers in preschool, pre-k classroom. Ideas to make number books or to use as a fine motor activity are included. Preschool math, preschool STEM, preschool STEAM. Get out the pom-poms and pipe cleaners for hands-on early childhood learning. #preschoolsteam

Jingle Bell Science

Use this simple science project to explore sound with young kids. Make three jingle bell sticks and record observations on free printable recording sheet. This is a perfect STEM or STEAM activity or craft for kids in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. A great holiday or Christmas party activity. Supports a Christmas or 5 senses theme or unit in your classroom and the jingle bell sticks can be used as a circle time activity. #preschool #prek #preschoolholidayactivities #preshoolscience

Nature Scavenger Hunt

Use these free printable nature scavenger hunt books to encourage kids to write, draw, and read while exploring their world. Perfect for pre-k, preschool or kindergarten age kids. Use the free printables in the classroom, on the playground, during nature walks or hikes, on camping trips, in the backyard, or during summer camp. Use this emergent reader for your plant and seeds theme, spring theme, and pond theme unit and lesson plans. #preschool #preschoolactivities

STEAM – Creating Science with Art

Are you are looking for open-ended and easy art ideas for kids? Fill some art boxes or tinker trays with a variety of materials let your kids create. Use art boxes in your art center, maker space or as a gift for a special child. Perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, prep, and early childhood education STEM and process art centers. Lots of ideas are included. Kids will love making projects with these boxes plus they make a great fine motor activity too. #prescholsteam

Make a Tinker Tray

Are you looking for a simple DIY gift for kids? Make a fun DIY tinker tray box for them. These tinker boxes are perfect gift for a child in preschool or early elementary. It will encourage creativity. Kids will create process art or their own stem activities. Material ideas are included. Make a fun Christmas present, holiday gift, or birthday gif. Use the material list as inspiration to create STEM drawers or tinker drawers in your preschool classroom. #tinkertray #DIYchristmasgift

Science Activities in the Store

The Early Learning Ideas store is filled with fun and engaging hands-on science activities.

Create a geology lab dramatic play center in your preschool, prek, or kindergarten classroom. Combine science, math, and literacy in a developmentally appropriate way with these fun play-based ideas. Kids love the pretend play....they won't even that they are learning. Sensory play, and fine motor skills activity ideas are included. This is a perfect addition to your rocks theme. Use the printables in your dramatic play area or in your science learning center. #dramaticplay #preschoolscience

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