Math & Science Activities for Kids
47 math & science activities for toddlers and preschoolers.
Backyard Bugs
Go outside and look for ants, butterflies, and other tiny creatures up close.
~10 min
Big and Small
Find three things in the room and line them up from smallest to biggest
~5 min
Big Questions
Pick a big 'why' question and explore the answer together with simple experiments.
~10 min
Breathing Power
Practice taking deep breaths and learn how our lungs work.
~5 min
Bug Safari
Go outside and find three different bugs — look closely but don't touch.
~10 min
Corners and Edges
Find things around the house with corners and things with smooth round edges.
~7 min
Dissolve Test
Stir different things into water and see what disappears and what doesn't.
~10 min
Electricity Intro
Find things in your house that use electricity and talk about how it works.
~5 min
Eye Check
Look at your eyes in a mirror — find the colored part, the black dot, and the white part.
~5 min
Face Feelings Map
Touch each part of your face, name it, and make a feeling with it.
~5 min
Face Map
Point to each part of your face in the mirror — eyebrows, nostrils, chin, cheeks — and name them.
~5 min
Garden Blooms
Look closely at flowers and learn the names of their parts: petals, stem, leaves.
~10 min
Germ Busters
Learn why we wash our hands by seeing how glitter 'germs' spread everywhere.
~10 min
Germ Fighters
Cover your hands in glitter, shake someone's hand, and see how 'germs' spread — then wash it off.
~7 min
Glasses and Eyes
Learn about how our eyes work and why some people wear glasses.
~5 min
Heartbeat Hunt
Find your heartbeat and listen to how it speeds up when you move.
~5 min
Heartbeat Listen
Put your ear on someone's chest and count the heartbeats — then jump and listen again.
~5 min
Ice and Snow
Explore what happens when water gets really cold by playing with ice cubes.
~10 min
Kitchen Science
Mix baking soda and vinegar in a cup and watch the fizzy explosion together.
~7 min
Light Switch Lab
Flip switches around the house and figure out which switch controls what.
~5 min
Magnet Magic
Explore your house to discover what sticks to a magnet and what doesn't
~5 min
Magnet Magic
Test what sticks to a magnet and what doesn't around the house.
~10 min
My Amazing Body
Point to and name body parts from head to toe in a silly song or game.
~5 min
Ouch and Heal
Talk about what happens when we get a cut or bruise and how our body fixes itself.
~5 min
Our Amazing Head
Feel the bones in your head and learn about the brain hiding inside.
~5 min
Pet Pals
Spend five minutes gently petting or watching a pet and talking about what it needs to be happy.
~5 min
Picking Time
Visit a fruit tree, berry bush, or garden and pick something ripe to eat together.
~10 min
Rain Catcher
Put a cup outside before it rains and check how much water it caught afterward.
~5 min
Rainbow Hunt
After rain (or with a garden hose in sun), find a rainbow and name all the colors.
~5 min
Recycle Sort
Sort today's trash into three piles — recycle, compost, and garbage — and learn which is which.
~7 min
Recycle Sorter
Sort household items into recycling, compost, and trash piles.
~10 min
Reduce and Reuse
Find things you were going to throw away and think of a second use for them.
~10 min
Season Shuffle
Name the four seasons and draw one thing you see in each — snowflake, flower, sun, leaf.
~7 min
Seed Starter
Plant a seed in a cup of dirt together and put it by the window.
~10 min
Seed Starters
Plant a seed in a cup and watch it sprout over the next few days.
~10 min
Sky Questions
Ask 'Why is the sky blue?' and explore the answer together with a flashlight and a glass of water.
~7 min
Sort It Out
Grab a handful of mixed objects and sort them into groups by color, size, or type.
~7 min
Splash Lab
Play with water in a bin and see what splashing, pouring, and stirring do.
~10 min
Step by Step
Count your steps from the bedroom to the kitchen — how many does it take?
~5 min
Storm Talk
Talk about thunder and lightning so they feel less scary and more amazing.
~5 min
Sun and Moon
Go outside and find the moon (even during the day!) — talk about how it changes shape each night.
~5 min
Sunrise, Sunset
Watch the sky change colors in the morning or evening and talk about why.
~10 min
Tiny Crawlers
Hunt for snails, slugs, and roly-polies hiding in damp spots around the yard.
~10 min
Weather Watch
Step outside and figure out today's weather together using your senses.
~5 min
Why Plants Green
Find green things in nature and learn why plants are that special color.
~10 min
Wild Animals
Learn about animals that live in the wild and how to stay safe if you see one.
~10 min
Zap and Flow
Turn a light switch on and off and talk about what electricity does — it powers everything!
~5 min