Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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:

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

With a clear bottle and a few plastic straws, you can easily make a hummingbird feeder and demonstrate the effects of atmospheric pressure at the same time!

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

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

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Kids will love making clouds and learning how to make a water cycle model in this fun science fair project idea that explores evaporation and precipitation.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Here's how you and your teen can stage your own formal debateâbeyond arguing why chores are unethical! Formal debates improve teens' critical thinking skills.