The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

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.

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

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

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

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.