If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

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

Want to get your bookworm interested in science? Check out this cool activity that teaches kids how to write science fiction!

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

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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!

Your preschooler wonât need a passport to go on this nature safari! All you need are paper, crayons and a nature trail or your back yard.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

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.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.