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Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

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

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

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

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

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

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

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.

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.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

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

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

This activity will help your child review science concepts, learn new ones, and become familiar with examples of various concepts in science. Plus, it's fun!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

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

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.