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Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Did you know that August is American Artist Month? Your child can explore the art of photography by using a digital camera to capture the landscape around her.

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

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

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.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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

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

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.

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

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

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.

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.

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

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

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!

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.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

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.

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

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.