Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

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

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

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

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.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

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!

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

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

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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

This science fair project idea identifies and understands adaptations in birds.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.