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

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

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!

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

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

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

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

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!

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.