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Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

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

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

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?

Using wholesome, natural ingredients like oatmeal, honey and raisins your child can make homemade granola bars!

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

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

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

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

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

Determine which kind of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) has the greatest reservoir capacity, which is the ability to hold the most oil and natural gas.

Pine cone centerpieces make for a festive and natural holiday decoration. Make a pine cone centerpiece to display on your table or mantelpiece.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

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.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

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.