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Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

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

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

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

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!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

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

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

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

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

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

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

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

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

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